The next course is Starting on Saturday the 26th April and will run for 6 weeks at a price of £125. Running at 11-12

 
These are the Awards we will be covering.

🐴 Knowing Your Horse

By completing this award you will find out:

Identification

  • I can describe horses using:
    a) colour
    b) face markings
    c) leg markings
    d) gender

Anatomy

  • I can identify points of the horse
  • I can identify parts of the foot

Health

  • I can list signs of good and poor health
  • I can carry out routine daily health checks
  • I can recognise when and why a horse requires shoeing or
    trimming
  • I can describe how to reduce the risk of disease on a yard

Feeding

  • I can list the rules of feeding
  • I can recognise hay and haylage
  • I can describe methods to provide hay or haylage to a horse
  • I can describe how to soak hay
  • I can identify methods to provide water in the stable 

Fittening

  • I can describe why a ridden horse should be fit
  • I can describe signs that may indicate a horse is not fit
 

🏇🏼 Handling your Horse

  • How to work safely on a yard
  • How your behaviour or actions could affect your horse
  • How to put a headcollar on and tie up your horse
  • How to lead your horse
  • How to clean your tack
 

💙 Caring for your horse

By completing this award, you will Learn:

Behaviour

  • I can describe the horse’s natural behaviours and instincts
  • I can describe a horse’s vision and how thismay affect his behaviour

Stable Care

  • I can list different types of bedding
  • I can skip out a stable and tidy the bed
  • I can clean and refill a water bucket or water drinker

Field Care

  • I can give reasons to support regular turnout
  • I can describe suitable fencing for field boundaries
  • I can carry out routine daily field checks

Rugs

  • I can identify and describe types of rug and their use
  • I can put on and take off a rug

Grooming

  • I can describe the benefits for grooming horses
  • I can explain the use of the items in a grooming kit
  • I can groom a horse
  • I can care for a horse after exercise
 

🐎 Lungeing your horse

You will find out about:

  • I can give reasons for lungeing a horse
  • I can list the equipment required to lunge a horse
  • I can tack up for lungeing
  • I can lead a horse in preparation for lungeing
  • I can coil the lunge line
  • I can change the whip over
  • I can untack the horse after lungeing

How To Book

Simply go To - Make a Booking - then choose the start date of the SATURDAY 26TH APRIL (or any Saturday within the course dates) and scroll to the bottom of the page where it states Courses. Alternatively, click the "book now" button to go to the calendar view of What's On and scroll to 26th APRIL. If you are eligible to join the course i.e the right age range of 6 - 12. If the course has already started you can still join the course, but you will only receive the remaining sessions. You will also need to purchase the Pony stars Book which goes with the course this is £15 and will be invoiced separately.