Course Highlights
  • Understand how to ride a horse at a walk, trot and canter safely and effectively.
  • Tack up a horse and untack a horse.
  • Feel comfortable and confident around horses.
  • Approach; lead and move around a horse properly.

Curriculum

4 Topics
Meet Ali and Noah
Parts of the Horse
What to wear for riding
Thinking like a horse

3 Topics
Catching a horse in a field
How to tie a quick release knot
How to groom your horse

5 Topics
What Your Horse Wears
How to tack up a horse-English
How to tack up-Western
Adjusting your Stirrups
Pre-Launch Safety Check

5 Topics
Getting on your horse
The basic riding position
Bonus: Pelvis position while riding
The natural aids
Bonus: Using your elbows effectively

3 Topics
What's a trot?
Posting a trot
Sitting a trot

2 Topics
What is a canter (or lope)?
Bonus: Exercises for controlling the canter

3 Topics
Getting Off Your Horse
Untacking Your Horse
Give your horse a treat!

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Essential Horsemanship Skills: How to Handle and Ride Horses

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