Horse Care & Ride

Horse Care & Ride (Stable management & riding course)

90mins Sessions (can be booked as a month or individual dates) OPEN TO AGES FROM 6 YEARS OLD AND ALL ABILITIES

Working through our stable management syllabus’s and riding syllabus’s

Badges will be applied on the ecpro upon completion and notes added so we are going to run the following levels together under a bronze, silver and gold Ecpro Badge Scheme

YELLOW  Level 1 & BLUE Level 2 Stable Management together and upon passing each you will receive a yellow & blue certificate but on EPRO you will Receive a BRONZE BADGE

GREEN  Level 2 & ORANGE Level 3 Stable Management together and upon passing each you will receive a green & orange certificate but on EPRO you will Receive a SILVER BADGE

PURPLE Level 5 & RED Level 6 Stable Management together and upon passing each you will receive a red & purple certificate but on EPRO you will Receive a GOLD BADGE

BRONZE BADGE 

Things covered in the Yellow & Blue Syllabus’s

• Name basic points of the Horse
• Assist a Rider Mounting 
• Give a Leg Up 
• Fit a Hat to a Rider 
• Adjust Stirrups from the ground 
• Show a rider how to hold their reins 
• Able to check & tighten a girth before mounting
• Yard Safety 
• Name different parts of the Bridle 
• Name different parts of the Saddle 
• Name the different items of the grooming kit 
• Lead a pony in-hand 
• Correct way to give a pony an apple/carrot 
• Approach & Handle a pony correctly 
• Catch a pony & Put a head collar on 
• Demonstrate awareness off safety rules & hazards 
• Tie up a pony correctly
• Able to tie a haynet up correctly 
• Pick up & pick out feet 
• Know the Principles of watering & feeding 
• How to stop a car 
• How to say ‘thank-you’
• How to cross a road 
• Know which side of the road you should ride on
• Understand the simple ‘green cross code’ 
• Know it is safer to ride on the road with adults or parents 
• Demonstrate Mucking Out
• Bed down 
• Demonstrate watering the horse 
• Put on and Remove  Aa head collar correctly
• Name & Describe different types of bedding 
• Be able to Put on a Saddle 
• Be able to put on a Bridle 
• Name different horses colours 
• Name different Markings
• Name different Rugs 
• Know the importance of ill-fitting rugs 
• Know how to fit a rug 
• Know how to care for & clean saddlery 
• Have knowledge of correctly fitting tack 
• Be able to identify Poisonous Plants
• Untack correctly
• Communicate with Riders & Instructors when assisting 
• How to ride along a road
• How to signal Right & Left
• Show an awareness of dangers while riding on a road

SILVER BADGE

Covered in the Green & Orange Syllabus’s

• Horse & Rider 1st Aid Kit
• Field Safety (shelter, fencing, poisonous plants, maintenance)
• Treatment of minor Cuts & Abrasions
• Correct handling of ponies’ legs
• Correct grooming of ponies’ feet & legs
• Tack up & Un-tack Unaided & put away correctly
• Basic feeding
• clean & assemble tack
• catch a pony & turn it away in the field
• know that water must always be available
• know the structure of the horse’s foot
• know the names of the farrier’s tools
• identify signs of ill health
• understand the importance of roughage
• requirements to plaiting a horse
• plaiting a horse
• different mouth pieces & their actions
• arena safety – rules of the arena
• yard jobs (& safety)
• how to lead a pony along a road on foot
• how to slow a car down
• care & working of a pony off grass
• elementary feeding, watering & cleanliness of the pony
• know when a pony needs shoeing
• know what to look for in a newly shod foot
• know the main indications for health in the pony
• recognise when a pony is lame
• know how to load & un-load a pony
• understand the importance & the means of protecting les while travelling
• put a rug, roller, tail bandage & New Zealand on
• know what equipment is needed for lunging
• know reasons for lunging
• skeleton of the horse
• know different bandages & apply them
• knowledge of ill-fitting bandages
• show knowledge of hay & haylage
• understand the importance of roughage
• knowledge of stabling-ventilation-lights-drainage-shelter & warmth
• take a horse’s temperature
• weigh a horse
• understand the reasons for equipment a horse is wearing
• how to lead a pony along a road while mounted

   

A Parent/Guardian is to attend to drop children off for stable management and pick them up again

Upon completing each syllabus you will receive a certificate once you receive your certificate ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE BADGE you can then move on to the next BADGE levels

This means: if there are no badges displayed, they are at level 1+2, working towards Bronze.

If a Bronze badge is displayed, they have completed level 1+2 and now working towards Silver (level 3+4) and so on.

To access this you will have to go on to you account via web link https://bankfarmridingschool.ecpro.co.uk and go on to MY ACCOUNT and then on to RIDERS you will see on there NOTES/PROGRESS and BADGES EARNED, simply click on RIDER NOTES and everything will be displayed.

Anyone wishing to attend the yard either after school or at weekend has to be actively doing our stable management sessions and have to have of completed level 2 to continue coming on the yard but do not have to progress to level 3 if not wishing too (However if the child is under 12years old for insurance purposes there is a charge for them to be here for the day to stay at the yard)

YOU HAVE TO BOOK ON THE BOOKING SYSTEM FOR ANYONE WANTING TO STAY AND HELP

They will require
paper
folder
pens
riding hat for when around and handling horses
gloves for when handling horses
Access to a printer to print off SHEETS required which can be found on our google drive please follow the link https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gyFxnlXmtlMmrK_mIGG-8HuX6gHAEPFC?usp=sharing

If you have no access to a printer please let us know and we will print you a pack off at an additional charge

NON REFUNDABLE

IF YOU WOULD LIKE A FOLDER MADE UP PLEASE LET LINDSEY KNOW AND THIS WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE

NONE DISCOUNTABLE