HORSE RIDING 2

Basic Riding Skills - Horseback Riding Basics

1) Saddle up: Put on a saddle and a bridle.

2) Mounting up.

3) Walk on: how to walk, halt and turn.

4) Trotting, cantering and galloping.

To finish with this topic, have some fun watching the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM3512zY5Yg

HORSE RIDING

This term we are going to visit the stables in Breña Alta. Click on the following link and find out about horses' parts of the body. Scroll the mouse on the horse and the different names will appear.

http://horses.about.com/library/partsofthehorse/blhorsemap.htm

If you don't understand the names, use a dictionary to translate them into Spanish. After working with the new vocabulary, click on the next link to do the quiz on line.

http://horses.about.com/library/partsofthehorse/blpartofhorsequiz.htm

Horse Face Markings

1) Bald face

2) Blaze

3) Snip

4) Star

5) Strip/Stripe

Have a look at the link and you will see what the different face markings look like.

http://www.cowboyway.com/HowTo/HorseFaceMarkings.htm