ROYAL EQUESTRIAN ACADEMY

Training Module for Basic Level 1

• Mount and dismount unaided from the ground.
• Sit straight and balanced in the saddle.
• Lengthen and shorten stirrups on floor and while mounted.
• Check and adjust girth before and while mounted.
• Know how the pony/horse positions his feet when he halts square.
• Be able to do working trot rising and sitting.
• Be able to make transitions at the markers accurately.
• Make changes of rein and circles in rising and sitting trot.
• Change diagonal as necessary.
• Ride over a short course of poles on the ground in walk and trot.
• Know the sequence of legs in walk and trot.
• Be able to ride as the leading file.
• Be able to pass the ride safely.
• Exercises at walk and trot without stirrups and reins.

Horsemanship

• Approach and handle a pony/horse correctly
• Lead horse in a head collar and a bridle.
• Be able to take a bridle off wash the bit and hang it up correctly.
• Unsaddle the horse after the ride.
• Name different parts of the saddle and the bridle and stand the saddle on the ground correctly.
• Know how to brush a horse off with a dandy brush.
• Know how to use the body brush on the pony/horses face mane and tail.
• Be able to pick out the horses feet.
• Name simple points of the pony/horse and recognise different markings on the face.
• Know two types of food horses eat.