Human Riding Equipment

Find detailed information on choosing and maintaining riding clothing and safety equipment, ensuring you're properly equipped for comfortable and protected riding.

Body Protectors and Back Support

Protect your back and upper body while riding with proper body protectors and support gear designed to reduce injury risk.

Breeches or Jodhpurs

The difference between breeches and jodhpurs, and how each riding trouser style keeps you safe and comfortable on horseback.

Chaps and Gaiters

Chaps and gaiters protect your legs while riding, with full-length and half-length styles suited to different riding situations and weather.

Footwear for Riding

Proper footwear keeps you safe and in control when riding horses, whether you're just starting out or experienced.

Riding Gloves

Good riding gloves keep your hands warm and give you grip on the reins, whether you choose leather, lycra or cotton.

Riding Hats

A riding hat is your most critical safety gear on horseback, protecting your head in falls and kicks.

Riding Jackets

Good riding jackets keep you warm and dry while letting you move freely in the saddle, unlike regular jackets.

What Equipment Will You Need?

Here's what beginner riders actually need to buy and what they can borrow when starting out.

What to Wear as a Beginner

Your first riding lesson doesn't require special gear, but here's what you actually need to wear and why it matters.

Whips and Crops

How to use whips and crops correctly to guide your horse without causing fear or pain.