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Summary: Riding bareback on a horse requires that the equestrian wear their protective riding clothes. Ride a horse bareback, or without a saddle, with help from an equestrian and horse riding coach in this free video on horse training.
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 ride bareback, you're going to take your saddle off, you still have the bridle on. Everything else will still be the same, you still have all your protective riding clothes on. And you want to make sure first of all that you're at a point in your riding where you're going to feel pretty strong and balanced riding without the saddle definitely takes a little more balance and leg strength and you want to make sure you're on a horse you feel very comfortable on. So to begin with we'll just lock on. You'll probably notice that really long leg. You want to let your leg go as long as it can. Its important to keep your legs long and wrapped around the horse for your balance. Its also important especially in your downward transitions to stay stretching up tall, leaning back. Downward transitions can be the hardest thing when you're riding bareback just because they can be jarring and you end up leaning forward, you can easily come off your balance and end up sliding off one way or the other."
eHow Article: How to Ride Bareback
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