If you are not a beginner rider, ride over fences holding the reins with your hands turned over. Just before, over, and just after a jump, smoothly widen your arms so that each hand is about 12” out from your horse’s neck, still maintaining a soft connection. Follow his head and neck movement with your arms while your upper body is in normal jumping position. Practicing this will help you develop an independent seat for jumping.
When your arms follow the horse’s head and neck movement over the fence with a straight line from your elbow to the horse’s mouth and without your hands resting on the horse’s neck for your own balance, this is referred to as the automatic release.
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