Process Essay: What To Do If You Want To Ride

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When it's time to ride you obviously want to head to the place you are going to ride. Most barns have an arena, which can be outdoors or inside the barn. Some barns, even have fields and pastures you can ride in as well. Once you are at the place you have decided to ride, you want to check your girth and tighten it, if need be. You are also going to slide you stirrups down and make sure everything is exactly how you want. You then want to This is an example of women mounting. head to a mounting block or a box/ step you can step on, making sure you are getting on from the left side. According to equusmagazine.com, Getting on from the ground has around a 4.5 psi, and getting on from with a mounting block or step has around a 3.5 psi. The lower the psi the better and so getting on with a mounting block or step is very important so you don’t injure your horse's back. Next you are going to put the reins over your horse's head and step onto the mounting block. You want to gather your reins and step in the stirrup with your left foot. You are going to gently swing your right leg around and sit down in the saddle nicely. You can then put your right foot in the stirrup and adjust your reins. After you have done all these steps and feel comfortable, you can go ahead and walk around the arena.

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Trotting is faster than walking and is a bit more bouncy but once you get a hang of it, it's fun. When trotting you have two options, sitting trot or posting trot. Sitting trot is where you sit down as much as you can while remaining relaxed but still sitting up tall, you really want you and your horse to look like one. Posting trot is where you sit for one step and then stand up the next, and so on. Posting trot sounds harder, but it is actually easier than sitting the trot. At the posting trot, you also have diagonals. If you are on the right diagonal you are standing