![]() “So this really allows us to just concentrate on … ourselves without any distraction from anything else,” South said. She said for most of the time a rider is in the saddle, they’re paying attention to what the horse is doing and where they’re going. “So a rider will come to me and … say ‘my balance is really terrible,’ well we can actually see what their balance is.” “As human beings we often don’t know what we’re actually doing in our own bodies,” said South, who is also a riding instructor. ![]() However, Mighty is for any level of rider, not just those who practice dressage.ĭuring sessions Mighty reads and analyzes a rider’s biomechanics – how they’re sitting in the saddle, how they’re holding the reins and even how their legs lay on the horse’s body. ![]() He even uses a working saddle and South offers an English all-purpose dressage saddle, a western dressage saddle and a children’s saddle. “He doesn’t spook, he doesn’t bolt … he just does steady things all the time,” South explained. ![]() The simulator is named Marmite, Mighty for short, and apart from the mechanical sounds, lack of horse smell and consistent gait, he moves and feels very much like a real horse (not at all like a mechanical bull or children’s horses at the grocery store). PALMERSTON – A new business in Wellington County allows horseback riders to focus on their skills and biomechanics without having to juggle and manage a live horse.īlack Horse Biomechanics Riding Simulator opened on May 20 and owner Shannon South said she’s had no lack of clientele. ![]()
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