Hard riding no saddles or stirrups

[garrelt]

My pleasure. :wink:

Of course, I should add that I'm not sure that the image shows a stirrup. Aren't the rider's legs supposed to be braced forwards into his stirrups in expectation of the impact of his lance on the victim? But as the leg is shown bent backwards, to me this is more reminiscent of a saddle without stirrups.

Even a rider without stirrups puts his/hers feet forward.
If you put you foot/legs back you will give the horse the signal to go forward, in fact you are giving it the spurs.
A experienced rider puts his/her feet forward when riding bareback or without stirrups.
On impact with the target you put your feet back, this is a natural behavior , otherwise you go of the horse backwards.

If you look at the picture of the dish, you can see what could be a soft stirrup at the point where the foot goes over into the ankle.
Whit full Armour on you really need a help to get on the horse.