How to Trot Your Horse

Video Transcript

"Now that you're on your horse and you're comfortable, we're going to learn how to trot. To do this we'll start walking. We're going to start by doing what's called a sitting trot. You're going to squeeze your legs to encourage them to move forward and you're just going to try and let your seat and hips absorb the shock and then we can move into what's called a rising or posting trot, in which, you sit one beat and come up out of the tact for one beat. To come back down to a walk, from a trot, you will simply apply pressure to both reins and you can sit in your your seat to help encourage them to come down. You can also use your voice in a low tone like "whoa". To stop, I'm going to sit, apply pressure to both reins."