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- Pass a written test. Test can be taken as many times as the rider desires until passed. Schedule with instructor.
- Read 2 issues of Practical Horseman Magazine.
Provide the following for each issue: Date of the issue and a
brief summary of 3 articles in the in the issue
- Prepare a horse for show turn-out
- Read: The United States Pony Club Manual of Horsemanship: Basics for Beginners/D Level
- View at Least 2 Lessons. Viewing lessons are a
wonderful, FREE way to increase your equestrian education. Write a
brief summary on each lesson detailing what you learned.
- Demonstrate a quick release knot.
- Take apart a bridle, identify all parts, and put it back together again
- Identify parts of the horse
- Clean stalls Saturday or Sunday horse chores.
- Register to volunteer one hour of service to the Little Creek Conservancy
- Prepare a yearly budget for a horse that includes board, vet, farrier and worming , and vaccination schedule.
- Health, Nuitrition, Vital Signs and emergency care.
- Demonstrate aging a horse by his teeth.
- Attend a trailering workshop that covers safety checks for lights, tires, brakes and hitches.
- Pass the advanced Written Test
- Attend at least 2 horse shows either as a groom or as a competitor.
- Attend a clinic and write at least one page on what you learned.
- Demonstrate how to correctly put on polo wraps and standing wraps.
- View at least 5 lessons.
- Pull and Braid a mane.
- Read a Pony Club book higher than Level D and
schedule an appointment with your instructor after completing each
section for an oral quiz.
- Longe a horse at the walk, trot and canter both directions with and without side-reins.
- Correctly identify different types of bits.
- Summary of USEF rules and USPC rules
Riding Club High
School and Middle School riders meet once a month. Club members
complete horsemanship activities, compete in shows and attend field
trips to earn points.
Atlanta Riding Skills Syllabus
WHAT LEVEL RIDER ARE YOU?
Becoming a good rider involves
repetition. The skills listed for each level requires hours of practice over
and over. Riders will work on each level 12 to 24 months before moving to the
next level. Everyone progresses at a different rate. Level 1 riders must be
able to perform ring figures posting trot on correct diagonal, without stirrups
and ride 4 lessons in a row without being reminded to keep heel down before
cantering. All level 1 skills need to be strong before moving to Level 2. There are no short cuts for mastering the
material.
LEVEL 1
Mount/dismount
Correctly girth
Two point at walk and trot
Correctly adjust stirrups
Posting trot
Good use of eyes/ track
Reins adjusted correctly
Leg and hand position
Ring figures
Diagonals
Sit and post at trot without
stirrups
Drop and pick up stirrups and
walk and trot
Part of tack, parts of horse
Lengthen and shorten stride at
the walk
Intro to leg yield at the walk
Accurate upwards and down ward
transitions
Correctly use a crop
Emergency pulley rein
Intro to Canter work
- position, leads, canter on a circle (pre-novice)
Reading: beg US Pony Club 1st level Manual
Reading: 101 arena exercises
Level 2 (Novice)
Boots, bandages and leg wraps
Show grooming
Anatomy, confirmation,
lameness
Annual vet, farrier, worming,
teeth
Vital signs
Tack fitting
use of crop
Diagonals by feel
Lengthen and shorten at the
trot
Leg yield
Simple Changes
Canter from Walk
Correctly demonstrate 3 types
of releases over cavelleti
View lessons/intern.
Trot Cross Rails
Indirect rein
Gymanastics, lines
Novice Written test
Reading: Practical Horseman
Reading: Care of the Competition Horse or Grooming to Win by
Susan Harris
Reading: Man who Listens to Horses by Monty Roberts
Reading: US Pony Club Interm. Manual
LEVEL 3 Intermediate
Flying Changes
Canter without stirrups
Cross rails without stirrups
Pick up stirrups at canter
Demonstrate correct use of
outside rein
Lengthen and shorten at canter
Turn on forehand
Turn on haunches
Apply Beginner and novice
skils to a variety of horses
Cantering courses 2 ft to 2.3
Show rules
Types of bits/ride with Pelham
Lunging/side reins
Demonstrate use of crop at
base of jump
Demonstrate proper warm up for
an o/f lesson
Pass advanced written test
Correctly demonstrate all 3
types of releases over a gymnastic
Gymnastics without stirrups
Reading: Practical Horseman
Reading: 101 Jumping Exercises
Reading: George Morris Hunt Seat Eq
Reading: Don’t Shoot the Dog
Reading: Juding Hunters and Eq or any book by Anna Jan
White-Mullen
LEVEL 3 ADVANCED
Feel Leads
Courses 2.6 and up
Flying Changes
Hunter vs Jumper vs Eq courses
& design
Shoulder in/Haunches-in
Working on contact. Veritcal and Lateral flexion.
Counter Canter
Spurs
Be able to apply inter. Skills
to a variety of horses
Jump a course without stirrups
Lessons plan of mounted and
unmounted interm.
Pass all advanced skills on at
least 3 horses
Reading: us Pony Club Advanced Manual
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