Riding Scene. Theres a stuntwoman and I think I know her name.
Was a stunt woman used and if so, who was it?
First, at least three horses involving Jordan in seven horse shots were used in this scene. Horses varied in facial and leg markings (i.e., blaze, bald face, star, stripe, snip, length of stockings). Different horses were used by different people.
Which person is in which shot?
First Horse Shot – Jordan’s friend dismounting
Jordan is wearing a shirt with no sleeves and a thin belt – brown, metal on left side of buckle reflecting the sun.
This is clearly Betsy Russell.
Second Horse Shot – Betsy Russell gets on the horse and exposes her breasts.
The sleeveless shirt and the belt are the same.
Betsy Russell is riding at a walk. Most actors would probably not be able to ride at more than a walk.
This is clearly Betsy Russell.
Third Horse Shot – when Betsy the character pulls rips off Jordan’s shirt.
Can’t tell for sure who is riding Jordan’s horse.
The horses are moving at a trot.
There are many people and horses near Betsy and Jordan making it a bit of a tricky ride.
The shirt-ripping maneuver looks like something for stunt people.
The horses are at a trot rather than a canter to make it easier to perform the stunt.
I think that two stunt riders did this shot.
Fourth Horse Shot – Jordan is topless, Bubba is riding next to her.
It’s a long shot and you can’t see this rider’s face.
I don’t think this is Betsy Russell.
5th Horse shot – Close-up of Jordan from the top up.
So as not to offend anyone, I will not go into a long analysis of the breasts. But these are not Betsy Russell's breasts. This is more apparent if you compare Betsy Russell's in the beginning of this scene with the sideways shot of the breasts inside the shower stall at the beginning of the movie. I believe that the same body double/stunt person is in each scene.
This rider appears to be wearing a wide white belt on her pants.
The horse is at a canter, which adds to the beauty of the hair waving on this beautiful topless woman.
The helmet is gone and the hair is loose because it’s someone else in the scene.
The rider's jaw line at the chin is more horizontal and at the same time a little rounder than Betsy Russell's. Betsy Russell’s jaw is more pointed. See below in section about the stunt woman.
Although this rider looks like Betsy Russell, she’s not Betsy.
6th Horse shot – Jordan’s naked back to us
Can’t determine anything
The horse is at a canter again.
I don’t think this is Betsy Russell.
7th Horse shot – Jordan riding towards us topless
Can’t determine anything further.
The horse is at a canter.
Again, I don’t think this is Betsy Russell based on the fifth horse shot.
The demeanor of the rider, with her her beautiful dreamy smile, is different from Betsy Russell's expressions in the movie.
My conclusions this far:
1 - Betsy Russell was in the first two shots.
2 - A stunt rider performed the third shot.
3 - Someone other than Betsy Russell was on the horse in the fourth shot.
4 - The beautiful woman riding at a canter is the same stunt person in at least the last three shots.
Who is the stunt woman?
I believe that Jean Malahni is the beautiful woman in at least shots three, five, six and seven.
She’s listed in the credits under stunts in this movie. An article about her and a photo of her can be found at:
http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=interviews&Id=431
She has that rounder jaw. Look at Betsy Russell's jaw at:
http://talkingmoviezzz.blogspot.com/2007/05/what-ever-happened-to-betsy-russell.html
Now look at the jawline of the woman riding the horse topless:
http://members.moviesporno.com/ad/sexy-betsy-russell-ass1.htm
The article says that “Private School” was her first paid stunt. She fell off a horse during a fight. This part of the stunt may have been deleted at the end of shot three.
The article also mentions that Malahni has often been a nude double.
Her IMDB publicity page says that she was in the March 1995 issue of Playboy. She posed in a nude pictorial of stunt women.
And sorry guys, the difference in breasts are very apparent in the shower stall scenes at the beginning of the movie. I believe that is also Jean Malahni in the shower.
The riding scene was unbelievably seductive. It surely is one of the sexiest I have ever seen. And as is often the case, the stunt person’s name has not been associated with a famous scene. I can say that Betsy Russell and Jean Malahni will stay in my memory forever.