Pony Stars Syllabus 2024

Duration of course: 6 weeks.
Time allocated: 1 hour sessions.
Course: Pony Stars.
Number of participants: Maximum 6.

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Week One:

• Correctly fitted hat and boots to clients.
• Discuss health & safety on the yard in relation to rider, horses and staff and suitable procedures.
• Discuss horse & rider behaviour and awareness to give an understanding to the procedures of the yard.
• Demonstrate how to approach a horse, fit a head collar and tie up the horse using the quick release knot.
• Describe and demonstrate what each brush does, why we groom and how we groom.
• All participant’s to individually demonstrate/discuss the task which they have learnt.

Week Two:

• Discuss and locate the parts of a horse.
• Discuss and locate the bones of a horse.
• Compare the similarities of anatomy between horses and humans.
• Play a label/sticker game.
• All participant’s to individually demonstrate/discuss the task which they have learnt.

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Week Three:

• Learn the colours, markings and breeds of horses.
• Discuss the differences between horses and ponies.
• Describe how horses are measured in height.
• Measure ourselves in horse height.
• Demonstrate and discuss how to muck out/skip out a stable.
• All participant’s to individually demonstrate/discuss the task which they have learnt.

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Week Four:

• Re-cap what we have learnt over the last three weeks.
• Discuss what horses can and can’t eat.
• Explain the rules of feeding.
• Create a pony passport and treat our favourite pony.
• All participant’s to individually demonstrate/discuss the task which they have learnt.

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Week Five:

• Label the points of tack on our saddle and bridle and explain their use.
• Demonstrate and discuss how to correctly fit tack.
• Discuss why correctly fitted tack is so important.
• Demonstrate how to adjust the girth, measure stirrups and adjust stirrup length.
• Demonstrate and discuss how to untack a horse and how to correctly carry the tack.
• All participant’s to individually demonstrate/discuss the task which they have learnt.

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Week Six:

• Re-cap on how to correctly tack up.
• Demonstrate how to lead and turn a horse in a correct safe way.
• All participant’s to individually demonstrate/discuss the task which they have learnt.
• Certificate of completion given out to participants.

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