Lesson 5: How To Trot (Do's and Don'ts)

Hi Everyone! This is the fifth and final video for the "Riding Lessons for Beginners" series and the focus of this video is learning how to trot. From this lesson you will learn how to ask your horse to move into a trot using various techniques as well as how to ride the trot with a proper seat, and hands and reins. This video also goes over the don'ts for trotting your horse. Enjoy and thanks for watching! 00:00 Introduction 00:13 Lesson summary 01:33 Asking your horse to trot 02:56 Proper seat and core 03:43 Arms, hands, reins 04:18 Trotting 05:27 How to slow trot down 06:24 Don't squeeze too long 06:54 Don't Lean Forward 07:31 Don't point toes down 08:05 Don't Have straight arms 08:26 Outro - Thanks for watching!