How do you canter bareback on a horse without holding on I can canter bareback while in 2 point but can't do it without that help me please if you know how to?

Answer 1

Just relax, and trust your horse.

You could try riding western. I ride western, and when i tried bareback, i already knew how to sit to the lope. then again, my horses lope is so smooth its unreal. But the western position is similar to the bareback position so taking a few lessons in western can help, and will make you a more well-rounded rider.

I've been taking reining lessons, and i ride a quarter horse, whose lope is so rough its unbelievable. My Tennessee Walker has the best lope, so it wasn't hard to lope on her. My instructor had me do all these below exercises to learn to sit to Sugar's jog and lope.

One thing I was really bad about was being really tense. As you are riding, kind of let the horse go if you can. It helps to have a round pen where you can drop the reins, or at least leave them loose so that your horse isn't really relying on you to control him. As you are sitting there loping, start at the top of your head. Relax your shoulders, your arms, your hands, your hips, and your legs. You don't need to have a tight grip with your knees on your horse. You should be able to totally relax, and you will most likely find that your horse slows down a little and relaxes, and you can move your pelvis easier with the horse's motion.

To get a good loping seat, you need to sit the trot. Don't sit in your English position with the arched back and all, but kind of sit on your tail bone (but don't lean back, just kind of curl your tail bone under you. I hope that makes sense) Like western riders do. You should still be straight up in the saddle, but you won't have an extremely arched back. Then, get your horse trotting. Don't post, but move your pelvis as if you were, just forward and backward. If you were posting, you would be going up when you go forward, and then back down when you go backwards. But you don't go up and down, you go forwards and backwards.

After you can sit the trot really well- naturally without thinking about it- try the lope. You will move in the motion with the horse, forwards and backwards. Don't lean forwards, but don't lean backwards. Just move your pelvis- not the rest of you. You should be able to get the rhythm pretty soon, and it will get more natural the more you do it.