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108: Mastering the Independent, Educated Horseman's Seat
The Basis for Great Riding, Adaptable for All Who Love Horses
Created byJane Frizzell
Last updated 1/2025
English
What you'll learn
- Riders will gain a deep understanding of the educated and independent seat—the foundation for effective, harmonious riding and a well-performing horse.
- Riders will immerse in the mechanics and relationship between the seat and natural aids, and how they inform the educated horse’s movement and response.
- Riders will fully comprehend the concept of technical softness, ensuring they can apply it effectively in their riding practice.
- Riders will embrace the adage “Horses go as they are ridden”—said by Major Anders Lindgren, known for having the softest seat in Europe.
- Riders will achieve this soft, dynamic seat themselves and prove it with forward, mutually rewarding, uphill riding.
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Course content
14 sections • 35 lectures • 4h 12m total length
Requirements
- A deep passion for horses and a willingness to engage with specific instruction to improve your riding skills.
- A keen, unwavering desire to ride horses forward—the way they are naturally designed to move—is essential. Riders who strive for excellence, reject compromise, and pursue genuine, tested instruction, thrive in this class.
Description
"The correct seat is the basic prerequisite for the applications of all aids," and, "Horses go as they are ridden," said Major Anders Lindgren.
Equip yourself with the ultimate natural instrument to transform your riding and communication with your horse: your SEAT. After all, this is the foundation of all great horsemanship.
The rider’s seat—your body—is the instrument through which all communication with the horse is carried out. This information, the language of equitation, is transmitted through the Natural Aids. Your seat is the signal sender, and the horse, the receiver and executor, responds to these signals. This is the essence of great riding and an independent, educated, and transmissive seat.
Horses truly go as they are ridden.
This course gives you timeless equestrian principles that can be practically achieved. It delves into the development of an independent seat—the key requirement passed down through equestrian history. An independent seat provides:
Comfort and security for both horse and rider.
Seamless communication between them.
The construction of an independent seat requires specific body alignment, placement, and 'tone' (distinct from core strength). This foundational seat applies across all disciplines—whether dressage, jumping, working equines, or law enforcement. Adaptations such as the half-seat, galloping position, and jumping position derive directly from this basis. Without a well-formed independent seat, even the most advanced adaptations fall short—no matter how convincing the 'seat doctors' and quick-fix experts may seem.
In today’s market, countless gimmicks, fads, and quick-fix solutions flood the equestrian world. True seat mastery is developed through forward, straight, and uphill riding. This course equips riders and trainers with the essential features needed for a truly effective seat.
After all, there are only two ways to ride: the right way and the wrong way. Which way do you want to ride?
"Don't just do something, sit there." ;)
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Who this course is for:
- Riders seeking to develop an independent, educated seat for any discipline.
- Trainers and instructors who want to guide students toward practical, classical riding principles.
- Novices keen to learn the foundations of riding for future-proof, effective communication with horses.
- Experienced riders ready to verify their technique and achieve new levels of connection.
- Horse lovers who value time-tested methods over gimmicks and fads.