Catherine eagered to join hunting with a company of King. She practiced riding hard, but an early side-saddle prevented her from practical riding. Catherine modified her saddle to be more practical with two pomels. The new design allowed her to sit facing foward and control her horse in hunting. But why did she want to hunt so much? In her time, hunting was a place for politics and love affairs. If she was outside hunting, her position was vulnerable. The sidesaddle modification would have been a strategy of her surviving.