Horseback Riding 101

Lesson 8: Getting Good at Trotting

Suggested Reading

In Centered Riding by Sally Swift, read Chapter Eleven. In The Nature of Horses, read Chapter Nine. You may also want to read some portion of Cavaletti: Schooling Horse and Rider over Ground Rails by Ingrid Klimke and Reiner Klimke.

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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

Lesson 7: Beginning to Post theTrot

Lesson 8: Getting Good at Trotting

• Review of Posting

• Giving Yourself a Class: Confirm Walk and Trot Skills

• Final Lesson: Preparing for Sitting Trot and Cantering

• Exercise One

• Exercise Two

• Exercise Three

• Suggested Reading