Intro to Bareback Riding Video Lessons

Series Summary

Throughout most of recorded history, horses have played a major role in the civilizations of mankind. They have carried us into battle, fierce and unafraid. They have pulled our plows and buggies, and carried our loads. They’ve helped us travel long distances. They’ve been essential in herding and driving our cattle. And the police still use them for crowd control situations in urban environments. Horses have been a large part in shaping, not just our country, but our world as well.

Everyone needs instruction before riding a horse, especially if you are riding without a saddle. These are large, powerful animals that should be taken very seriously. In these free horseback riding video lessons, you will learn how to ride a horse bareback. Our expert will discuss tips on getting on the horse without a saddle, and the proper form in which to ride. Learn how to walk, jog, and stop the horse without using reigns and how a horse responds to your body language.

Video Transcript

" Hi my name is Sarah Stetner. I'm an expert horse rider on behalf of Expert Village. And in this video, I'm going to show you how I ride without a bridle with the horse; and this takes a lot of trust between the horse and the rider and the rider and the horse. I have to trust him pretty much with my life in order to do this. He is an all leg horse; what I mean by that is he does respond to legs. So that is how I turn the horse. I'm going to be doing a lot of cool things in this video: transitions, canter to stop. You will see me end up doing a figure eight at the canter, and he's going to go ahead and switch leads. So this does take a lot of trust. So if he doesn't do one of the things correctly, I would go ahead and have him do it again for me, but he is pretty good, so he will hopefully do them all correctly. So just bear with me and I hope you like this video."