Trotting to a Stop : Showmanship and Horseback Riding Lessons

Video Transcript

"Hi my name is Sarah Stetner I'm an expert horse rider on behalf of Expert Village. In this video I'm just showing you how I practice for showmanship to get ready for it. I do have a little whip right here and I'm showing you just like a overview what showmanship is as well. So I'm going to go and show you how I would like to go from a trot to a stop. How you want it smooth looking and how you want the horse to go ahead and stop with you. Holt. That was a good stop. If I do want him to stop quicker with me I go ahead and tap his chest and tell him woo. That is right after I stop though. Holt. So like right there I wanted him to stop right with me. He kind of went forward a little bit more so you saw me pop him a little bit. So one more time. Holt. That was a nice stop. I stayed right here at his throat latch my shoulder and now I'm ready to set up or do a haunch turn, or do whatever I want to do. That was a perfect setup. So if I get after my horse a little bit he is not going to hate me it just makes him perform better. So that is going to a trot to a stop."