At camp I learned

At Camp I Learned…

Something I really enjoyed learning about at camp was learning to ride a horse. To get a horse ready to ride you need to first brush the horse down with a brush so it

Doesn’t get any bugs caught under its saddle. Before you put on the saddle you need to put on an item called a saddle blanket. The reason you need to put on a saddle blanket is so that the saddle doesn’t rub against the horses’ coat. After you have put on the saddle blanket you put on the saddle. After the saddle is on you put on the girth which holds down the saddle. Now you are ready to ride.

Now to riding. Believe it or not, it’s not like on those cowboy films where you just slam the reins into the horses’ neck. To make a horse move you gently kick the horses’ side. (Not too gently though because they are large animals) Then to bring a horse to a halt you pull back on the reins. Don’t do it too gently otherwise they won’t stop. So the horse doesn’t go into reverse you will need to loosen the reins a little bit.

Now that you know the basics I’ll tell you how to speed the horse up to a gallop. To speed the horse to a gallop you still kick its side but a bit harder this time.

To get a horse ready to ride you need to first brush the horse down with a brush so it doesn’t get any bugs caught under its saddle. Before you put on the saddle you need to put on an item called a saddle blanket. The reason you need to put on a saddle blanket is so that the saddle doesn’t rub against the horses’ coat. After you have put on the saddle blanket you put on the saddle. After the saddle is on you put on the girth which holds down the saddle. Now you are ready to ride.

By Oliver Parvin