What the Heck is Starfishing?!

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rodeodelux Reg. Dec 2006	Posted 2015-08-07 9:19 AM Subject: RE: What the Heck is Starfishing?!
Extreme Veteran Posts: 421 Location: Texas!!	kboltwkreations - 2015-08-06 12:59 PM rodeodelux - 2015-08-06 12:12 PM I think the pictures are very deceptive. Most of the riders actually have their weight in their stirrups, they don't actually hit the saddle seat with their full weight. Lots of them ride with short stirrups, (picture a jockey) and use their saddle horn to get up and hustle the correct way. That's why you don't notice it in videos, they are not bouncing on the horses back. If you see a bareback starfish, that might be a little different, LOL!! Nothing to add, except that the dog in your pic is ADORABLE!!! THANKS! That's Trashy, she has been the best little traveling dog! Plus, she thinks she's famous...lol
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Runaway Reg. Jan 2008	Posted 2015-08-07 9:24 AM Subject: RE: What the Heck is Starfishing?!
Sorry I don't have any advice Posts: 1975 Location: Sunnyland Florida	rachellyn80 - 2015-08-06 11:42 AM I know that this centered on Sarah, but that isn't what my concern is with this issue. What I stated previously in this thread is that posting those pictures and praising it as good riding or "hustle" is sending the wrong message to young riders. Very few people have the physical strength or timing it takes to ride a horse that fast, kick that efficiently, and not be completely out of position and hindering their horse. Yes, we have all been out of position and could have a photo snapped just like that, but it doesn't mean that you're doing anything right. Totally agree.
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Speedy Buckeye Girl Reg. Jun 2010	Posted 2015-08-07 2:45 PM Subject: RE: What the Heck is Starfishing?!
Elite Veteran Posts: 878 Location: "...way down south in the Everglades..."	rockette - 2015-08-07 9:59 AM Either way, I don't go fast enough to starfish. I was just thinking that...hopefully this year I can get any photo where it doesn't look like I'm loping western pleasure coming out of turn with my one mare.
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redmansmyman11 Reg. Jan 2012	Posted 2015-08-09 12:21 AM Subject: RE: What the Heck is Starfishing?!
Expert Posts: 1482 Location: on my horse	Speedy Buckeye Girl - 2015-08-07 1:45 PM rockette - 2015-08-07 9:59 AM Either way, I don't go fast enough to starfish. I was just thinking that...hopefully this year I can get any photo where it doesn't look like I'm loping western pleasure coming out of turn with my one mare. that's my goal as well
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sodapop Reg. Feb 2005	Posted 2015-08-09 12:43 AM Subject: RE: What the Heck is Starfishing?!
10D Crack Champion	I always thought it was "flogging" a horse. ......... or if you are using it in a sentence...... "She was just a floggin' that horse all the way across the pen." lol Edited by sodapop 2015-08-09 1:55 AM
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