
I spent a lot of time riding Ole, my daughter’s 16-hand Quarter horse, and in doing so I realized how much more athletic my daughter is than I am! Admittedly she is taller, but there’s no way I can get up onto him as easily as she does...to ride him, using a mounting block is a must for me.
There are quite a few mounting aids available, one of which was given to me for Christmas last year. What I received is a portable mounting block – a small, folding stool with a cord attached. The idea is to unfold the stool, use it as a small boost to reach the stirrup, and then pull the stool up after you are in the saddle. It folds up into a nice bundle that can be either tied to the saddle or put into a saddle bag. This portable mounting stool is great for trail riding, when you might have to get down off your horse on the trail.

I also had bought – actually for my granddaughter to use in the bathroom to reach the sink – a lightweight, folding stepstool that could conceivably be used for mounting a horse. If a cord were attached to it, it could be pulled up, folded and then either tied to the saddle, or if one had large pocketed saddle bags, it could be stored in there.
To tell the truth, my favorite way of getting back on my horse while on the trail is to find a large rock, log, or slope of land before getting off to use as my “mounting block.” Sometimes that isn’t always the case as I found while riding in Italy a year ago last September – then it was a good hard push on the rear from a fellow rider!
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Too bad there's not a portable mounting block for bareback riding! I typicallly use a rock or log, but I'll do anything in my power to keep from dismounting out on the trail if I'm bareback because there's not always a handy subsitute nearby.
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