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to jump, you must have a spotter on the ground or, at least, on another horse. (Many stables restrict all jumping activity to formal classes.)

Ask permission of other riders before setting your jumps. Announce your intentions for each jump as you approach it. Call out to other riders before you fly through the course.

Be sure to remove all standards, cups, flowerboxes, poles, and other jumping equipment from the arena when you are finished.

STOP IN THE CENTER:

Never stop on the outer track. Look behind you before stopping, to avoid a collision. Watch for horses circling or traveling diagonally across the arena.

MAKE ADJUSTMENTS OUT OF TRAFFIC:

If you must adjust your stirrups, fix clothing or tack, or make other changes, you must move to the center of the area (out of traffic) before doing so.

IF YOU FALL OFF:

If you should fall off your horse, try to slip your feet out of the stirrups before you slip off the horse.

Call out to other riders, so they can stop and dismount. (A loose horse can be dangerous, his panic may become contagious to the other horses.)

Ask someone who is nearby to help you catch your horse, if he has run off. Check yourself carefully before attempting to stand up. If possible, remount your horse, even for a short walk. This reestablishes your control over the horse, and it reaffirms your own confidence.

DISMOUNT IN THE MIDDLE:

Move to the center of the arena before stopping and dismounting. After doing so, they must wait for a safe opportunity to lead horses to the arena door and exit quickly.

EXITING THE ARENA:

Observe all traffic first, and call out, "Exiting!" before hand-walking your horse to the door. Riding your horse out of the arena and into the stable aisle is dangerous and unnecessary.

OBSERVE SPECIAL CAUTIONS:

LUNGING:

If you lunge your horse while others are mounted, you must do so at one end of the arena. Keep your horse under control, and allow enough room outside your lunge circle for others to pass.

Generally, an arena will not accommodate more than one lunged horse at a time, if riders are present.

Check barn policies about lunging while others are jumping or while a lesson is occurring.

HAND-WALKING:

Occasio nally, horses must be walked in-hand, such as during recovery from an injury or sports medicine treatments. Many stables offer indoor or outdoor locations for doing this. However, if you must hand-walk a horse in the arena, you must try to accomplish this during a low-traffic time.

Apply a chain through his halter for extra control. Stay

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