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try riding and foxhunting as ways to improve all of the basic position and form. He even discusses race riding form in the very first chapter:
“In race riding, the rider wants to interfere with his horse as little as possible and depends for security on balance, not leg grip.”
Stirrup length, he writes, is the main difference between showing and racing: “A correctly balanced seat is impossible without a stirrup length that is correct, i.e., long enough for security yet short enough for freedom.”
While jockeys who ride solely on the flat, over level, oval tracks and well-prepared footing, have their stirrups quite short for racing, steeplechase jockeys tend to ride a bit “longer.” Most jump jockeys are somewhat taller than flat riders; plus, steeplechase courses are most often across fields that rise and dip and, though the turf is maintained and cared for, it can vary from stride to stride.
Therefore, a steeplechase jockey most often will at least have his stirrups long enough so that his knees are in contact on either side of the horse’s withers.
Regarding stirrup length, amateur riders take to heart the old saw: “The longer you ridp, the longer you ride.”
— By Betsy Parker
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