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that is a big leap. In steeplechasing, fin* instance, you don’t look for a ‘spot to your fences, you just learn to adjust your stride early, and almost always, forward. In the show ring, and over a big event jump, you soften and go for a shorter spot, but racing you go for the forward distance.”
Yovanovich did not grow up in the steeplechase game, instead riding show horses and hunters in his native Pennsylvania. But, when working with show trainer Hunter King and foxhunter Betty Bird, who both also had racehorse interests, he made the switch.
“Betty Bird is the one who taught me how to ‘fix 'em going forwards.’ But it was (HaD of Fame jockey) Doug Small who taught me most about riding hurdle horses. He showed me when to drive and when to sit still and wait.
“It’s not as hard as it sounds,” Yovanovich added. He listed a few simple rules:
“You don’t ride on the ball of your foot — you want the stirrup farther back since your leg does more work, and for a longer time. You learn to stand up and balance over the horse’s center of balance, which is quite forward on the galloping horse.
“You learn to close your knee
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