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4 important questions to ask yourself before your horse riding holiday
Whether you’re new to the saddle or have some level of experience, you can always benefit from proper preparation before leaving for your horse riding holiday. Here are some crucial questions to ask yourself before you set off. Continue reading 4 important questions to ask yourself before your horse riding holiday
Things to know when booking your first horse riding holiday!
There’s a reason why horse riding holidays have become more popular in the past few years. Unlike a visit to a beach resort in Spain or a city trek to New York, you don’t have to travel far or spend a lot of money. Instead, the rewards from horse riding come in the experience itself. Continue reading Things to know when booking your first horse riding holiday!
5 hidden benefits of horse riding holidays
The summer is fast approaching and many people will soon be thinking about taking a well-deserved vacation. However, there’s no need to board a plane and jet off to a foreign land – especially if you’re a fan of horses. Instead, you can start planning a horse riding holiday in the UK with your nearest and dearest. The best thing about this type of break is that you don’t even need to be a fan of mares and stallions to have a good time. With this in mind, here are five hidden benefits of taking a horse riding holiday. Continue reading 5 hidden benefits of horse riding holidays
Why horse riding is a great activity for children
If you’re looking for a new hobby for your child, have you ever considered horse riding as an option? Whether they decide to become a professional horse rider in the distant future or attend sessions just as a past-time, there are a number of reasons why your child should learn to ride a horse or donkey.
Here are a few benefits of horse riding and why it’s a great activity for children:
1. An exciting way to exercise
If you believe your child needs a new form of exercise, horse riding may be the perfect option. It’s a fun way to get out in the open air and exercise without feeling as though you’re working too hard. Horse riding is also a fantastic way of improving muscle strength, especially in the thighs and calves.
2. Good co-ordination and balance
Horse riding teaches children how to sit upright and improve their balance techniques. In order to sit on the horse comfortably, a rider will need to learn how to carry themselves in the correct manner – a great way of maintaining a good posture.
3. Social skills
Horse riding is an excellent way to make new friends. Most lessons run as group sessions in the early stages, which can help youngsters to interact with one another and connect with others who share the same passion. Riders will also need to communicate with their trainer and learn to respond to instructions, as well as being assertive with their horse or donkey physically and verbally, which may be a good way of instilling confidence.
4. Teaches responsibility
When learning to horse ride, there are a number of responsibilities your child may also learn with the more sessions they attend. Most equestrians will allow riders to feed their pony and learn how to tack them up. On some occasions, riders may also gain an insight into how to muck out stables. Knowledge such as this can inform children of how to care for animals and other individuals.
5. A lifelong hobby
In most cases, horse riding becomes a lifelong hobby. Children become attached to their horse or donkey and look forward to their sessions. If your child excels as a horse rider, they may be put in for competitions where they are able to showcase their skills.
If you would be interested in your child starting horse riding lessons, why not choose a horse riding holiday? You can even hire a donkey initially to see how they adapt to riding. Take a look at our website for more information [http://www.duntonstables.co.uk/].
Horse Riding: Not Just For Children
There is a tendency as we become adults, and then parents, to believe that education is the playground of the young. Our children go to school and are invited to partake in extra-curricular activities while we adults simply stop looking. We stop dreaming. While our children look up at a horse and imagine themselves in medieval England, we think about the bills, what we have to buy for dinner, and consider the traffic we have to battle through to get home.
Horse riding lessons are available for children as young as four years old. And they’re a great way to teach children respect for animals. There is also a definite joy in watching as a child, of any age, stands next to a horse for the first time with that excited glint in their eyes. They sit on the saddle and are led around the paddock, gaining experience with every step their horse takes – how to hold the reins, where to put their feet. They are taught grooming techniques and those who stay the course become adept at mucking out the stables on a Saturday morning.
And their parents sit on the sidelines – watching them from the fence or, on a cold day, the comfort of their car.
We assume pony trekking and horse riding lessons are only for children. Except that they aren’t.
Horse riding is for everybody, and although somehow many of us have passed an age where we believe we can learn something new, there is nothing stopping anyone – six to sixty – from having that first horse riding lesson, standing there looking at the horse with a romantic ideal of knights in shining armour battling dragons, or galloping across beaches, or sitting sidesaddle like a princess with silk and satin draping the steed. Adults can have horse riding lessons too, even if they’ve never had an experience like it before, and it can be an excellent stress reliever.
Try it. Don’t stand on the sidelines believing you are too old to dream. Take that first step. Here at Dunton Stables, we welcome you to make the most of our horse riding lessons and even horse riding holidays for the ultimate escape. We love to teach our skills to others, not just children. Embrace the joy that comes with learning to ride and let that spark show in your eye.
To embrace a new skill in 2017, why not book your adult horse riding lessons or a horse riding holiday with your children at Dunston Stables today?