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Horse Riding By Amelia Jarvie

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Contents Horse riding What is equestrianism Equipment Types of riding How to mount a horse Olympians Photo gallery Bibliography

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What is equestrianism? Equestrianism is a fancy term for horse riding Equestrians are horse riders Horse riding is a hard and dangerous sport The riders and horses must work as a team to complete a certain event.

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Equipment The most important item for horse riding is a horse For your horse the basic equipment is 1. Bridle 2. Saddle 3. Saddle blanket For the rider the basic equipment is 1. Helmet 2. Jodhpurs 3. Boots

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Types of riding There's plenty of events horse riders do: The most common English riding; 1. Show jumping 2. Dressage 3. Eventing 4. Showing 5. Mounted games The most common western riding: 1. Barrel racing 2. Bending 3. Reining 4. Cutting 5. Working cow horse Reining Eventing

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How to mount a horse Before you think about mounting a horse, you must be on the left hand side. Step 1: with your left hand grab both of the reins and some mane. Step 2: with your right hand grab the stirrup and place your left foot in it. Step 3: with your right hand now place it on the pommel (the front of the saddle) Step 4: push off the ground with your right leg and swing it over the horses rump and softly land in the saddle, place your foot in the other stirrup. Make sure you DONT put your right hand on the cantle (back of the saddle) while mounting

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Olympians Some of the Olympian and paralympian equestrians are: Reed Kessler ~ for America Bettina Eistel (Paralympics- no arms) for Germany Edwina Alexander Topps~ Australia Grace Bowen~ Australia (Paralympics)

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