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Tips for a Great Trail Ride
Discover the Classic Elegance of the World’s Largest Saddlebred Show!
Whether it’s your first trail ride or your 51st, here are some rules hard core riders say you should follow.
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• Helmets save lives – wear yours!
• Wear pants, and boots with short heels.
• Tell someone at home where you are going and when you expect to be back. • Take water, a cell phone, sunscreen, insect repellant, and a hoof pick. Keep your cell phone in your pocket in case your horse takes off without you.
• Pick strong riders for the front and back of the group.
• Go the speed of the greenest horse or the least experienced rider. • Wait until all riders are mounted to move off.
• Keep a horse’s length between riders to avoid kicking. • Warn the rider behind you of low branches, stumps, holes, hornets’ nests or other hazards.
• If caught in a lightening storm, find low ground and get off your horse! Take tack with lots of metal on it off your horse, too. • Stick to the trail and stay with the group.
worLd’s championship horse show / august 19-25 Don’t miss the largest Saddlebred horse show in the world, which attracts more than 2,000 award-winning horses to Freedom Hall during the Kentucky State Fair. With more than $1.2 million in premiums on the line, these world-class athletes compete for their share of the largest purse in the Saddlebred industry and the title of Grand Champion at this internationally renowned competition. KentucKy state fair at the KentucKy exposition center 937 phillips Lane • Louisville, Kentucky 40209 • kystatefair.org
• Stay focused, and have fun!
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