A Tale of Two Pants, ASB Lessons

Awareness of the outside world. Purdue: Purdue Equine Hospital Team Comes to Aid of Horse Injured in Severe Storm in Michigan. Hat tip to G.

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Mounted photo showing rider's leg, saddle, & shoulder of a bay horse.

Bubba
Stepping Stone Farm
11 June 2026

Managed to misplace both pairs of schooling jods. Looked and looked. Finally gave up & wore britches. They were okay. Scrunched up a bit, but generally I didn’t notice the difference.

Question. If one is NOT supposed to grip with the knees in hunt seat, why do britches – as opposed to jods – still have knee patches? Is this a holdover that pre-dates forward seat? As I understand it, “Back in the 19th century, Frederico Caprilli had not been born and there was no forward seat. What we now call saddle seat was just plain riding.” [Saddle Seat Sidesaddle]

Jods vs britches? [Getting Dressed, Harder Than You Would Think]

Photo in a jog cart showing driver's leg and part of the cart.

Boogie
Stepping Stone Farm
12 June 2026

During the unending jods quest, I unearthed britches I had completely forgotten about. Thought these would be fun to drive in. [New Equipment: Britches & Boots]

Photo of chestnut horse and driver in midground, with part of a man's face in the foreground.

Coach James photo bombs with a selfie. You gonna mess with my camera? You gonna become content!

Onwards!
Katherine

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