Beginner ride!

So when you first start having lessons you will have to have some assistants with the grooming and saddling.  So when you get on the horse you have to do a few exercises. Once you finish that you your instructor should lead you down to the arena. When you begin you want to warm up the horse. Your instructor should tell you what to do so you will start off by walking the horse while you stand up in your stirrups.

After that you will speed the horse up a little. When you are speeding the horse up you must kick the horse and cluck to her/he. To stop the horse you pull back on the reins. Then when you want to turn the horse you pull the rein that is the direction you want to go. So if you want to go right you pull on the right rein. The instructor will instruct you to walk around the arena and stop for 5 seconds. Then you will then walk around the arena and in the corners you will make circles. Then last but not least you will weave through the cones to work on your steering. That's what the beginners do in there first lesson.