Horseback Riding 101

By Laura McBride

Lesson 4: Beginning to Ride: Walk and Halt

Suggested Reading

Read Chapters Three, Four and Five in Centered Riding by Sally Swift.

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Lessons

Introduction
Lesson 1: Grooming and Tacking up
Lesson 2: Basic Rider Equipment for Safe Riding
Lesson 3: Leading, Mounting and Dismounting, and Basic Position
Lesson 4: Beginning to Ride: Walk and Halt
• How to ask a horse to walk
• How to halt a horse
• The basics of steering
• Exercises at walk and halt
• When in doubt
• Ask, ask, ask, ask, ask
• Suggested Reading
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