Kids’ Horse Riding Gear

Horse Riding Gear

For some campers, summer camp is their first introduction to horseback riding. The opportunity to dedicate multiple weeks to learning how to properly engage with, mount, and ride a horse is cherished by young and teen campers all over the United States.

At Everything Summer Camp, we strive to inventory high quality horse riding gear for kids, teens, and young adults to ensure that they can make the most of their horse-riding experience at summer camp.

Horse Riding Boots

It’s all in the boots! Well, not really, but the having the right boots is a big part of horseback riding. Horse riding boots are specially designed to help keep a rider’s feet in the stirrups. This is very important, because if a rider’s foot were to slip through the stirrup they could fall and be dragged by the horse and seriously hurt.

Riding boots typically have a one to one and a half inch heel and smooth soles to help prevent stirrup slips. Riding boots do more than just help with the stirrups though. Riding boots also:

• Provide Ankle Support for Stable Leg Position
• Durable enough to withstand mud, water, and other elements while out riding
• Enhance control to communicate with the horse through leg cues
• Protect rider's feet and lower legs from impact or obstacles.

Riding boots aren’t the only vital piece of equipment young equestrians. Another important piece of equipment is your horseback riding helmet.

Horse Riding Helmets

The vast majority of summer campers will spend hours on a horse without ever falling off. But falls do happen and they can be dangerous, especially when a rider isn’t wearing any protective headgear.

Horse riding helmets are designed to protect against the specific impact and falls that rider’s may face. For example, horseback riding helmets are tested to ensure they meet ASTM/SEI safety standards to ensure they offer adequate protection.

Unlike other helmets horseback riding helmets are shaped and designed to protect the back of the head which is vulnerable during riding falls. Horseback riding helmets also protect more of the sides of the head in comparison to their bicycle or sports counterparts.

Horse Riding Pants

Horse riding pants might be the only piece of horseback riding equipment that’s optional for camp. Double check with your camp if horse riding pants are required to participate in horseback riding.

While they’re nice to have because they’re designed with adequate stretch to sit on a horse and protect your legs from trail branches in most cases they’re not mandatory for learning how to ride a horse.

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Still have questions about horse back riding gear? Not a problem, contact us and we’d be happy to provide you with more of the information you need. Our team has over thirty years of summer camp experience, and we’d be happy to help you get riding in the right direction.