20 words and phrases on “The ride out”, in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Dutch, Portuguese (European and Brazilian), Swedish, Polish, Romanian, Danish and Norwegian. This stage is free: every word is here, with its explanation.
the hack
- 🇫🇷 French
- la balade
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- el paseo
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- la passeggiata
- 🇩🇪 German
- der Ausritt
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 外乗 (gaijō)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 外出骑行 (wàichū qíxíng)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- النزهة على الخيل
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de buitenrit
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- o passeio
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- o passeio
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- uteritten
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- wyjazd w teren
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- plimbarea călare
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- rideturen
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- turen
The word you already met at La Baule, where you learned to book one. Here, you are on it. « Hack » is British; Americans say « trail ride ».
to swim with your horse
- 🇫🇷 French
- se baigner avec son cheval
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- bañarse con el caballo
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- fare il bagno con il cavallo
- 🇩🇪 German
- mit dem Pferd baden
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 馬と一緒に水に入る (uma to issho ni mizu ni hairu)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 和马一起下水 (hé mǎ yìqǐ xiàshuǐ)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- الاستحمام مع الحصان
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- met je paard zwemmen
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- tomar banho com o cavalo
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- nadar com o cavalo
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- bada med hästen
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- kąpiel z koniem
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a înota cu calul
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- svømme med sin hest
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- bade med hesten
Going into the water with the horse, staying in the saddle. Not the same as making it swim: you can wade in chest-deep without the horse ever swimming.
the lagoon
- 🇫🇷 French
- le lagon
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- la laguna
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- la laguna
- 🇩🇪 German
- die Lagune
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- ラグーン (ragūn)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 泻湖 (xièhú)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- البحيرة الشاطئية
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de lagune
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- a lagoa
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- a lagoa
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- lagunen
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- laguna
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- laguna
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- lagunen
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- lagunen
The calm shallow water held in by the reef, without waves. That is where you go in — never in the pass, where the current runs out to sea.
the tide
- 🇫🇷 French
- la marée
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- la marea
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- la marea
- 🇩🇪 German
- die Tide
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 潮 (shio)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 潮汐 (cháoxī)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- المد والجزر
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- het tij
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- a maré
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- a maré
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- tidvattnet
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- pływ
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- mareea
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- tidevandet
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- tidevannet
What sets the departure time — not the yard's diary. At low tide the sand carries; at high tide there is no beach left.
low tide
- 🇫🇷 French
- la marée basse
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- la marea baja
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- la bassa marea
- 🇩🇪 German
- die Ebbe
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 干潮 (kanchō)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 低潮 (dīcháo)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- الجزر
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- eb
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- a maré baixa
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- a maré baixa
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- lågvatten
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- odpływ
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- mareea joasă
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- lavvande
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- lavvannet
The tide decides when you ride, not the other way round. At low tide the belt of firm sand is wide and safe; at high tide only dry deep sand is left, where a horse sinks and tires. German has two short unrelated words: Ebbe and Flut.
firm sand
- 🇫🇷 French
- le sable ferme
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- la arena firme
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- la sabbia soda
- 🇩🇪 German
- der feste Sand
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 締まった砂 (shimatta suna)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 结实的沙地 (jiēshi de shādì)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- الرمل المتماسك
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- het stevige zand
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- a areia firme
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- a areia firme
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- fast sand
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- ubity piasek
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- nisipul tare
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- fast sand
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- fast sand
Not the same as wet sand: all firm sand is wet, but not all wet sand is firm. The band that carries you is the one the sea has just left — damp enough to be packed, not yet dry enough to give way. That's where you canter, and nowhere else.
single file
- 🇫🇷 French
- la file indienne
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- en fila india
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- in fila indiana
- 🇩🇪 German
- im Gänsemarsch
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 一列縦隊 (ichiretsu jūtai)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 单列纵队 (dānliè zòngduì)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- السير في صف واحد
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- achter elkaar
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- a fila indiana
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- a fila indiana
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- gåsmarschen
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- jazda gęsiego
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- șirul indian
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- gåsegang
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- på rekke
English says « single file », never « Indian file » — the phrase exists but sounds dated. German is the most vivid: im Gänsemarsch, « goose march ». It's the basic formation on a hack.
to keep your distance
- 🇫🇷 French
- garder ses distances
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- guardar las distancias
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- tenere le distanze
- 🇩🇪 German
- Abstand halten
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 間隔を保つ (kankaku o tamotsu)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 保持距离 (bǎochí jùlí)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- حافظي على المسافة
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- afstand houden
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- manter a distância
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- manter distância
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- hålla avstånd
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- zachować odstęp
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a păstra distanța
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- holde afstand
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- holde avstand
The rule that prevents everything else. A horse too close behind ends up wanting to pass — and a horse being passed thinks he's been asked to race. Keep one horse's length, about three metres: enough not to be kicked if the one in front stops dead.
the wet sand
- 🇫🇷 French
- le sable mouillé
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- la arena mojada
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- la sabbia bagnata
- 🇩🇪 German
- der nasse Sand
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 濡れた砂 (nureta suna)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 湿沙 (shī shā)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- الرمل المبلل
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- het natte zand
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- a areia molhada
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- a areia molhada
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- den blöta sanden
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- mokry piasek
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- nisipul ud
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- det våde sand
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- den våte sanden
The firm strip left by the retreating sea. The only one you can canter on: dry sand tires tendons within minutes.
the experienced rider
- 🇫🇷 French
- le cavalier confirmé
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- el jinete experimentado
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- il cavaliere esperto
- 🇩🇪 German
- der erfahrene Reiter
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 経験者 (keikensha)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 有经验的骑手 (yǒu jīngyàn de qíshǒu)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- الفارسة المتمرسة
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de ervaren ruiter
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- o cavaleiro experiente
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- o cavaleiro experiente
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- den erfarna ryttaren
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- doświadczony jeździec
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- călărețul experimentat
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- den erfarne rytter
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- den erfarne rytteren
Someone who already rides. The lagoon swim is reserved for them: beginners get the beach, not the deep water, and you must be able to swim. Stating your level honestly decides which ride you are offered.
the guide
- 🇫🇷 French
- le guide
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- el guía
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- la guida
- 🇩🇪 German
- der Führer
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- ガイド (gaido)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 向导 (xiàngdǎo)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- المرشد
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de gids
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- o guia
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- o guia
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- guiden
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- przewodnik
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- ghidul
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- guiden
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- guiden
The one who leads the ride and knows the bottom. You do not pass the guide: he knows where the sand gives way.
the fresh water
- 🇫🇷 French
- l'eau douce
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- el agua dulce
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- l'acqua dolce
- 🇩🇪 German
- das Süßwasser
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 真水 (mamizu)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 淡水 (dànshuǐ)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- الماء العذب
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- het zoete water
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- a água doce
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- a água doce
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- sötvattnet
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- słodka woda
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- apa dulce
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- ferskvandet
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- ferskvannet
The rinse afterwards. Salt drying on the coat irritates and stiffens it: rinsing is not a nicety, it is part of the ride.
to ride bareback
- 🇫🇷 French
- monter à cru
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- montar a pelo
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- montare a pelo
- 🇩🇪 German
- ohne Sattel reiten
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 裸馬に乗る (hadakauma ni noru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 骑裸背马 (qí luǒbèi mǎ)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- الركوب من دون سرج
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- zonder zadel rijden
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- montar em pelo
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- montar em pelo
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- rida barbacka
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- jeździć na oklep
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a călări fără șa
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- ride uden sadel
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- ri barbakk
Without a saddle, straight on the horse's back. In the water it makes particular sense: saddle leather does not take kindly to salt or sand, so the swim is often done bareback. You feel the horse swimming beneath you, and you never forget it.
to get your horse into the water
- 🇫🇷 French
- faire entrer son cheval dans l'eau
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- meter el caballo en el agua
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- far entrare il cavallo in acqua
- 🇩🇪 German
- das Pferd ins Wasser bringen
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 馬を水に入れる (uma o mizu ni ireru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 让马下水 (ràng mǎ xiàshuǐ)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- إدخال الحصان إلى الماء
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- je paard het water in krijgen
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- fazer o cavalo entrar na água
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- fazer o cavalo entrar na água
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- få in hästen i vattnet
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- wprowadzić konia do wody
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a-ți băga calul în apă
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- få sin hest ud i vandet
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- få hesten ut i vannet
The key move here, and the hardest: many horses refuse water. You don't drive them straight in — you follow another horse, take your time, walk forward and give as soon as he steps in. A horse that's forced learns to refuse.
rising trot
- 🇫🇷 French
- le trot enlevé
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- el trote levantado
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- il trotto battuto
- 🇩🇪 German
- das Leichttraben
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 軽速歩 (keihayaashi)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 起坐快步 (qǐzuò kuàibù)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- الخبب مع النهوض والجلوس
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- het lichtrijden
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- o trote levantado
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- o trote elevado
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- lätt trav
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- kłus anglezowany
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- trapul ridicat
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- letridningen
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- lettridningen
Rising and sitting in rhythm with the trot. It lets you trot for a long time without tiring the horse's back — essential on a hack. British riders say « rising », Americans « posting ».
to gallop in a light seat
- 🇫🇷 French
- galoper en équilibre
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- galopar en equilibrio
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- galoppare in equilibrio
- 🇩🇪 German
- im leichten Sitz galoppieren
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 軽く腰を浮かせて駆歩する (karuku koshi o ukasete kakeho suru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 轻坐跑步 (qīngzuò pǎobù)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- العدو في وضع التوازن
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- in licht zit galopperen
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- galopar em suspensão
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- galopar em suspensão
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- galoppera i lätt sits
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- galop w półsiadzie
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a galopa în poziție de echilibru
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- galoppere i let sæde
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- galoppere i lett sits
Seat out of the saddle, weight in the stirrups, body slightly forward. That's how you gallop for a long time on sand without weighing on the horse's back. Also called « two-point »: two points of contact instead of three.
to sit to the canter
- 🇫🇷 French
- galoper assis
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- galopar sentado
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- galoppare seduto
- 🇩🇪 German
- im Sitz galoppieren
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 座って駆歩する (suwatte kakeho suru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 坐着跑步 (zuòzhe pǎobù)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- العدو في وضع الجلوس
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- doorzitten in galop
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- galopar sentado
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- galopar sentado
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- galoppera i fullsits
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- galop w pełnym siadzie
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a galopa așezat
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- galoppere i fuldt sæde
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- sitte ned i galopp
Seat in the saddle, hips following the movement. Used when you need control — in water, on changing ground, or when the horse gets keen. The opposite of the light seat: one to go far, one to hold.
to grab the mane
- 🇫🇷 French
- attraper la crinière
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- agarrarse a las crines
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- afferrare la criniera
- 🇩🇪 German
- die Mähne greifen
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- たてがみをつかむ (tategami o tsukamu)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 抓住马鬃 (zhuāzhù mǎzōng)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- الإمساك بالعرف
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- de manen vastpakken
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- agarrar a crina
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- segurar na crina
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- ta tag i manen
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- złapać się grzywy
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a te prinde de coamă
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- tage fat i manen
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- ta tak i manen
To steady yourself without pulling on the mouth. The mane has no nerves: holding it does nothing to the horse, while grabbing the reins makes him speed up or hurts his mouth. Learn it BEFORE you need it — in water, bareback, or on a spook.
to trot in a light seat
- 🇫🇷 French
- trotter en équilibre
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- trotar en equilibrio
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- trottare in equilibrio
- 🇩🇪 German
- im leichten Sitz traben
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 軽く腰を浮かせて速歩する (karuku koshi o ukasete hayaashi suru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 轻坐快步 (qīngzuò kuàibù)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- الخبب في وضع التوازن
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- in licht zit draven
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- trotar em suspensão
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- trotar em suspensão
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- trava i lätt sits
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- kłus w półsiadzie
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a trota în poziție de echilibru
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- trave i let sæde
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- trave i lett sits
Neither sitting nor rising: the seat stays out of the saddle, the weight in the stirrups, as in the light-seat canter. Used on a long trot over uneven ground, or to spare a young horse's back. Same words as at the canter: light seat, two-point.
to rise on the correct diagonal
- 🇫🇷 French
- trotter enlevé sur le bon diagonal
- 🇪🇸 Spanish
- trotar levantado en el diagonal correcto
- 🇮🇹 Italian
- trottare battuto sulla diagonale giusta
- 🇩🇪 German
- auf dem richtigen Fuß leichttraben
- 🇯🇵 Japanese
- 正しい斜対で軽速歩をする (tadashii shatai de keihayaashi o suru)
- 🇨🇳 Chinese
- 在正确的对角起坐 (zài zhèngquè de duìjiǎo qǐzuò)
- 🇸🇦 Arabic
- الخبب الخفيف على القطر الصحيح
- 🇳🇱 Dutch
- op de goede voet licht rijden
- 🇵🇹 Portuguese
- levantar no diagonal certo
- 🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
- trotar no diagonal certo
- 🇸🇪 Swedish
- rida lätt på rätt diagonal
- 🇵🇱 Polish
- anglezować na właściwą nogę
- 🇷🇴 Romanian
- a face trap ridicat pe diagonala corectă
- 🇩🇰 Danish
- letride på den rigtige diagonal
- 🇳🇴 Norwegian
- lettri på riktig diagonal
In rising trot, you rise as the outside shoulder goes forward and sit as it comes back. On the wrong diagonal the horse loses balance in the turns; out hacking, change diagonals now and then so both sides tire the same. The Germans say « the right foot » (der richtige Fuß).