Contents
Choosing a Riding School • Choosing a Trainer • What You Should Wear to Ride • Gaining Experience in the Saddle
Fit for Riding • Leading a Horse • Mounting a Horse • Perfecting Your Position • Dismounting
The Aids • First Steps • Steering • Halting • Exercises and Stretches You Can Do in the Saddle
Posting (Rising) Trot • Diagonals • Transitions • Jogging Exercises • Praise and Rewards • Riding Bareback
Leads • Asking for the Lope • Loping Tips • Loping Exercises • The Gallop
Reasons for Bad Behavior • Falling Off • Bucking Bolting • Rearing • Grass Grabbing • Kicking
Finding Trails • Trail Etiquette • Training Your Horse for the Trail • First Trail • Your Position in the Saddle • Safety on the Trail • Riding on the Road • Passing Scary Objects • Riding in a Group
Preparing Your Horse • What Your Horse Should Wear • What You Should Wear • Western Show Classes • Saddle Up and Go!