- Racing Horses -

The racing seat of a jockey is an exaggeration of the forward seat. As a racehorse gathers speed and gallops in a straight line, its center of balance moves forward. A jockey therefore crouches forward along the neck of the horse with legs held high by very short stirrups. The crouching posture affords the added advantages of giving free play to the horse's hind legs and of creating less wind resistance than would an upright posture.

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