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Reveal support for riding style (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bareback

'riding style' is the definition.

'reveal support' is the wordplay.
'reveal' becomes 'bare'.
'support' becomes 'back' (back is a kind of support**).
'bare'+'back'='BAREBACK'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for bareback that I've seen before include "On an unsaddled horse" , "On a horse without a saddle" , "kind of riding" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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