Need some athletic gaming reflexes

There was a time quest, so I played with the goal of giving it about 30 minutes. It's a game where you do rodeos to catch savanna animals and build a zoo, just like the title says. I managed to catch them well at first, but transferring from one animal's back to another and the different speeds of the animals caused me to hit obstacles or the same animal and retry. I'm getting frustrated because I don't understand things like the direction of transfer or holding down a button. The hidden quest gems are rewarding, but I feel it's difficult with my current reflexes. I have to complete it in 3 days, so I want to somehow manage it during my days off!