>> In the video, at about 5:35 marker in time, you can see the rider lift up off the saddle and sit on the cantle to get the gait:
>>>> My guess is it's just as likely he lifted up to free up a squashed testicle. Wow, do squashed testicles somehow get more relief when the rider sits on the cantle as opposed to the low part of the saddle...? Then how do you explain that we just as often see female competition riders scoot to the back of the saddle? I'm not buying it, Cheryl. Besides, you know as well as I do that the tradition for the very flat Icelandic seats is so that rider can scoot his/her butt back to cue for gait. Many of us who've been in the breed for more than a couple of years have been told we can't possibly ride an Icelandic in a dressage saddle, or a western saddle... Karen Thomas, NC
