STABLE MANAGEMENT HOLIDAY DAYS MORNING OR AFTERNOON
Mornings 10am til 1pm
Afternoons 2pm til 5pm
For Adults and Children (From 5years + including adults / and all abilities welcome) that want learn more about horses and work through Syllabus’s Practical and Theory.
You don’t have to of done any stable management before you can be a complete beginner or very knowledgeable.
This will also help anyone that is currently doing our weekend stable management a boost.
You will require a packed lunch
*They will require
*paper
*folder
*pens
*riding hat for when around and handling horses (you can hire one)
*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 (any sheets that are not very clear please still print as they will be doing theory Aswell and will be writing the information on the sheets that they may need for that particular unit)
* A Snack
*Plenty to drink
* Coat
* Extra clothing (in cold weather)
*Sun cream & hat (in hot weather)
NO SHORTS, SKIRTS, DRESSES, TRAINERS, FLIP FLOPS, DOLLY SHOES
NON-REFUNDABLE/NON-TRANSFERABLE
You will need to register with us:- https://bankfarmridingschool.ecpro.co.uk
and add a rider(s)
HOW TO BOOK
- Go to BOOK A LESSON and select DATE
- Click on STABLE MANAGEMENT HOLIDAY DAYS MORNING or STABLE MANAGEMENT HOLIDAY DAYS AFTERNOON on the date you have selected (these can be found under ACTIVITIES)
it will say RIDER – select rider
- ADD TO BASKET
- Then go to BASKET and CHECKOUT and PAY
or Once you have registered you can ring Lindsey on 07990808212 to Book and Pay
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 hay net 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 A 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 horse’s 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
Things 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