Horseback Riding 101

By Laura McBride

Lesson 6: Basics of the Trot

Suggested Reading

Read Chapter Fifteen in Centered Riding by Sally Swift. Read Chapters One and Seven in The Nature of Horses by Stephen Budiansky.

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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
Lesson 5: Where Do I Go From Here?
Lesson 6: Basics of the Trot
• Review: Mounting, dismounting, walking, halting.
• What to know about the gait: interesting facts
• What to know about the gait: equine and rider body mechanics
• What the trot feels like
• How to ride the trot
• Two-point: What it is, and what it's used for
• Posting the walk
• Begin trotting
• Practice exercises in two-point at the trot
• Breathing, again and always
• Suggested Reading
Lesson 7: Beginning to Post theTrot
Lesson 8: Getting Good at Trotting