What is your procedure for pre-ride and post-ride?

Question

Everyone does things a little bit different.

Just curious to see everyone's tack-up and cool-off methods.

A bit of my own, pre:

1. Go to stall, spend 5-10 minutes talking/massaging my horse.

2. Cross-tie

3. Get grooming supplies; curry, brush, pick feet, etc.

4. Treat. xD (usually something really small at this point, just carrots or quarter apple)

5. Saddle, bridle, and wrap.

6. Take from cross-ties, lead to ring

7. Walk (on foot), tighten girth, and adjust anything that needs to be.

8. Mount and 5 minute walking warmup

Answer 1

Andi's 10 step guide to getting Pony to be perfect!

Pre Ride:

1. Get all the tack and grooming supplies ready

2. Go out to field, play catch me game/join up until she follows me to the gate.

3. Ground tie if she is being good, cross tie if she is antsy

4. Groom and treat

5. Play Parelli games for at least 10 minutes

6. Tack up (switch what side i saddle/bridle ever other time)

7. Lead up the road the long way to the arena.

8. Tighten Girth

9. Mount up

10.  Work Dressage, play in the riding pasture or go on trail ride

Post Ride

1. Do our little gallop hill

2. Cool down by walking back to barn and doing circles though the buildings (riding).

3. Ride into the barn, then ride into the barn backwards or sideways.

4. Dissmount, untack.  If she is sweaty or still hot, play Parelli games untill cool.

5. Groom and check feet and back for soreness.

6. Graze for 10 minutes.

7. Walk over to pasture/pen while making her do obstacles along the way.

8. Unhalter and let out.  

9. Ask for a few games at liberty.

10.  Treat and retreat.

YAY! That was my awesome story.

  

Answer 2

1.Get a treat

2.Find my horse in the pasture

3.Show him treat so he stands still

4.Put lead rope over kneck

5.Put on halter

6.Lead him back to the barn

7.Put him in cross-ties

8.Take off lead rope

9.Give him treat(depends)

10.groom(curry,meduim brush,pick feet,comb mane and tail,then soft brush[if hot, paint feet and hose off then scrape off and wipe off face with a wet towel])

11.saddle pad,half pad,saddle,girth

12.put on helmet

13.put on  bridle

14.lead out to riding arena

15.put reins over head

16.mount

17.two point for a stride or two

18.ride...(this part of too long to explain lol)

19.dismount

20.run up stirrups

21.take lead over head

22.undo a buckle of the girth

23.take reins over head

24.lead back to barn

25.take off bridle

26.put on halter and cross-ties

27.unbuckle helmet

28.take off saddle & put on cleaning rack

29.groom again(same process as before[if hot pick feet and hose off and wipe face off with wet towel])

30.put on lead rope

31.take off cross ties

32.lead to stall

33.clan tack and boots & half chaps

34.take off helmet & be done.

Answer 3

pre ride

1. get the horse to the cross ties

2. brush the horse and tack the horse up

3. get on the horse and warm up.

post ride

1. get off the horse and walk till cool

2. brush the horse

3. put the horse back out in the field

kev is right about time tho, if you have the time then spend it, if you dont then get things done and get on your way.

Answer 4

1. catch crazy mare in pasture

2. bring back to barn and take off her fly stuff

3. quick brush-down (she stays fairly clean under her fly sheet) and pick out hooves

4. wrap forelegs with polos

5. saddle pad, wither widening pad, saddle blanket

6. western saddle

7. helmet and english bridle. i never ride english at home; only at shows; i need something to grab if she decides to get stupid, which she does quite often (she just came off the track)

8. walk to big pasture/arena

9. tighten girth more and mount

10. flex her to both sides, check girth again, and ride.

after...

1. walk to barn (this counts as my walk-out cool-down cuz its a heck of a walk lol)

2. untack, unwrap, put on baseball hat (me, not the horse lol)

3. hose off and walk out

5. turn out (after a cookie if she was good)

6. clean up, get in my old truck, and head for home  

Answer 5

Pre Ride

1.  Go find my horse.  He's in the pasture whenever the sun is up.  If he's feeling feisty, it can take a while.

2. Cross tie

3. Curry, hard brush, soft brush, comb mane, pick feet.

4. Rug, saddle, bridle.

5. Fly spray!  We ride outdoors.

6. Lead outside, mount.

7. Work in ring or take out to trail, usually about an hour either way.

Post ride:

1. Submit to several minutes of affectionate nuzzling/head rubbing

2. Remove tack and put away

3. Brush off sweat

4. Return to pasture

Answer 6

Pre ride.

Put my left foot in my left stirrup.

Post ride

Take my foot out of the stirrup.

How do you get on a horse? Get lowered form a tree?

Edit- I work in the saddle everyday.....EVERYDAY. Going through a cute little routines does not make sense when you spend 8-10 hours in the saddle.

Answer 7

Well this is what i do at the ranch:

Before we ride:

1. Catch my horse and tie him up.

2.Brush and saddle, wrap.

3. Lead to warm up arena.

4. Tighten cinch,

5. get on warm up at the walk for 5min, trot for 10min, lope for 10min

6.The do whatever on horseback that I need to do.

After we ride:

1. Walk for 10-15minutes

2. GO unsaddle

3. Brush and remove wraps.

4.Put in stall, and clean it out.

This is what i do every day at the ranch. Except i dont just warm up and put him away. I ride him about another 10hrs working cattle, checking fences and through heck and back.  

Answer 8

Pre

1- get horse in cross ties

2- groom

3- bridle

4-saddle

5- walk horse to indoor

6- tighten up the gerth

7- get step up

8- get on

9- warm up ( walk, jog)

10- beging work( canter, extended gaites)

Post

1- cool horse

2- spray with  fly spray

3- groom

4-put in stall

5- give treat