Learn Horseback Riding in a Weekend

Enough "horse sense" for an entire weekend of horseback riding fun; includes information on equipment, instructors, and horsecare. Part of the "Learn-in-a-Weekend" series.

Learn Horseback Riding in a Weekend provides in one clear handbook a concentrated, highly structured program that shows the novice--step by step, hour by hour--how to master the fundamental skills of horseback riding in one weekend.

Know your horse
The paces
The tack
Riding gear
The riding school
The instructor
The horse
Fit for riding
Horse sense
Preparing to ride
Tacking up
Mounting
In the saddle
Moving off
Trotting
Learning on the lunge
Group riding
Cantering
Riding out
Jumping
Advanced riding
Troubleshooting
Horse care