If your horse is scraching it's back feet when riding you need to either get splint boots or bell boots. Look it Up...
Go to the farrier and ask for special horse shoes.
Make the horse want to do what you ask it to and make the horse understand you are the leader. To be the leader, move the horses feet forward, left, right and backwards. To make the horse want to do what you are asking it, make what you are asking it be the easiest thing to do. Like, if you want the horse to stop, lope the horse until he is begging to stop, and then, when you give the slightest signal to stop, the horse will stop on a dime.
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To mount a horse, approach from the left side, hold the reins in your left hand, and place your left foot in the stirrup. Push yourself up and swing your right leg over the horse's back to sit in the saddle. To dismount, bring the horse to a stop, remove your feet from the stirrups, swing your right leg over the horse's back, and gently lower yourself to the ground on the left side.
At the white stop line, or with no white line, at least 15 feet back.
from either slightly stumbling, saw feet or even from swollowing their own tounge
1st stop your horse and losen the reins then u take both feet out of the stirrups and then swing your left leg over the saddle and drop down hoping 2 land on ur feet
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"Whoa" is the classic command to stop a horse.
You should be back where signs tells you to stop. If no sign, stay back ten feet from track.
All you do is gently pull back on the reins and squeeze your thighs on the horse. If it doesn't stop, then pull back harder. Not to hard though. Hope this helps!!
Before you go for a sliding stop, make sure your horse already stops when you just sit down in the saddle (backing up helps get a good stop if you do not have the normal stop perfect yet). When you get this good, get your horse into a fast lope and when you're ready, sit back in the saddle. You don't really want to pull on the reins because this calls for a shorter sliding stop. If you get your horse going fast enough, he will slide. Just make sure you have the proper equipment: a nice snady arena with nice fluffy dirt. Rice hulls can help get a nice fluffy top. Also, tie up the tail incase you have to back up to reinforce the stop so the horse sets back on his hocks better.