How to mount my horse?

Do as Sabrina suggests! Holding the horses mane with your left hand and the front of the saddle with your right hand is the best way to get on for a couple reasons. Less pressure on the saddle which might cause it to slip. Equally important, you can get in the saddle without letting go with your right arm when you swing your leg over. Also, if your horse takes a step forward while you are getting on, you aren't as likely to land behind the saddle.

Always mount from the ground (Spanish style)! Always make sure the gerth

(cinch) is good and tight, face the horses head with the reins and a hank of

mane in the left hand, put left foot in the stirrup and the right hand on the cantle,

mount, stand in the stirrup for a second remove right hand as you swing your right leg over the saddle and lower your self onto the saddle gently.

Doing it this way is the best as you might find that you, will while out that you have

to dismount and where there is nothing to stand on to remount your horse.

If your saddle slips when you mount, you might be grabbing the pommel of the saddle when you hoist yourself up and this is a bad thing to do, no matter what your size. Grab your horse's wither or a handful of mane at the base of his/her neck and use that to pull yourself up. You will be exerting less sideways force on your saddle and your saddle is less likely to slip this way. Just keep practicing! You'll get it. I had trouble learning to mount gracefully too and I'm not overweight, so don't feel bad about yourself! If you need a little help mounting, don't be afraid to ask your instructor. Even if they want you to be independent when mounting, you need to learn at your own pace and your instructor needs to respect that.

If you have a standard mounting block, then face the horse's left side, stick your left foot in the stirrup, hold the cantle and pommel of the saddle (back of the seat and front swell, where there's a little hole between the horse and saddle), and bounce into the saddle. Try not to thump down hard though, some say it hurts the horse's back but it definately irritate some, as I learned as a little girl. Then once you're on, get your other foot in the stirrup and fix your reins.

sorry I'm bad at explajning things lawlz

since youre mounting from a lower spot than youre used to set something up in your house (chairs, counter, stool, etc) to get you used to the movement and just keep at it. youll get it entually, it took me a while too and i danced and did gymnastics for a combo of 10 years.