How do you safely mount and ride a horse and how to safely dismount the horse after your ride?

Answer 1

Safe ways to mount.

You always mount from the left side, with your reins in your left hand, but there are different ways of mounting.

Leg up - You bend your left leg and someone helps you jump up. When you are up you swing your right leg over the hindquarters and sit in the saddle.

Mounting block - There is a mounting block with a couple of steps. You lead your horse up to it and climb up the steps. You then place your left leg in the stirrup and swing your right leg over into the stirrup on the other side.

From ground - You mound from the ground by lifting your left leg up to go in the stirrup and putting your right hand on the back of the saddle and your left hand holds the reins and the front of the saddle. You haul yourself up and swing your right leg over.

Dismount -

You hold your reins in your left hand, take both you feet out of the stirrups and swing your right left over the saddle onto the ground, lightly jumping down. Do not let go of the reins unless someone is there with you.

Hope this helped!