Table 2. Therapeutic riding program for Intellectual Disabilities

Time Lesson content
1 • 1st evaluation/ understanding of horses
• Communication with horses/ mounting and dismounting
2–3 • Basic posture of horseback riding
4–5 • Sense of bridle connection / start and stop sign
• Left and right direction adjustment in walk
• Learn the rhythm of walk
6–7 • Correct riding posture of walk and trot
• Learn how to control and drive a horse
• Learn how to rising trot
8 • Rider’s posture in walk and trot
• Getting the right reins, rising trot rhythm
• 2nd evaluation
9–10 • walk and sitting rhythm/ correct riding posture
• Learn how to control, rising trot rhythm
11–12 • Circling (rotation), rising trot rhythm
• Half Seat (2-point up), balance, use the rein and weight
13–14 • Use the rein and weight
• Weight shift to rotate circles
• Half seat (2-point up), balance
15–16 • Half seat (2-point up), balance
• Playing cavaletti (learning speed and left-hand rebound)
• Direction change and rein adjustment method
• 3rd evaluation