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Downton Abbey has revived an interest in riding aside – which is the correct term for riding Side Saddle. I ride (and compete and jump) aside. Yes, that is what I said: jump. Contrary to misguided belief riding side saddle – at least with a modern saddle – is safer than riding astride. By modern I mean from mid-Victorian. One of my saddles is marked by the makers as 'suppliers to the King' so this is either King Edward VII or VIII or George V or VI – the probability is George VI the present…

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Revised/modified on 11/15/11 (new photo, new links) A sidesaddle from the Regency period. The horns are in the 'bullhorn' configuration, where the right thigh would rest. There is no leaping horn. The seat is "Sweepy" The stirrup is a 'slipper stirrup' And far from safe. I’ve rekindled my interest in riding aside these past few years, naturally. Depending on the level of interest, I'm thinking it would be fun to create a 'ORS Equestrian' division, and hold field days and costume-classes and…

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