Intro to Advanced Western Riding: Free Horseback Riding Lessons

Series Summary

Mankind has a special bond with one particular animal on this planet: the horse. Horses have helped us charge into battle, fierce and brave. They’ve pulled our plows and buggies, and carried our heavy loads of supplies. They’ve helped us cover long distances in short periods of time. Horses have been essential in herding and driving our cattle. And the police still use them for crowd control situations in dense city environments. Without a doubt, horses have proven to be well-suited for civilization, showing qualities of loyalty and bravery, responding to commands, and usually having an approachable demeanor.

Since they are wild, horses need some sort of obedience training before they can work side by side with humans. Especially in the sport of horseback riding, the relationship between horse and rider must be cultivated over time, with repetition of the proper techniques, and using the right equipment. In these free horseback riding lessons on video, learn how to ride with Western-style equitation, which refers to the posture and position of the rider. This series has guidelines for advanced level Western horseback riding forms such as circling at a jog, gait transitions, the figure eight, and trotting over poles.

As this is a more advanced series, pay close attention to each of the videos, and practice the techniques therein until you’ve mastered them with your horse. Each animal is unique; and a rider should learn how to respond to the specific needs of his mount in order to get a top level performance from the horse.

Video Transcript

" Hi my name is Sarah Stetner I'm an expert horse rider on behalf of Expert Village. In this video it is the advanced part of the western equitation. What we are going to do here, I'm just going to show you how to extend all the gates and go ahead and work on the transition some more. I will show you a method how to get your horse to get better transition in the show ring. Also I will show you like the extension of all the gates obviously and more advance segments to it. So right now we are just walking along giving him a breather from the last video clip but, we are going to go ahead and pick up the jog right here. "