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Summary: Watch as a seasoned horseback rider demonstrates curry your horse before saddling it in the English style in this free online video about horseback riding.

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Kelli LaBar Kelli LaBar is a practicing aesthetician and makeup artist in Wilmington, NC. She graduated from Miller-Motte Technical College as a certified aesthetician, a... read more

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by equestriangurl321

your going the wrong way! its againts the fur, and use a rubber curry, thats mean.

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by equestriangurl321

also, when you walk around, you want to go as close to the butt as possible, and rub your hand on it so he knows your there.

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Preparing to Saddle Your Horse English Style

Hi! I'm Kelli on behalf of Expert Village. I am going to show you my techniques to saddling a horse with an English saddle. First thing we will do when we begin to groom our horse, is we are going to curry. So we are going to be using our curry comb which is a brush like this. It has a bunch of little teeth. We are going to take our brush and start at the neck and do it in little circular motions. This will loosen any encrusted dirt and any encrusted sweat that might be deep down in the fur and deep down in the skin. Most of the time they will really like this especially if they are a bit itchy; get all of their scratches out. We are just going to do in little circular motions. We are applying a lot of pressure. We are doing it pretty vigorously. This will also help stimulate your horse's circulation, stimulate their blood flow. So it will get them nice and ready for a workout if you are preparing to ride them afterwards. Plus if they have any type of hair that is ready to shed, this will loosen that up and get rid of that for you or if they have any kind of fungus or skin problem or any kind of dandruff that will loosen that up as well, so you can prepare to brush that off. So now we move around to the other side and going to make sure to let her know that I am walking around. I am going to walk enough distance that she won't be able to kick me. Never want to walk directly behind the horse. I am going to walk back up to her side here and give her a pat and let her know that I am here. Then I am going to repeat the same real quickly here on the other side; just in little circular motions really vigorously to loosen any dirt or sweat. Going to walk back around, walk enough distance away and let her know that I am here. And that is how you curry your horse.

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