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Level 1
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Horse sense and safety rules
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Five parts of the saddle
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All the parts of the bridle
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Five parts of the horse
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Four natural aids and their uses
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Lead, mount, and dismount
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At a walk: circle, reverse, and stop
horse
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At a jog: without breaking gait,
circle, reverse, and stop horse
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Level 2.1
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Parts of the saddle
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Parts of the bridle
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Ten parts of the horse
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Parts of a curb bit
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Three leverage bits
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Diagonals
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Post to the trot
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Back your horse
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Level 2.2 |
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Four artificial aids and their uses
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Twenty parts of the horse
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Three head and three foot markings
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Eight colors and their descriptions
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Importance of being on a correct lead
and how to determine which lead a horse is on
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How to correct a wrong lead or
cross-firing
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Post to both diagonals
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Demonstrate proper equitation at a
walk and a trot—show proper equitation with no stirrups
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Level 3.1 |
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Know five different leverage bits,
their pressure points, and what makes them more or less severe
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Know the conformation of the lower
leg
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Know the parts of the hoof
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Know thirty parts of the horse
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Identify the foot falls of walking,
trotting, and loping gaits
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Change diagonals
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Lope in correct lead
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Circle at a lope
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Level 3.2 |
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Parts
of the horse
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Parts of the saddle
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Basic gaits of the horse
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Parts of the hoof
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Parts of the bridle
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Face and leg markings
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Halter, lead, groom, and tack up a
horse
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Tie a horse properly with
quick-release
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Perform riding test showing proper
equitation and execution of cues
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Level 4.1 |
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Name types of snaffle bits
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Name types of metals used for snaffle
bits
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Name types of rings on snaffle bits
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Explain why and how to teach a horse
to give to the bit
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Describe how to turn, stop, and back
with a snaffle
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Level 4.2 |
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List the eight right riding rules
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Identify differences in improper and
proper riding
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List and describe the zones of a
horse
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Define “in frame” as it pertains to
horses
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Two track, sidepass, turn on the
quarter, turn on the forehand, back, pick up both leads, stop
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Level 5.1 |
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Define common conformation faults
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Define conformation using the
relationship of form to function
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Accurately judge the positive and
negative conformation points of chosen test
horse(s)
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Level 5.2 |
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Gentling a foal
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Sacking out a foal
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Vitals of a healthy horse
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Colic—cause, symptoms, and treatment
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Laminitis—cause, symptoms, and
treatment
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Wounds—six types and their
descriptions
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Halter break and gentle a foal with
an obstacle course using the baby as a measure of success
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Level 5.3 |
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Lower leg lameness—describe the
symptoms, causes, and care of common lower leg lamenesses
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Teeth reading for age—know the
changes that allow you to discern the age of a horse
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Level 5.4 |
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Roundpenning steps
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Bridlework from the ground up
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Demonstrate control and confidence in
the roundpen with a variety of horses
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Load a horse into a trailer (or
equivalent)
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Accurate completion of riding test
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Level 6.1 |
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Break an unbroken horse—demonstrate confidence and control through
the stages from roundpenning through saddling; then, with the
assistance and supervision of a wrangler, mount and ride in the
roundpen an unbroken horse.
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Level 6.2 |
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Four weeks of riding a variety of
young and green-broke horses. Serve as an instructor of Levels 1
through 2 under the direct supervision of a wrangler.
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Demonstrate continued improvement in
control and confidence as both an instructor and trainer.
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Level 6.3 |
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Retake all the level tests from the entire program |
