Trick riding

Trick riding is an amazing sport. It takes hard work skills and ALOT of balance! But that's not all you have to have a trustworthy horse. When most people think of trick riding they might think only of the rider, but the horse is the other 50%. Trick horses are trained with voice commands for each gait.(Whoa=halt...) They also have to be able to be perfectly calm with a rider swinging all over their back while galloping around a ring. But trick rider + trick horse = A perfect match of trust and fun. Here are some pictures of horses and their riders.

This is a picture Of a man trick riding way back in 1938!!

AMAZING!!

This is a trick riding saddle, some way 80 pounds! There similar to western saddles but have many adjustments for it's trick rinding purpose.

That looks so dangerous!! But their professionals. 

This is a trick horse trained to do a different kind of trick.

Treats

Horses are like humans, we all like different things some horses like apples some don't, some horses like mints, some don't. I know a horse, who the first time I gave him a mint, bit it in half, the stuck out his tongue and let the two pieces fall out of his mouth, he's a funny horse. He does accept the mints as a reward but just spits them out after. I've never met a horse who didn't like carrots though, I think that's a winner.