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Why do riders bounce up and down so much when their horse is just ambling along?

In the saddle ... Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images — In the saddle ... Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Why do horse riders going past my house all continuously rise up in their seats and then down again even though the horse is just going along steadily?

Peter Hanson, Exeter

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