how to ride a horse?

Answer 1

I took lessons for over 3 years and then bought a horse a had her for almost ten years.
#1 Horses are very intellegent. They are very in tune with their riders and their surroundings. They can sense if your afraid and that scares them. Be confident. Go out with others who are more experienced. Ask lots of questions and pay attention to their answers. Don't tense up. Don't hunch forward. And whatever you do, DON'T SCREAM!!!
#2 When your on the horse, create an imaginary line that runs from the top of you head to the ground. If your sitting up striaght, your ear, shoulder, hip, and ankle would all line up along this line. This is important because it will help you stay ballanced so you don't fall off. If you start to lean forward, you are telling the horse you want to go faster, leaning back reinforces that you want to stop.
#3 Don't go too slack with the reins. You need to feel the connection of the reins to the horses mouth. You also need to be respectfull. You can't just start yanking on the horses mouth. Move with the horse. Use your arms like 2 springs and give with the horses head when it goes forward and back when it goes back.
#4 Keep your heals down as low as you can go, your toes up, and only put the ball of your foot in the sturrup. Only wear shoes or boots with a slight heal. This is to help you in case you do fall off, so you don't get drug by a sturrup and so you stay ballanced.
#5 Hills: Going up, lean forward. Going down, lean back.
#6 Look where you want to go pay attention to your surroundings and your horse. Watch the ears. They'll go flat back if they get angry. A happy horse has ears that are relaxed. Watch for tail swishing. You might be bumping the horses sides by mistake. Also, even horses that are buddies can have an occational fight. Keep some distance between them so you don't get kicked.
#7 Don't be afraid to talk to your horse. If it seems scared tell it " Easy" in a soothing way. If it misbehaves, tell it "NO!". If my horse was being mean to the other horses I was riding with, I'd tell her "Manners!" in a stern way. And always lots of praise when it does a good job!

Have fun and ride safe!!!!

Answer 2

Go to a stable where they offer trail riding and sattle up with them, they will usualy immediately ask you if you've ever rode before and are usualy very helpful and willing to teach, plus you wont have to worry about the horse because they are trained to fallow the one infront of them so that you'll have time to understand and learn the commands before you get on a horse to ride by yourself.

Any advice on riding here may be wrong because certain horses are trained to be ridden differently and will sometimes have different commands then most. There's also a difference between western and english style riding and postures as well as the ways horses are taught to move faster with specific commands. (such as western riding at Pantano Stables here you have to squeeze the horses gut lightly with your legs and at a stable in NC I once went to I had to kick the horse a specific number of times)

Answer 3

Have you thought about calling a trainer and take some lessons? This would be your best bet. I could describe how to ride a horse, but if you have never riden a horse, it would make absolutely no sense whatsoever.

Answer 4

First, get onto it's back, or get someone to help you. Put your feet in the stirrups and hold onto the reins. If you nudge the horse a bit with your feet, it will break into a walk. To get it to go faster nudge it some more. If your just starting out, it'd be best to start on an older horse who wont run away with you.

Answer 5

How about you bend down and I show you how to ride a horse

Answer 6

it takes time and practice - more than just a typed up answer. and i know some people will say "saddle it up, climb on, and go" but it's wayyyy more. get some riding lessons! i know i won't get best answer but there is no way you can put down how to ride a horse in words - you can't provide experience.

Answer 7

Elephant journey amuses greater than horse rides , its pleasant to look elephant bending his frame and you're mountain climbing most sensible of it and also you feeling like long past to the height of mount everest ! .

Answer 8

Get a teacher. A good one. Trying to explain it without you on a horse will take too much time and you'd never remember it come time you're actully on one.

Answer 9

put one foot in the stirup throw your other leg over the horse put the other foot in the sturip grab the reins and go just make sure your facing forward twards the horses head and not his butt

Answer 10

It's kinda like sitting... only you are on the back of a horse