Horsemanship Level 2
Horse & rider must have completed horsemanship level 1
Ground work
- Repeating all the exercises as in horsemanship level 1
- Refining your body language
- Longing or sending also using obstacles
- Speed control using your body language ( voice optional)
- Lateral flexion
- Vertical flexion
- Change of directions
- Sidepassing stage 1
- Disengaging hindquarters
- Awareness of horse's position of feet in air and on ground
- Stand
- Back up
- Lowering of head using pressure & release methods
- Desensitizing
Mounted Work
- Mounting & dismounting
- Mouth training with lateral & vertical flexion
- Forward motion all gaits
- Circles
- Speed Control using seat & body language (voice optional)
- Balance
- Seat leg and body positioning
- Reins management
- Stop one rein stop
- Stopping straight using woah & seat
- Stop & turn
- Change of directions
- Disengaging hindquarters
- Awareness of horse's feet in air or on ground by the feel
- Shoulder control
- Counter bend ( reverse bend)
- Direct bend
- Leg yield side passing stage 1
- Back up straight
- Back up drills
- Obstacles optional
- Desensitizing