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Summary: A walk is your horse's slowest gait. Practice riding at a walk with tips from an experienced riding instructor in this free video series on horse gaits.
Mara Keith-Hunter is a lifelong equestrian and head coach for the Hampshire College equestrian team. She rode in the Intercollegiate National Horse Show for both the University of...read more
"To began with in order to get our horse to walk on. You will start by squeezing your calf's if your house isn't responsive to this light squeezing pressure you can also move to harder almost kick with your heals and if this doesn't work you can actually give little kick. So both legs on and walking. The walk is a four beat gait. And you want to make sure as your walking that your arms are following the back and forth motion of their head."
eHow Article: Riding a Horse in a Walk