Presents detailed information on beginning horseback riding lessons, including various types of ponies and horses, and kinds of equipment used.

Before you start: Why take riding lessons? -- Where to take riding lessons -- Clothes to wear for riding -- Types of ponies -- Pony's tack: Saddles and girths -- Bridles and bits -- Saddling up -- Putting on a bridle -- Western tack -- First lessons: Meeting your pony -- Getting to know your pony -- Mounting -- Dismounting -- How to sit in the saddle -- Aids -- On the lunge or lead line rein -- On your own -- Turning left and right -- Learning to trot -- Cantering -- Western riding -- In the arena: Riding in a group -- Exercises in the arena -- Without stirrups and reins -- Exercises in the saddle -- Your first jumping lessons -- Looking forward: Road safety -- Trail riding -- Ready to move on.