How to Tie a Horse: Free Horseback Riding Lessons

Video Transcript

"Hi! My name is Sarah Stetner, and I am an expert horse rider on behalf of Expert Village. This is my horse Rowdy, and we are going to teach you how to tie a horse properly, in order to ride of course. So we start here. This is called a 4H knot. It is called a 4H knot because it is a quick release way to do it, and it is very easy for 4H'ers who are 8 years old. So what you do is you put it in through the hook, you just turn it, cross it, and then you flip it right here, and then you just pull the little loop, just right here, and you pull it tight. Now the reason why it is designed like this is the horse can pull as much as he wants to get tight, but he can't go anywhere, and if the horse is pulling back too much, like you know how horses pull back and get in danger. You pull this little loop, its a quick release knot, just like that. So once again, I'll show you how to do that slowly. You come over here, loop it around. Rowdy back. You just got to cross, turn, just like that, and then your loop's going to come right through this part right here, right through that little hole. And then you pull that tight. So the horse, if the horse pulls right there, and then to release it, it's a quick release knot. You just pull and it releases. And that's how you do a simple 4H knot. It's what I use all the time: it's quick release, easy to do, and it's really easy to learn. So one more time; I'll just show you real quick. Come up here, pull, cross, turn this, see this little loop right here, you're going to go ahead and put the end through there, and then pull tight on the loop, so the horse can pull right here and not get away. And then to release it real quickly, if he is pulling back, you just pull. So there you go."