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Saddle
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rider. Light horsemen — moOfnted archers riding swift horses — rode with short stirrups so as to stand and fire. Their horses went in snaffle bits with no attempt at collection by either mechanical (i.e. a curb bit) or physical (i.e. direct contact with the hand) means.
With the change in riding style came, eventually, the change in riding. When horses were no longer strictly used by conquering forces and were more commonly seen in sporting contests such as chariot races and jousting, the intricacies of saddle design became all the more important. Racing was to play a large role in shaping the tools of the trade.
Following the Stuart restoration in 1660, foxhunting overtook stag hunting as the most popular mounted sport. The serious depletion of the deer population following years of civil unrest during that period made the fox, previously considered vermin, the chief quarry of swift hounds followed by often sWifter horses.
From the hunt field developed the sister sport of steeplechasing, or — in its infancy — chasing cross-country across a variety of obstacles to a pre-set finishing point which was often the nearest visible church steeple. Fitted with bit, bridle, saddle and stirrups, the steeplechase jockey rode in a style identical to
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