>Has anyone here mastered riding bridleless and bareback at all gaits
>with their icelandic? Inside and outside of the arena? Just wondering! :)
If I was 20 something it would be a blast, but at the closer side of 50 and
I carry the health insurance, nothing racy happens outside the ring and
usually nothing inside either. I do have a neighbor who has a history of
landing sideways over jumps her horse takes her on and she manages to get
back on the horses back in about two more leaps, she has taken the saddless,
bridleless approach that Chris Cox suggested to go to in the Md. Expo and
she says it does make her horse more responsive, however, she went on a ride
with my neighbor and son two days ago in 30-40 mph gusts of wind and she
couldn't keep the horse under her. We did great, my icelandics just kept
moving off to the side of this horse and backed up behind her to stay safe,
none of them wanted to run off with the jumpy nervous horse, I love my
icelandics. Jeannette
