A Racing Saddle On The Cross Country Course? Meyerhoff Shows How It’s Done Sponsored by:
Bobby Meyerhoff recently finished 16th in the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI4 -S. While his results are impressive, even more awe-inspiring was the saddle in which he rode: Meyerhoff, aboard Lumumba, completed all three phases of competition in a racing exercise saddle.
Meyerhoff first tried riding in the bare bones saddle last fall, on Fortuna, another of his competition mounts. He found that the petite mare, who was often back sore, went much more comfortable in the race training saddle. Meyerhoff says that the saddle allows him to truly feel his horse all along their back and forces him to ride better, as there is a very specific area of the saddle where he must ride to stay in balance. He compares riding in the treeless race training saddle to riding bareback, but with stirrups.
It’s a special episode of Team Talk this week as we are bringing you a Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event debrief with USEF Eventing High Performance Director Erik Duvander and USEF Managing Director for Eventing Jenni Autry. The episode was recorded the Tuesday after the event, so all the action of the week was fresh in their minds.
Host Nicole Brown walked through the highs and lows of each phase of competition as it related to the U.S. high performance riders with Duvander and Autry in an exclusive behind-the-scenes interview. Since the event has ended Duvander has been reviewing a lot of video and looking into the individual performances of the riders so the process continues for him as he will meet with each of them.
Monday, 26 April 2021, 4:44 pm
Tim
Price and Xavier Faer in full flight during the cross
country at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event. The Kiwi
combo this morning finish second in the CCI5 -L event, with
wife Jonelle third aboard Grovine de Reve. Photo by Red Bay
Group, LLC.
New Zealand’s golden
couple of eventing, Tim and Jonelle Price, have this morning
finished second and third in the Land Rover Kentucky
Three-Day Event in the United States.
It was a real
edge of your seat finish to the CCI5 -L with not just
honours on the line but also world rankings – if Tim, who