How do you ride a horse?

Question

Like left, right, faster, slower, stop and go

Answer 1

Their are different styles of riding, the two I am familiar with are Western and English. Their are different saddles for the English and Western styles. The western saddle has a horn on the front of it that you can tie a lariat on to. A lariat is a type of rope. while the English one doesn't. The saddles have different shape's. If you are riding western style you mostly use the reins to ride it. In English style you use your legs most and the reins as the last resort...if after asking the horse with your legs the horse doesn't do what you are asking him then you use the reins. Pulling on the reins a lot hurts the horses mouth so I prefer the English style myself. To ride it first you get on the horse sit up straight shoulder's back, head up, put your feet in the stirrups, heals down toes up. The correct rider position requires that your ear, shoulder, hip, and heal are aligned. Hold on to the reins with two hands, their is a certain way to hold them. If you want to know you could look it up...it's hard to explain. Anyway when riding a horse English style to make it go you pull both legs back about 2 inches squeeze and release evenly with both your lower legs at the same time push forward with your back. Release the tension in the reins slightly. When the horse starts moving move your legs back to normal position...in line with your hips and shoulder's. If the horse isn't listening to you and doesn't start to move kick lightly with your heals, if it still doesn't go kick harder. To stop the horse you lean back a little, gently close your calves on the horse, stiffen your back, and tighten your hands. To make the horse walk faster push with your left leg then right then left then right till it is going at the speed you want. To turn left squeeze and release with your left leg. tighten your left hand, loosen your right. to turn right squeeze and release with your right leg. Tighten your right leg and loosen your left. To make the horse trot (run) squeeze with your legs, lean forward a little, and loosen your hands. It is the same as walking but you insist a bit more to encourage the horse to do it. To canter (run, different then trot) get into a trot the put your outside leg back behind the girth and keep the inside leg on the girth. When you are going in a circle the inside leg is the leg on the inside of the circle and the outside leg is the leg on the outside of the circle. If you want to learn more about riding their are books about it. If you want to ride one I would suggest taking lessons.

Answer 2

Do you know how long this answer is going to be... There are four transitions you can go through when riding a horse. The first one is obviously walk, then it goes onto trot, canter and gallop. To walk you just squeeze a little and let the reins out a little. Then to trot you squeeze a little more and i sometimes make a click noise with my mouth so signal that i want to trot. Then the best one is canter. You bring one leg back just behind the girth and turn the horses head a little. take back the rein and squeeze with the legs, you should feel the horse bend underneath you and then you release the reins and kick with the legs and away you go. To Gallop you just let out the reins and kick until the horse drops low and you are in a full gallop. When turn you should look in the direction you are going and half halt so the horse knows you want it do to something. Then Look and depending on which direction you are wanting to go bring that leg forward and allow the horse to bend around it.

Answer 3

That varies by the style of riding. Your basic western style uses the reigns with pressure against the neck and bit to steer, pulling against the bit (and the tender, painful parts of a horse's mouth) to stop or slow and pressure from your heels to increase speed.

A hackamore bridle uses pressure on the nose instead of the mouth. A Well trained horse and rider can also move beyond pain inducing bridles and use simple shifts in weight to key the rider's desires.

The best way to learn to ride is by going to a local stable and taking classes. Too much pressure on the bridle can cause the horse pain and permanently damage the horse's mouth. Also, a horse knows when an inexperienced rider is up there. If you have a horse like mine, your ride will be brief.

Answer 4

Depends on the horse. Horses are trained in different ways for different uses. If you have never been on a horse then it would be a good idea to take lessons. A horse is large and strong animal and can be dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. It is not like has been described in other answers. Only in places where they have horses for rides around a circle is this method used.

Answer 5

You need an instructor. To get the horse to go, you squeeze its sides with your heels and kick if necessary, and you can use your voice to encourage it. Stronger methods include reinforcing with a smack of the crop or spurs.
To stop, you sit down deep into the saddle, tighten your legs around the horse's middle and pull back on the reins, then ease off when it slows. Again, you can use your voice to say ''steady'' or ''whoah''.
To turn left, you push in the horse's side with your right foot, and slightly bring your left leg forward, pulling the left rein out and using your seat to nudge the horse left. Make sure you are looking where you want to go.
The same for turning right, only in reverse. Push with your left heel, pull out the right rein, look right....
To get the horse to canter, you generally wait for a corner or until the horse is turning in the direction you want to go, as it helps it strike off on the correct leg. You sit deep in the saddle, put your inside leg on the girth, and kick or squeeze with the outside leg. Give the horse a bit more rein too, and look in the direction you want to go.

Good luck.

Answer 6

The hardest part is having the owner convinced that you really wanna ride! Then it's like kizmet! The horse's name was Gallent & the owner says Gallent is a very spirited horse & like I say so wot, ya gonna let me ride 'em or not, flashing my fist full of German marks in his face! Gallent was (maybe still is) one of the largest grey draft horses I had ever had the privilledge to see! A H U G E horse with a broad girth, wide hoofs & the need of the owner to give me a boost to mount the giant animal! Then, it was pure determination! You just do it Nike style before you knew what Nike was! It's like mind over matter, I didn't mind & Gallent didn't matter! Just go you big ole horse! Yank, don't tug, kick hard, don't nudge, hold on for life, not like a whimp! Be sure to jerk that bit because coaxing don't woik!Do it with intestinal fortitude, determination & with gusto. Just like the rest of life!! [+2!!!!]

Answer 7

It's really more complicated than this, and you should really take lessons, not online advice, but here it is:
Faster: Squeeze legs, make a cluck sound
Slower: Sit back with weight, put legs a little farther foward, GENTLY hold in with reigns
Go: Squeeze with legs, cluck
Stop: Sit back, hold in with reigns "Woah" (softly, dont scream it)
For english riding:
left: bring left hand in towards you, close right hand into neck (don't cross over, though), take left leg off of horse, squeeze with right leg
right: do opposite of above
For Western Riding:
Left: bring hand left, open left leg, close in with right
Right: opposite

Answer 8

Elephant journey amuses more effective than horse rides , its outstanding to be certain elephant bending his body and also you're mountaineering actual of it and also you feeling like lengthy gone to the actual of mount everest ! .

Answer 9

by sitting on it.... that's just the basics then there's jumping, posting, etc........ i used to ride horses and if you are seriously thinking of really riding DO NOT teach yourself, get a trainer

Answer 10

Left - pull left reign.
Right - pull right reign.
Slow - pull reigns.
Stop - Whoa, pull reigns.
Faster / Go - click tongue, and squeeze feet against the horse.