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I love this photograph! Both you and your horse look excellent! I only have a few minor suggestions that will help you as your progress to higher jumps. Although you hip angle is closed enough for this jump, if you jump higher it is going to be harder for you to close your hip angle so you clear the saddle, you might want to consider bringing your stirrups up a whole or two. As well, with your leg, you might want to focus on stretching down through your ankle a little bit more, because your not stretch far down into your heels, your foot has slipped ever so slightly back on your foot. Shortening your stirrups and thinking about your heel/ankle a little more will help you keep your leg from sliding back behind the girth, like it has here. (again this is very slight.) For more contact in the reins while your jumping you should shorten them up too. Other than those few minor suggestions, I think both your and bounty look fantastic! Your back is soft, your head is up and your eyes are looking forward; Bounty's knees are even, and he is very attentive. You two look simply beautiful!
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Firstly your stirrups are a very good length, but you are standing in your stirrups and therefore too high above your horse. Standing in your stirrups can be very dangerous. If you notice, your toe has slipped too far through your stirrups, and is pointing down toward the ground. This means a) you are not stretching down into your ankle at all and b) that you weight has fallen forward. This so so incredibly dangerous, if your horse were to duck out at a fence of stumble or refuse, you are in a serious risk of falling off and possibly getting your foot stuck in the stirrup. You really have to think about settling downing into your ankle more, and stretching it down softly, so it become like an elastic band. this will keep you from standing in your stirrups, will help you stay closer to your saddle (there is way too much day light between you and your horse.), and help you shift your weight back. Secondly, your upper body needs to shift back a bit, you should imagine yourself has more just hovering over the seat of your saddle. Also, you leg has slipped too far behind the girth, stretching down into your ankle will help this a little, however you will also have to concentrate on keeping your leg by your horses girth. As well, your need to shorten your reins, there is too much slack in them. Finally, your hands should be just resting on your horses neck, it looks like they are what is holding you up. You do however have you head up and your eyes forward, which is also extremely important.! Good Job! Keep Practicing. Jumping is a very difficult sport. to improve your position you can even work on it at the trot just on the ground. Luckily with something like your position as soon as you do find it, which one day you'll be practicing and it will go "click!" and you'll just suddenly know what you have to do, you won't ever lose that position. So hang in there, and keep up the good work.