Horsemanship Level 3
Horse & rider must have completed horsemanship levels 1 & 2
Groundwork
- Refining your body language & horsemanship skills
- Longing or sending also using obstacles
- Lateral flexion
- Vertical flexion
- Speed control using body language (voice optional)
- Change of directions
- Turning over hocks
- Sidepassing stage 2
- 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
- Warm up flex program vertical & lateral various exercises
- Shoulder control
- Counter bend (reverse bend)
- Direct bend
- Push off exercises in forward motion (front end of horse)
- Leg yield side pass stage 2
- Preliminary work for correct lead departure
- Circles
- Speed Control using only seat & body language (voice optional)
- Collection
- Stop using woah & seat
- Stop & back up
- Roll backs
- Step out exercise when backing up
- This exercise help teach the horse to move front legs correctly when spinning
- Spins
- Bridleless back up using seat & body language only
- Stand
- Desensitizing
- Obstacles optional (trail riders)
Horsemanship level 4
Horse & rider must have completed levels 1,2 and 3
At this level it is expected that your horse has good ground manners and is a willingly guided horse, responding to a soft hand and subtle cues.
Groundwork
- Refining your communication with your horse
- Using exercises from horsemanship level 1 2 and 3
Mounted work
- Refining your riding skills to your choice
- Using exercises from horsemanship level 1 2 and 3
- Riding bridleless (optional)
- Show Training preparing you and your horse for show
- Or happy trails