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Olympic rider George Morris is widely considered the father of hunt seat equitation in the United States. Morris took the forward, military seat he learned from Gordon Wright and other cavalry instructors and turned it into the stylish, effective, solid position most show ring riders adopt today.
Curiously, with few differences, Morris’ strong, solid hunt seat position is little changed for both the hunt field and the steeplechase track. Stirrups are a bit shorter out hunting, surely, and certainly much shorter in steeplechasing, but much is similar, including a forward eye, soft, educated rein contact and wellpositioned lower leg.
Morris’ tome “Hunter Seat Equitation," a classic found on most bookshelves in Virginia’s hunt country, spells out the basic show ring position:
“For convenience, the rider’s body can be divided into four principal parts: the leg from the knee down; the base of support, which includes thigh and seat; the upper body, which means all parts above the base; and the hands and arms. A rider is considered balanced when his legs, seat, upper body, hands and arms coordinate correctly and are in equilibrium.”
Though a show hunter and show jumper expert, Morris also touts cross-coun
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