FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS & USEFUL INFORMATION

BENEFITS OF USING A SIMULATOR:

  • Learn to jump before you get on a real horse

  • Learn to count strides and judge distances

  • Hone your skills with a jumping or cross country instructor

  • Refine your dressage test (all levels)

  • Get your mojo back or just plain have a blast!

  • Rehab

  • The simulator never gets tired, so you can practice your jumping without standing around for the horse to rest

  • Jump non-stop while you work on your form, or become accustomed to counting strides

  • The rider can concentrate on balance and posture over the jump without having to worry about controlling a horse

  • Climate-controlled environment

THINGS TO KNOW:

  • One must develop the skill to operate the equipment to achieve success with it.

  • The eventing simulator is not a "ride"; it requires a level of riding proficiency. If not, the dressage simulator is an excellent starting point for acquainting oneself with the technology.

  • The simulator responds to the accuracy of aid vs live horses, who compensate for a rider.

  • Helmet required.

  • Gloves suggested.

  • Clean boots.

  • No spurs.

  • 200 pound weight limit.

  • Rider is welcome to bring their own instructor by prior arrangement.

  • You can bring your own saddle if you like.  (No girth needed).

  • Ride Like You Ought provides a Custom Wolfgang Solo dressage saddle.

  • Ride Like You Ought provides a an Antares Connexion jump saddle or a Devoucoux Monoflap Chiberta

  • We have nearly all of the Correct Connect products to try out if you like.

GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS:

~THIS IS A POWERFUL MACHINE~

  • Helmet required.

  • Always stand CLEAR of the eventing simulator when it starts up as it moves and leans to full extent of its range of motion in all directions before halting.

  •   Before using the simulator, it is important to understand where and how it will move and as well as how the emergency stop and other controls operate.

  • The simulator will move up and down, forwards and backwards and lean side to side. The neck will also move up and down and left to right.

  • Never touch or lean on the neoprene skirt while the simulator is active

  • Do not put your hands near the moving parts of the neck, or down inside the neck.

  • Ride at your own risk.

NOTE: the Eventing Simulator also does Dressage, but there are some differences!

  • three screens enable the rider to have peripheral vision to see the entire arena

  • This machine feels more like a real horse with flying changes that “jump through,” collection between your seat, leg and rein, a whole continuum of speeds, a stretchy trot, a fabulous passage, etc.

  • The dressage instruction mode allows the rider to ride through all the dressage gaits and movements (Passage, Piaffe, Flying Changes, Pirouettes, Half Pass, Leg Yield) while the screen shows detailed output from the sensors (these leg sensors even measure the actual amount of pressure from your legs)

  • This mechanism is equipped with a motor in the head, which allows the horse to retract and extend its neck, allowing the rider to learn to follow the horse’s movements, as well as collect the horse up