How do you learn how to ride a horse?
October 7th, 2009
I don’t own a horse, but I love them. I want to learn how to ride one.
I don’t have time to own one. But I wish I did.
first and most important is to take lessons!!!! you can even find a stable or riding facility that does a lease program and sometimes you can get lessons with the lease of the horse!!! good luck and have fun, horses are the best extra carricular activity you could enduldge yourself in i highly recommend you give it a try especially if you already have the interest and love of them!!!
October 7th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
juss find somewhere in ur area that teaches lessons its that simple i ride horses but i dont own any..look in the phone book or on google or yahoo or something…u’ll find something
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October 7th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Look for barns locally. There are many places that give lessons (at a cost of course!)
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October 7th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Hi, you can always go to a horse stable, offer to help do anything that they would like for you to do and exchange your work for riding lessons. You can usually always find someone at a horse stables, if you don’t wish to trade labor for lessons, that will teach you for pay. If you do consider doing something like this, be sure and let them know that you are strictly a beginner and that is what level you need to begin with…hope this helps
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October 7th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Before you actually try riding- do some research either on line or at your library.
When you do find someplace that will let you ride- stretch out well 1st. Sitting on a horse is not a normal body position.
Start slow. Make friends with the horse 1st. Spend time getting to know her -brushing, soft voices, stroking-
Riding is more a relationship than simply an activity.
The advice to work your training off at a stable is awesome.
Oh, and the one thing you MUST now is when mounting & dismounting your horse- "LEFT IS RIGHT and right is wrong"
Always, always get up and down on the left. Generally, the horse will know more about the human atop than the human will know about the horse. Respect that and remember you are the boss- a kind and gentle one.
When you fall off, and you will, get back on or the horse will never let you again. Let the horse stop laughing first. Don’t be angry with the horse- you’re the one who "fell"- even if it did involve a gate, tree or just a horse dance you weren’t prepared to handle.
God Bless. Love you!
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October 8th, 2009 at 12:19 am
first and most important is to take lessons!!!! you can even find a stable or riding facility that does a lease program and sometimes you can get lessons with the lease of the horse!!! good luck and have fun, horses are the best extra carricular activity you could enduldge yourself in i highly recommend you give it a try especially if you already have the interest and love of them!!!
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i own 6 horses and purchasing 7th today!!!!
October 8th, 2009 at 1:00 am
Look for stables near by to get some ridding lessons.
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October 8th, 2009 at 1:19 am
i learn the first time i got on a horse but you can go to barn that trainn people how to ride
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October 8th, 2009 at 1:24 am
first you have to do one step at a time i am a experinced rider now you have to start at a walk then start at a trot but you have to stay on then when you feel it is time go in a canter then when you feel right about that go in a full gallop just stay on and go with the flow
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October 8th, 2009 at 2:12 am
Nicole is right. You can find just about anyone with stables who will teach you.
The first time you get off a horse, just be prepared to learn you have muscles you didn’t realize you had…it will come a few hours after you get home. I went riding yesterday after a three-year absence…a battle between me and the horse over who was boss…he wanted to run but I was not prepared enough to take a run, so my thighs feel like the size of dinosaur sausages right now LOL!
But, it is fun once you do get the hang of it. My 10yo right now can ride better than me!
Have fun!
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October 8th, 2009 at 2:25 am
Find an instructor in your area. Just call them up and tell them you want to learn how to ride.
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http://www.riding-instructor.com/instructors/
October 8th, 2009 at 2:36 am
i love horses too! i don’t own one either. But, when i was in the same position as you, what i did, was i suscribed for magazines (such as Horse and Rider) and i got some books at the bookstore. I just read and read and read until i was confident enough to go on the internet and find a local barn. And i did. I am now an intermediete rider, and lemme tell ya, a lesson barn will really teach ya all you need to know!
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October 8th, 2009 at 3:12 am
Lessons and practice. Theres no short cuts, no easy way, just hard work and learning.
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October 8th, 2009 at 3:19 am
i dont know ive been riding since i was a baby so experience.. no one taught me lol… so yeah good luck
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October 8th, 2009 at 3:58 am
Find a stable in your area and see if they give lessons, if they don’t they’ll probably be able to recommend a place that does. After that it’s all up to you.
As mulereiner pointed out, there are no short cuts to riding, you have to work for everything you get out of it. Even someone with a ton of natural talent can’t just jump on a horse and gallop over a showjumping course, this is real life not the movies and it’ll be YEARS before you can do something like that. You’re going to start off slow, w/t/c for a few months before even thinking of jumping. It’s going to be hard, your legs are going to be burning the first few times you ride. Make sure to stretch and exercise when you’re not on the horse or you’ll get nowhere.
Be prepared to fall off and get right back on again. Be prepared for the horse to spook at any moment and go galloping off with you, no matter how calm they seem. You could ride for years without a horse spooking for you, or it could happen the first time you get on.
Make sure you never get on without a helmet, no matter how good you think you are it’s too dangerous.
Good luck, I hope you find somewhere to ride soon.
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October 8th, 2009 at 4:23 am
Get lessons.
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October 8th, 2009 at 4:34 am
obviously you don’t know much about horseback riding because if you did you would know that it would not be possible for someone to tell you how to ride a horse on this site… so anyway if you really want to know how to horseback ride you need to take a couple years of lessons.
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October 8th, 2009 at 5:02 am
Take lessons. Shop around for a good trainer first. Or if you have friends that use a trainer and they recommend him/ her ask if you can watch their lessons.
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Horse owner for 14 years
October 8th, 2009 at 5:24 am
get lessons
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October 8th, 2009 at 5:46 am
I would highly reccomend the book called ‘the ultimite book of horse and rider’. it’s really good! also, get riding lessons at a local stable, and look at this website:
http://www.wikihow.com/Ride-a-Horse
enjoy!
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http://www.wikihow.com/Ride-a-Horse
October 8th, 2009 at 6:35 am
take some lessons
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October 8th, 2009 at 7:24 am
bareback(no saddle), this way you can feel how the horse moves, when it moves, and how powerful it is..
am i scaring you? srry
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exp.
October 8th, 2009 at 7:54 am
It depends if you are willing to take up the little bit of time that you have to ride. There are 2 main riding styles, English & Western. I personally choose English, but if you are starting off I would probbally suggest Western. (much easier.) English would take up waaay too much of your time learning how to post at the trot. Also you should post another question on how to choose a good riding stable. Sorry, I can’t tell you everything about how to ride and what is good and what is not. It is up to you!
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ME, DUH!
October 8th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Pull out a phonebook and look up local riding schools!! I’d actually love to learn too, when I find the time that is!
Hope this Helps!! Bells
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October 8th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Get lessons from a respected instructor. Period. YOU CANNOT TEACH YOURSELF! Please don’t try! You could become badly hurt! To find a respected instructor, poll the local vets, the pony club, and the farriers! Good luck!
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October 8th, 2009 at 9:28 am
find the best riding school in your area…or an instructor.. once you have had a few lessons you can look around for a possibly less expensive way to ride, maybe help out at a yard/barn/equestrian center etc
the better your first teacher the better rider you will be and although the best are probably the most expensive you do get what you pay for
if you find a ‘friend’ to teach you they might teach you there own bad habits
if you don’t want to ride all the time try being a volunteer with an animal sanctuary that has horses
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45 years breeding and training horses
October 8th, 2009 at 9:51 am
go to a school
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