tacking up
Readying the horse
Tacking up is preparing a horse for riding by putting on its tack—saddle, bridle, and related equipment.
The phrase captures the whole process of readying a horse: She spent ten minutes tacking up before the lesson.
In a different context, tacking up means fastening something loosely with tacks or pins: tacking up posters on the bulletin board.
- bridleEquine control harness
- girthMeasurement around something
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- western saddleHorned riding seat from ranching
- halterAnimal restraint rope
lead rope · safety checks · quick release · grooming · stirrups · reins · martingale · bit · breastplate · dressage · curry comb · show jumping · horse show · eventing · western riding · fox hunting · trail riding · rodeo
- horseback ridinghorseback riding, horse riding, horses, horse, pony
- horsemanshipriding lesson, riding lessons, riding school, riding schools, riding instructor
- stable jobsgroom, stable hand, head groom, mucking, feeding
- horse riding prepsaddling, bridling, grooming, mounting, cinching
- horseshorse, mare, mares, stallion, stallions
- equine therapyhippotherapy, equine therapy, therapy horses, autism programs, PTSD treatment
tacking upuntacking
Removing temporary stitches
unsaddling · unbridling · turning out · cooling down · dismounting
tacking uptaking down
Recording in writing
removing · unfastening · pulling down · detaching · unpinning