1, equipped with protective gear
The head is the most fragile, you should protect your head first. It is now stipulated that you must wear a three-point fixed helmet. Choose this helmet that suits your head shape. Wear a helmet every time you ride a horse. General leggings with riding boots. If it's boots, leggings are not needed.
Leggings can protect your calves from saddle wear, especially when riding a farmer's saddle in the wild.
Gloves are necessary. A leather pad is added between the tiger's little finger and the ring finger of equestrian gloves, which is resistant to reins friction, contains cotton and can absorb sweat.
It is not advisable to wear hiking shoes, travel shoes and other shoes with special anti-slip function. Once a person falls off a horse, the most dangerous thing is that his feet can't get rid of the pedal. Wearing shoes with anti-slip function often makes his feet unable to get rid of the pedal. You should wear shoes with heels and smooth soles.
It is not advisable to wear metal-rimmed glasses when riding a horse. If you fall off your horse, it will do great harm to people.
Female compatriots should not wear hairpins on their heads. If they fall off a horse without a helmet, hairpins can easily scratch their heads.
If you want to ride a horse, don't wear too long clothes that day, or it may scare the horse when it floats. Put down everything that may be left behind. If you fall off a horse, it will make the horse suddenly dodge in the opposite direction and throw people off. If possible, you can borrow riding boots or leggings from tourist spots, which can not only prevent your legs from being worn out, but also avoid putting your whole feet in the stirrup once you fall off your horse.
Step 2 get on the horse
Leave valuables with a partner who doesn't ride a horse or the manager of the racecourse to prevent them from falling off the horse and breaking. Follow the master's instructions when getting on the horse.
When getting on the horse, it is always on the left side of the horse, because the horse is not used to people walking to its right. If the ground on the left side is low, turn the horse's head around, so that it is easy to get on the horse, and it also avoids the saddle sliding down and falling off the horse because of the low ground and excessive tension on the saddle.
Before getting ready to mount the horse, the rider stands in front of the horse's left shoulder, facing obliquely backward. The left hand grasps the reins and horse mane together to fix the body during the process of mounting. Grasp the stirrup with your right hand and lift it with your left foot. Take off with your right foot, put your left leg in the stirrup, and turn around and get on the horse.
If the horse is tall, the right foot can be used several times, and the impact force can press the horse on the back. After getting on the horse, sit down gently and don't press on the horse's waist. In this way, the horse will know that you won't ride to bully you. Sit up straight on horseback, stand up straight and look straight ahead.
It is very dangerous to put your whole foot in the stirrup. If a groom leads the horse for you, you can climb on the back of the horse.
3. dismount and stand at attention
If you want to dismount, you must first adjust the position of the pedal with the heel down. Then, one hand holds the hoop in front of the saddle, and the other hand pulls the reins to the left, so that the horse's head leans to the left as far as possible, so that even if the horse is frightened, it can only run a small circle around the left, and tourists will not be dragged away or kicked.
The standard posture of dismounting is that the right foot takes off the stirrup and the right leg extends horizontally over the horse's hip. Never touch your feet on the horse's PP, which will easily frighten the horse and cause it to run or jump suddenly, thus causing danger. As opposed to riding a horse. The right leg was not raised high enough and rubbed against the horse's hip. If a groom leads the horse for you, you can also jump off the horse.
4. Matters needing immediate attention
Don't ride horses that are too young or too old. These horses have no strength and can easily throw you over.
Try to keep your back straight when riding, and don't be habitually hunched, otherwise you will be easily tired and injured.
Don't get dressed or undressed at once, lest the horse be frightened.
When the horse is running, girls (especially those with high decibels) should never shout loudly on the horse. The horse will think you are excited and run faster and faster. The horse will be frightened by your barking. It's dangerous to scare horses.
Don't put your feet in the stirrup too much, just use the first half of your feet to avoid pedaling. Don't tie your shoelaces too tightly, because after you fall off your horse, your shoes will fall off to avoid pedaling.
Lean forward when going uphill and grab the front of the saddle. When going downhill, lean back and hold the saddle back. When going up and down steep slopes, please trust the horse. It has four hooves, let it choose its own pace.
It is very important for the groom or himself to adjust the stirrup length, otherwise the leg will hurt and grind. Change your posture immediately at any time. Don't always use one posture to avoid hip pain.
When a horse drills into the jungle, it only cares about its height, so if you ride on it, it will be hung down by branches, so you must be able to control it and not let it drill into the jungle, otherwise you must get down.
When a horse defecates or is hungry, its belly will become smaller and its waistline will become loose. Therefore, it is necessary to check the girth of the horse frequently and make it very tight to prevent the saddle from slipping and falling off the horse. When the harness of a horse is loose, ask the groom or the staff to help, or tighten it yourself. If you can't finish, please lead the horse. Before going up and down the steep slope, dismount in advance to check or shake the saddle properly to see if it is loose.
Don't let horses eat grass when walking, and don't drink too much water. Please tighten the reins so that the horse's head can't eat grass, or beat the horse's hips hard with the reins to make it go quickly.
When turning the horse's head, please pull the fork to the left or right. When stopping the horse, both legs tighten the belly of the horse and pull the fork at the same time.
You can only step on it with the forefoot, and the heel falls to catch the stirrups, so that even if you fall, you will not be caught by the stirrups. You can't pass things to each other on horseback, let alone fight. Horses are most bumpy when they trot. You have to step on the pedal and lift it slightly, and your body will rise and fall with the rhythm of the horse's ups and downs, so that your hips will not be worn out. Once the horse spreads its hooves and runs, you can stand up on the pedal to completely separate the buttocks from the saddle, but you must grasp the hoop to prevent the horse from suddenly stopping or changing direction.
The visual range of a horse is three-dimensional within 30 degrees. Everything seen from this angle is flat, and the horse can't see what is behind. Horses are nearsighted. Don't think that they can help you watch the road while running. Generally, when they encounter obstacles, they will only leave room for themselves to pass, and you will forget on your back. Just like driving a car, the faster the speed, the narrower the field of vision. You need to sit on it to watch the road for him and grasp the speed in time.
As long as you are on the horse, hold on to the reins no matter what happens, because the horse will suddenly run away at any time for various reasons. If you hold on to the reins, you won't fall.
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