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About horses

Horses feel bumpy, glossy, and furry. They feel like that mostly where their bones are. They are brown, black, white, grey, really dark yellow, and all those colors mixed. Their nose is only two light colors. Its pink and white. Horses are very gentle animals. Horses eat a whole bunch of things They eat sweet feed, pellets, bran, and oats. Those are things they eat for a little bit fat. They eat hay for their diet. People soak the hay in water first. They eat appels, carrots, and grass. Those are their treats. Those are all the things horses eat. These are some cool things about horses. The tallest horse is 7 feet tall. The smallest is only 30 inches tall. There is more than 150 breeds. They have been friends to humans for thousands of years! Horses were once used as the fastest way to travel!

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How to ride a horse

 

First lets talk about the steps of walking, trotting, cantering, galloping, and to slow down. First do the walk by very very gently squeeze your leg to the horses sides, then your legs should be relaxed.To ask a horse to trot, squeeze gently with your lower legs. The pressure you do to make a horse trot should be greater than making a horse walk so then you might need to do a gentle kick with your heels. To ask a horse to canter you have to move your legs back slightly and thens squeeze you legs not to hard. If the horse does not listen then you either need more practice or gently kick the horses sides while doing the steps. To ask a horse to gallop you must rise your seat slightly out of the saddle, putting your weight to your heels. Before doing the gallop you must be able to control 100% and be able to ride all the other gaits in ballance. To slow down your horse you need pull back the reins. Happy riding!

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