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Promotional value expires 180 days after purchase. Amount paid never expires. Subject to availability. **Credit card required upon booking; charges will only be applied in the event of a no-show or late cancellation.** GPS is not accurate; please call (928) 925-2488 for address and directions. Location is in Lake Pleasant area. Reservation required; preferably by phone. You must be at least six years old to ride the trails. No double riding allowed. Valid only for option purchased. May be repurchased every 365 days. Limit 3 per person. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.
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This is horseback riding in Arizona at it's best.
This is the real thing. It is not just another horseback ride.
You will start your ride from an authentic old cowboy ranch headquarters built not for tourists, but before tourists located in the Castle Hot Springs area near Lake Pleasant. Travel across this majestic, virtually unchanged, landscape on horseback. Ride over the old ranch ranges many of which are still use today. This remote section offers a greater chance to see wildlife. This is a beautiful horseback ride through unspoiled desert terrain where you can see not only the wildlife, but also desert vegetation and cacti.
Betty's Trail Rides is in the heart of cowboy land, surrounded by present day cattle ranches and is a spectacular part of the Sonoran Desert. Horseback riding has been an everday part of life here since the early territorial days of Arizona. We have exclusive permits to take you on the adventure into seldom seen areas of the majestic Hell's Canyon Wilderness Area.
_Tack_ refers to everything a horse wears for a ride, from saddles to bridles to reins. Just as people dress differently for different jobs, horses wear different tack depending on whether they're employed riding on trails, working on a cattle ranch, strutting down a runway, or competing inside a show ring.
One of the most important pieces of tack is the saddle, buckled onto a band around the horse's middle called a girth. Western saddles, designed for long days of riding, distribute the rider’s weight evenly and comfortably across the horse’s back. At the front is a horn around which cowboys can wrap rope used to lead cattle. English saddles, on the other hand, are hornless, and are light to give horses more freedom to run and jump.
Then there are the parts of the tack designed to help the rider communicate with the horse. The bridle—leather headgear that slips around the horse’s ears and nose—is attached to a bit and reins. The bit is a metal or synthetic bar attached to the bridle that rests in the back of the horse’s mouth, on its gums. The reins connect to the bit, letting the rider tug gently to indicate the need to slow down or make a turn. Although the reins used in English and Western riding may be the same, they're used differently. English riders hold on with both hands, whereas Western riders hold both in just one hand, leaving the other free to high-five passing sheriffs.
