Tips for Trotting with Ease

Haley Wright discusses common misconceptions riders have when learning to trot, and tips to help a rider trot more smoothly on their horse. By putting your heels down, sitting deep in the saddle, not squeezing with your legs, and holding the horn of the saddle like a “car horn” instead of a “bottle” (as needed) you are off to a good start at having an awesome ride.

[@mingram008]

I’m a new rider and even though my instructors tell me this, you just explained it in a way that the light bulb came on! One problem I have, and only time in the saddle will correct is I get so focused on one thing that I let the other things get away from me.

[@thatonedamnguy9524]

im a english style rider and this helped even me smooth out some of the kinks in my riding. good video

[@paige_williamson]

This was very helpful for me because I was having bouncing problems and now I know exactly what to do, thank you, I appreciate you making this video

[@christinesibona6553]

Helpful video! I love how you demo what NOT to do and then show the corrections. Also, the tip about using the saddle horn was excellent. THANKS!

[@viktornikiforov3602]

Damn i went riding for the first time yesterday and now i feel sooo bad for my horse 😭

[@wolftimeplusguineapigs3862]

Awe your ok 😂 😊

[@jchant1]

*wheeze*

[@lesleygarza9653]

Now when I ride my horse Cairo, a black and white gypsy horse I feel so much more balanced and I had bouncing problems, so tysm for making this video, it helps with training and when racing❤

[@kelseyporasky5455]

Wanna go try this but then I remember it’s 20 degrees outside with snow on the ground 😂😭

[@josiepettipas8899]

Mood here in Canada 🇨🇦

[@giraffe6801]

Lucky, wish I had snow.

[@jurikurthambarskjelfir3533]

The ancestors did it all the time. During the Gallic wars, Caesar and the Romans had to pass through the Alps during the Winter, and they brought horses. You can ride during the Winter, just take it carefully and don't do it for too long.

[@toast3rwh1nx34]

I’m doing lessons rn in the winter and it’s 20-30 degrees out 😂 But that’s when the lessons to learn to ride start so I gotta suck it up if I wanna ride horses

[@paardebloemxx]

This was really helpful, I love the tip on pushing the horn rather than grabbing it. Plus, you've totally explained why the horse I've been riding always stops trotting. I keep pushing my pelvis down, which my instructors are reminding me of, and it is probably signaling to him to stop.

[@connacondon3932]

That was very helpful. Made sense. Excellent demos... and opposite what I read somewhere which had me controlling my ride by squeezing my legs. This makes much more sense and looks much more in control

[@julieburch6717]

This was so incredibly helpful! I think you solved so many of my questions and problems with this one short video.

[@hopeeve522]

Thanks, we recently moved to the country side and my friend is teaching me but she didn't fully explain how to ride a Trot without looking like I'm gonna fall off 😂

[@jeannettegiles5869]

Good job. Exactly what I tell my students! Thanks for sharing.

[@dickshear7011]

Great easy to understand video. Where can I access more Haley Wright instructional videos. Glad to pay for her great adviceThanks

[@sidharthhanda8450]

That heel tip was awesome! Thanks

[@wolfiegirl3667]

This helped me so much thank you!❤️❤️❤️

[@juanneuderf4763]

This is the only video that helped me so think you so much

[@serenityludwick6262]

I love the way you were trotting Tomorrow I'm going to try this

[@haleyskypoulos8328]

This actually helped! Thank you!

[@elizabethwood8141]

Hii 😂 I’m a city girl but I absolutely love riding horses. We used to have one before. Today my mom was going to take me out to go riding and I completely forgot how to ride so thanks 😂

[@blackbeauty1805]

i sooooooo agree

[@broncobilly4029]

that was very easy to follow. Thank you.

[@anonymousart6360]

I haven't ride in years but I remember heels down. My trainer didn't like me using the horn though so she started me out in english so I had nothing to hold on too, she wasn't very professional. But thank you for the tip Im hopefully getting me a trail horse in may, I'm hoping to get my old brood mare rebroke but don't really know how.

[@niviah0448]

I’m a para rider and this helped a lot! Thank you

[@michael184272]

Very interesting and informative.. thanks for sharing 😊

[@TheBestMoonEver]

Thank you so much! My horse, Creol, only walks. He doesn’t trot nor canter. So I will try this technique on him.

[@kathyeller1621]

Thank you! This helped me

[@chaz4471]

Thank ❤you!!! I could never sit a trot and it frustrated me and no one ever told me how

[@irisoneal2164]

Thank you informative video

[@obadyahyisrael5374]

Best I've seen!💯🤠

[@isabellakeane5486]

going to go try this right now

[@redshorse]

Excellent !

[@gijane880]

I needed to see this before I rode yesterday, my trainer just threw in the fire 😂

[@elafaye3420]

They made me trot for the first time today, i didnt realise it was so bouncy😑 i couldnt rise each time at all.... r i p

[@moonandsimba8851]

@@elafaye3420 Oml, I try posting I can’t get off the saddle horn. My hand is like NO IM HOLDONG ON

[@elafaye3420]

@@moonandsimba8851 woop ill update you since im here: my lesson abt 2 weeks ago was great, i trotted amazingly honestly sjsbhshsd however my last lesson for some strange reason i clould barely lift myself up with out slipping out of my stirrups or something. Idk what happened but i was on a different horse with a different saddle so who knows hehe

[@Fierywatersnake]

Yeah, this makes so much sense. I nearly fell out of my saddle when I started at a trot

[@vaeh27]

Omg this was soo helpful

[@sofiamontes3247]

So helpful thx

[@YourLocalEquestrian541]

Ty for this

[@pterodactylptroll]

Thanks!

[@Maxtowers71]

i'll try to understand what i'm doing at my next lesson... that will be the second, the first i felt so clumsy and there were so much new stuff to deal with it was kinda overwhelming... but awesome none the less...

[@melb9877]

Do you have a riding instructor? Are they not explaining things? I had a riding instructor that wouldn't explain anything just supposed to do what they said without knowing why. I've learned just as much if not more from the internet and from horse friends than them...

[@Maxtowers71]

@@melb9877 well now i'm at my seventh lesson and i can say that a lot of things have become much clearer... i've even try gallop! it's such an amazing feeling that I can't even start to explane... apparently i'm a very "gentle" rider and the horse was not too sensible, so I wasn't able to give "strong" inputs, with another horse the thing has changed drastically... nontheless I have to learn to deal with more stubborn horses so I have to work a lot on myself...

[@melb9877]

@@Maxtowers71 thats awesome I'm glad it worked out!

[@tejaspics]

Heels down! Thank you.

[@jaidensmith6250]

So your suppose to squeeze your legs when you trot with your heels down or do you tap them a little with your heel??

[@Nevaeh_666.]

My horse has a really really bumpy trot, and he goes really fast when he trots, what should I do to slow his trot down?

[@HMONEYY08]

Yank the bit a little bit and don't push your heels against him

[@emeraldkristina8422]

I ride a horse that does the same thing and also has a very bumpy trot. My instructor has me trot circles until he slows down and collects

[@Kaylabarrels]

Idk if this will work for you but if I post fast my horse goes faster if you slow your post down it rlly helps

[@niesterkrew5303]

Thank you!! My friend does shootong comps on his horses, and invited me to come ride and i didnt want to look like an idiot. Lol

[@Lyonesss101]

I have a hard time keeping my heels down when bouncing everywhere, the bottom of my feet doesn't stay connected with the stirrups. Is that normal?

[@antoniothomas3862]

That's what I was doing wrong. I appreciate that.

[@rushellealexandra5243]

I m trying to relearn to after not doing so much seince I lost my saddlebred In 2018. But my greenbroke pony when asked to jogs spooks and almost bolts forward. Or too fast to keep up with so have to stop him .... so need to figure out how to do so at same pace and him not bolt or go to fast till I get used to him and him me etc.

[@rushellealexandra5243]

Got him to do so 6 times so far. But have to work on direction

[@saraprice5838]

Im scared cause i have to go riding on Sunday or Saturday and i am going to marshal creek ranch and they make you trot

[@kaydincehernandez564]

thats exactly what i do lol i grab it like a boddle but now i will try this and when i stop him he starts like crow hopping and almost throws me

[@tadanielle3898]

So when I sit back in my saddle I still bounce a lot and feel like im gonna fall

[@corpsemink8621]

Keep your heels down and back straight! Also keep your elbows in to your sides, and practice. I always ride my horses bareback, and it lets me feel and follow their movements easier. Let your hips follow his movement, just like when you’re in a walk. Never be a sack of potatoes! :)

[@LiIacx]

@@corpsemink8621 Lol I will definitely remember that when I ride next time. “Don’t be a sack of potatoes.”

[@charlieandme6287]

Does this work for English riders?

[@isabellakeane5486]

What saddle is she using

[@jurikurthambarskjelfir3533]

Western

[@RaychelD2400]

Let me get something straight...we don’t have the same position for riding in western than we do in English?

[@ardenmurakami2199]

No. In English, you have your legs in a cross pinned against the horse - like an X - with your weight in your heels.

[@N1GHTSKYs]

thank you I'm horrible at troting lol

[@faustaelzbieta1111]

Well this seems less hard than dressage trotting where I have to bring the hips forward according to the horses stride 😭😭

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[@caro5797]

Easier said than done 😭 i'm so afraid that the horse will go crazy that I tense so much and squeeze my thighs

[@icequeen2049]

Vielleicht selbst erst mal ein paar Trainingsstunden nehmen ?

[@dudleybaggerman9574]

U got to work on ur hands , you are Not ridding a English saddle so put ur ruins in ur Left hand NOT BOTH Hands !

[@Nadia..J]

Poor,poor horse with the metal bit in its mouth. Can’t you control a horse without controlling its mouth❓

[@jarrodbarkley7573]

the only way to ride a trot without bouncing is to have a horse that trots smoothe other than that forget it. this horse in video is ehat i would call junk and i dont ride choppy mules like this period