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Horseback Riding 101

© Laura McBride

Lesson 1: Grooming and Tacking up

Lesson 2: Basic Rider Equipment for Safe Riding

Lesson 3: Leading, Mounting and Dismounting, and Basic Position

Lesson 4: Beginning to Ride: Walk and Halt
- How to ask a horse to walk
- How to halt a horse
- The basics of steering
- Exercises at walk and halt
- When in doubt
- Ask, ask, ask, ask, ask
- Suggested Reading

Lesson 5: Where Do I Go From Here?

Lesson 6: Basics of the Trot

Lesson 7: Beginning to Post theTrot

Lesson 8: Getting Good at Trotting

Lesson 4: Beginning to Ride: Walk and Halt

Suggested Reading

Read Chapters Three, Four and Five in Centered Riding by Sally Swift.

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