"Riding side saddle is not easy, after a while it hurts your back and you gotta look pretty doing it too," said Castañeda Pretty in the sense that they wear colorful and traditional Mexican dresses.

Fayette County The ‘Downton Abbey’ effect: Side saddle riding makes a comeback By Linda Blackford [email protected] Updated May 23, 2016 10:42 AM ...

Riding side saddle, though, isn’t confined to the history books — it’s a popular discipline today and very relevant to the modern rider.

Side-saddle manufacture and riding techniques are enjoying a big revival. Side-saddle specialist Victoria Spooner says: “Technically, it’s a lot more challenging than riding astride.

Every time a woman rides side-saddle on a motorcycle, she puts herself at risk while surrendering to the outdated cultural norms that consider this riding style modest. Sitting sideways compromises ba ...

Fascinated by the art of side-saddle riding, a Whangarei woman is hoping to persuade other Northlanders to learn this particular style of riding and to form a specialised riding group. Hazel ...

`You got married, were an old maid, or went to hell. Take your pick." The uncompromising words of Maud Parrish, a west-coast American who was born in 1878, give a pithy summation of life for women ...

Nothing exemplified that more than a recent re-discovery online of an old photo of Robyn solemnly yet nonchalantly riding a jet ski in 2011 while sitting side-saddle, as one does when one is ...