Horseback Riding 101

By Laura McBride

Lesson 2: Basic Rider Equipment for Safe Riding

Suggested Reading

Read Guidelines for Safe Dress on page 346 in Storey's Horse-Lover's Encyclopedia.

Read Chapter Five in Stephen Budiansky's The Nature of Horses.

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Lessons

Introduction
Lesson 1: Grooming and Tacking up
Lesson 2: Basic Rider Equipment for Safe Riding
• Why we wear what we wear
• Proper equipment for junior riders (children under age 12):
• Proper equipment for adult riders
• Other useful equipment to acquire, children and adults
• Suggested Reading
Lesson 3: Leading, Mounting and Dismounting, and Basic Position
Lesson 4: Beginning to Ride: Walk and Halt
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