Saddle seat is an English riding discipline designed to exhibit the high action of certain horse breeds, particularly the American Saddlebred. The style developed into its modern form in the United St
A saddle seat rider, in formal evening attire, showing a classic 3-gaited horse
Lineup of a Saddle Seat class for American Saddlebreds, daytime "informal" attire
A "saddle seat" style saddle, also sometimes called a "Lane Fox" or "cutback"
Saddlebreds in 5-gaited saddle seat performance competition
Jodhpurs, in their modern form, are tight-fitting trousers to the ankle, where they end in a snug cuff, and are worn primarily for horse riding. The term is also used as slang for a type of short ridi
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…it is also legal to wear a "day coat", which is a coat that is of a contrasting color from the rider's trousers. In all classes, riders wear Kentucky jodhpurs (sometime nicknamed "jods"), which are close-fitting pants with knee patches and bell-bottoms that go over the boots, usually with a strap that goes…
A horse show competitor wearing contemporary stretch-fabric jodhpurs
Marwari horse in Rajasthan. Note the traditional long riding trousers, tight around the calf, reaching to Mojari slippers.
Jodhpur boots, also called paddock boots, are worn with jodhpurs, but also may be worn with breeches if half-chaps are added which provide the functionality and look of a tall riding boot
Cecil B. DeMille, 1937, wearing the flared-hip riding breeches that are often termed jodhpurs.