Sitting a Buck

im pretty secure so just sit through most of them- dont think about it just do it, so i dont know 'what' i do.
i have fairly long stirrups and ride in a dressage/straight cut showing saddle...

if they want to get you off (twisty, flick their back hooves over their ears ones, where they will just carry on and resort to anything to get you off) then they will, no matter what seat or saddle or strap you have.

luckily that doesnt happen very often! :p
 
xloopylozzax said:
if they want to get you off (twisty, flick their back hooves over their ears ones, where they will just carry on and resort to anything to get you off) then they will, no matter what seat or saddle or strap you have.

luckily that doesnt happen very often! :p
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Dont say that!!!!!!!!! what about if i tie my legs under his belly with baling twine???????????????
 
RachelEvent said:
was it something that was taught to you at some point, or have you learnt through trial and error?
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do people ever have lessons on a bucker to teach them to sit a buck?
They don't have horses that buck at our rs, but in a way, i'd love to learn to be able to sit a buck in a controlled environment just incase it happens one day in a much less controlled environment...
 
I've never really ridden a big bucker, the little ones I don't seem to have to change my position to sit other than bring their heads up and slam my heels down, although I have noticed from video that when they leap up and down I'll fold into as if it was a jump :p Although the footage I've seen the horse is pretty much just jumping over nothing about 5 times in a row so it wasn't so much a buck :p (my fault it did this btw, bad me, and I had no stirrups and one rein, just as well the pony wasn't really trying to get me off!)
 
I'd love to have a go at a 'bucking bronco' (is that what those machines are called that consist of a bull bucking in an inflatable type ring?) just to see exactly how good i was at sitting to bucks!
 
wildponies said:
I'd love to have a go at a 'bucking bronco' (is that what those machines are called that consist of a bull bucking in an inflatable type ring?) just to see exactly how good i was at sitting to bucks!
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They had one of those at Newton Livery yard in Cornwall - OH went on it and was delighted:D:eek: he loved it - I wouldn't try it tho (wuss that I am).
 
I'm not particularly good at sitting on bucks but my defensive position on any horse that I suspect may be especially fresh or sharp is to go up a couple of holes from my usual schooling length and sit back. I don't think I was ever taught this, I just feel more secure with shorter stirrups.
Luckily my horse does a vertical take off then kicks out his back legs while in the air instead of handstands so I tend to have the neck in front of me.
 
wildponies said:
I'd love to have a go at a 'bucking bronco' (is that what those machines are called that consist of a bull bucking in an inflatable type ring?) just to see exactly how good i was at sitting to bucks!
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I won some wierd championship at a festival on one of them, no sweat! It was really feeble, just loosened my hips and relaxed into it...and my right wrist was broken, so using my weaker hand! :cool:
 
I have become a pro at sitting to buck unfortunately-I tend to hang on for the best!
It just comes naturally to me & for some reason I cant explain how I do it :o
I would be pretty tough to be on a mechanical bull me thinks :o :D
 
Most of the time I just kind of sit there and go with it and try to one rein stop asap, but which position I go for isn't something I've learnt just a quick automatic decision depending on the type of rodeo going on under me. The one thing I can't sit is proper repeated back up and rodeo broncs, enough of those in a row will always get me, but the horses that have dumped me have had quite a lot of other people as well so maybe just not sittable.
 
I got bucked off this afternoon - bareback. I was backing a youngster and he went off on one all of a sudden, my father couldn't keep hold of the rope. I sat the first 5 or 6 but then I saw the fence coming so stopped holding so tight (couldn't bring myself to bale out!)

But back to the question, I do same as you, lean back, push on, keep head up.
 
We have this argument at work all the time..

Us two shorties love our stirrups shorter, our theory is..if in doubt, frankie dismount!! :D (as in frankie detorri) which we think is much easier with short stirrups!!! we also feel that our shorter stirrups help us clamp our legs on for a little longer, rather than long ones dangling down by their sides!!

i hate riding long anyway..although i will do dressage fairly happily i relate long stirrups to dressage, and short stirrups to jumping, xc, and racing - the more exciting stuff :rolleyes: (in my eyes):o

as for bucking...a good neck strap, hands up/reins short so head not down, legs on asap so can kick on.
 
When I worked at an RS we had to do our staff lesson (aka bronco busting the yard nutters) without stirrups. As a result I find it easiest to sit bucks with long stirrups (or no stirrups, I often loose them) and just sit back and try to get the horse to bring its head up & go forward. I used to be able to stay on pretty much anything, but I'm the wrong side of 40 now & the rodeo challenge doesn't really appeal anymore :o Mrs P has the odd 'moment' though & keeps me on my toes, she's not managed to buck me off yet :D
 
MrKia+Me said:
Weight in stirrups, ass out of the saddle, lean back short reins and kick on.

Works for me!!

Nikki xxxx
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Ditto, but i do (or did):p,buckle end of rein,finger tucked in neckstrap...........lifetime in racing, everyday occurance...:D

Even better when they drop the shoulder...AND spin round..........nice,keeps you on your toes
 
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i ride long legged and i just grip with them and dont let him put his head down, the lower it gets the higher the buck, if he gets to much whilst out hacking i just turn him in opposit direction which will caml him down for a mo
 
I don't think i've ever been taught to stay n a bucker - not ridden many of them either. I fell off a horse that bronced down a field years ago, then i got Lantern. He bucked a lot buti'v enot come off him yet *touches wood quickly*. I kind of just do what comes naturally to me at the time tbh!! The other day he started napping toward home so i gave him a tap on the shoulder to get him to move forward and he kind of jumped 4 legs in the air tuke his head right in and bucked twice then walked forward :eek: i didn't really come close to coming off - i owe that to learning to ride without a saddle or bridle on naughty horses! lol!
 
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