Where can i find cheap horse back riding lessons?
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With riding lessons, as with most things in life, you get what you pay for.  You shouldn't choose a trainer based solely on cost.\n\nIf the problem is that you have a limited budget, you might approach the trainer you select and ask if it's possible to do work around the stable (grooming the horses, cleaning tack, mucking out the stable, doing office work) in return for riding lessons.  If the trainer takes clients to horse shows, you might be able to work as a groom at the shows he/she goes to in return for lessons.  \n\nThings you should look for in choosing a trainer for riding lessons:\n\n1.  How do the lesson horses look?  Are they healthy-looking, well-groomed and housed in reasonable facilities?  How do they act when they're in the ring being ridden?  \n\n2.  How are the facilities?  Are things held together with duct tape and baling wire, or are things neat and tidy and in good repair?  Are the riding rings where the lessons are given large, with good footing and good drainage, and some kind of sprinkler system to keep the dust down?  Are the fences around the riding rings in good repair?  Are the rings reserved for lessons, or will there be other people riding in the ring at the same time you are having lessons?\n\n3.  Is the tack the horses wear serviceable and clean?  Does the trainer expect students to clean their own tack after lessons, or does someone else clean it for them?  Does the tack fit the horses properly?  Do any of the horses have chafed or raw spots from wearing improperly-fitted tack?\n\n4.  Is the trainer/instructor safety conscious?  Horseback riding is dangerous.  Does the trainer require all trainees to wear protective headgear?  What about proper footwear?  If trainees are allowed to carry and use a riding crop or stick, are they instructed in its proper use and the possible reactions of a horse to application of the crop?  Does the trainer/instructor make sure that he/she has all necessary information on file to assure that if the trainee is hurt, the trainer can contact the proper people and see to it that the medical people have the necessary information to begin treatment immediately? \n\n5.  What seems to be the goal that trainer pushes his/her clients towards?  Is the trainer primarily interested in training people for horse shows?  Does he/she have little or no interest in instructing people who just want to pleasure ride?  Does he/she treat all clients equally well, or does he/she favor clients who have their own horses and intend to show?\n\n6.  What do the trainer's clients act like when they are around the trainer?  Do they seem happy and relaxed?  Are they anxious and tense when the trainer instructs them?  Does the trainer treat them with couresy and respect?  Does the trainer ever belittle any of his/her clients when they aren't around?  If a client doesn't seem to be making progress, does the trainer seem willing to discuss the possibility of referring the client to another trainer?  \n\n7.  How does the trainer handle horses that belong to clients?  Does the trainer school the horses himself/herself, or are the horses given to assistants to work with?  Does the trainer treat horses like tools to be used and discarded, or does the trainer seem to feel affection for all horses and care about what happens to them?  Is the trainer constantly pushing clients to buy better horses?  \n\n8.  How do other trainers in the area speak about the trainer you're considering?  Do they speak respectfully of the trainer, or disparagingly?\n\n9.  If the trainer you are considering is a show trainer, try to go to a show or two where he/she will be there with clients, and observe the way things go.  Are the clients who are competing happy and relaxed or tense and unhappy?  How does the trainer treat each client after they ride in a class?  Does the trainer discuss the ride with the client?  If so, how is the trainer's demeanor?  Calm, tense, angry, snappish?  Does the t
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Either take the saddle to a tack shop or you can use a brass plate with\nsmall tacks and attach it to the back of the saddle
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Here is a good way to start\n\nhttp://kentuckyhorsemart.com/
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I think the best one is the one that helps you.  I mean the one that you can relate to and understand the concepts they teach- especially the 'why's.  Tom Dorance is the one that mentored almost all of the major names.  Including Ray Hunt who is also a huge influence to most natural horsemanship trainers today.  I know I would not consider Clinton anderson a top choice of mine after seeing him in person and meeting his wife.  I saw him tapping constantly on the colt he was riding with his spurs.  I did not see him release or give the horse a break.  He reminded me of a reining horse trainer I worked for- that was abusive.  It was the same kind of techniques, just not quite as harsh.  His wife told me she only uses the twisted wire snaffles he sells at his clinics.  That does not seem like natural horsemanship to me.  Also durring the entire clinic his wife was running from till to till counting the money they were bringing in from his training aids.\n\n  But I would like to say there is something to learn from all of them, even if it is what not to do!  I do not tie myself down to one trainer.  I read all I can and watch any videos I can get my hands on.  I really like Mark Rashid.  You should check into him.  Also check into Buck Brannaman.  Knowledge is power!
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it is hard to say because of your location and I do not know if mt idea is offered in your area but I guess if you like you can check. \n\nsome places offer a evening horse and buggy ride. where they spend a nice quiet time touring the city or country side.
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try...http://www.anatomyinmotion.com/fvhorse.htm....good luck  if  you dont  get it  theyd love to help
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The best site I know to direct you too is back to the horse's mouth, so to speak.  Try searching at the two sites below for your answer.
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Check out http://www.youbet.net\nThis ia a free site with wagering contests and access to all of the features you would use on the wagering site. I highly recommend this website to anyone interested in legal online wagering for horseracing. You will get a very good idea of what you need to do to make successful wagers with an online website.
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try sreaching online. William Woods College in Mo gives you a Batchlor degree in horses.
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Just type in Equine. You will get 20,900,000 sites I'm sure you can get some good information from one of the site's.\n Good luck!
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www.learnhorseriding.com
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Try equine.com or horsetopia.com thats where i found mine.\n\ni like equine.com better.
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There are a few ways to get in touch with a web site that sells harness horses for racing and for adoption...\n\n1. Try telephoning the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (A.S.P.C.A.) within your community. It may be initially for a dog pound, but, they can give to you any web site or telephone number where there is an adopt a horse program available.\n\n2. Telephone the harness tracks within your state and ask for the racing secretary's office and explain to him what you wish to do, buy/adopt/train/employment opportunities/etc.\n\n3. Buy a local newspaper, or harness horse program on the day of any harness meet at any local news stand that sells newspapers and magazine. Especially, the news stands and candy stores closest to any racetrack or off track betting parlor. You can purchase a program from any harness racetrack on the day a harness racing program is under way and check the racing program for any harness horses scheduled to run in any claiming race. Often that racetrack will have a web site for the days racing program before and after the race days activities. The racing program may have a web site or advertisements with web sites.\n\n4. Check with any equine veterinarian (yellow pages) and discuss your intentions with him/her and they may even recommend a horse for you to buy to meet your needs or wishes. There are harness horse magazines available on many news stands that will have a web site on the inside by the contents or index section...\n\n5 NEVER-NEVER buy any horse without a full physical examination by a veterinarian other than the veterinarian provided by a any owner. Get in touch with a veterinarian who has never treated the horse and have that veterinarian examine the horse. Once you purchase a horse, you must care for that horse 24/7 or place the horse in a reputable equine facility that will cost you. Find out, first, what your expected costs will be to train, ride, care (at least twice a year vaccinations), ferrier costs-how often, blamkets/sheets during the cold wintry season, saddles, bridals, harness equipment, etc. Costs to train a harness or thoroughbred race horse vary from track to track and from trainer to trainer. Get exact quotes. \n\n5. And, there have been instances where on track trainers and farms have given horses away to people for free. Always remember, whether you pay for a horse or not, have that horse examined by an equine veterinarian before you accept ownership. Many horse farms have web sites available.\n\n6. Check with the racetrack (Racing Secretary's Office-Public Relations Office) closest to you and ask when is the next auction for harness horses and you would like to obtain a catalogue to attend the sales. You could have the catalogue mailed directly to your mailbox.\n\n7. In buying or accepting any horse, try to remember, you are on your own. Reputations of previous ownership usually have some merit. Use your gut instinct. If you believe something is wrong, it usually is.\n\n8. Check your local yellow pages for tack shops. Tack shops usually have free magazines and periodicals available with web sites for customers to look at and keep.\n\n9 Good luck !
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Pro Swing has decent prices:\n\nhttp://www.proswing.com
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Check out this website it has alot of cool places to ride, This is how I found the trails i ride on now. \n\nhttp://www.places2ride.com/
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Try www.horseinfo.com or www. ntra.com
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I'm assuming you mean Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia?  I'm aware of a riding school for the blind and disabled that is located in palmwoods (about 10kms from Nambour).  Not sure about specific educational schools though.  Give them a ring however on 5478 9074 and they should be able to give you some good advice and send you in the right direction.