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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 hindlegs and of creating less wind resistance than would
an upright posture.
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