Horse riding lesson plans

Horse RidingLessons
Sylina Levy
Instructor
2010

Review of Horse and Barn Safety

Grooming and Horse Equipment
Leaving grooming equipment on the ground (make sure they are out of the way and don’t present a hazard)
Lead ropes and halters
How to hold a rope or lead
Tidying up (saddles, bridles, saddle pads, grooming equipment)

Barn Safety
Pitch forks, rakes, brooms need to be safely put away
Ropes, bridles, halters
Water hose
Grooming Equipment

Feeding
All feeding of horses should be done with an aide or adult

Basic Horse and Barn SafetySample Lesson Plan
Look at your surroundings/paddock/ground/look around
Fight/flight / nervous tension / pressure / predator/prey
Approaching your horse/ 45 degree angle
Using your voice/speaking / let them know your coming
About your horses ears
Where to stand / shoulder / legs / horses back-end
Normal Voice / speaking to your horse
Horse’s feet
Horse’s back-end / + 12 better 15 feet away
Safety equipment (helmet ASTM/SEI approved, paddock or riding boots, no loose clothing, riding gloves, pants, no hiking boots, no sandels, no open toe shoes.)

Working with your Horse: SafetySample Lesson Plan
use your voice / let your horse know what you are going to do
(run your hand down his leg and ask him to pick up his foot)
(brush the neck and gently tell him you are moving to his face)
squat don’t kneel
never crawl under your horse or put your hands on the ground
never feed a horse with your hands, use a bucket
stay with a tied horse
know your horses temperament
never tease a horse
near side and off-side
wearing your helmet
Paddock Safety and Stall Safety
Pick up after yourself (grooming equipment, equipment,.....)

Riding in the Ring sample lesson plan
Lesson 1: Mounting / Dismounting / Basic Seat / Halt / Walk
holding the reins (two hands until experienced)
body alignment / breathing
no chewing gum / placement of the riders tongue /
basic seat (at a halt): alignment head/shoulders/hip/ankle/sits-bones/ back/neck/arms/shoulder joints/elbow joints/ knees / chest
the invisible track
4 points of contact
basic aids
“prepare to ….”
Halt and Walk / basic transition
Important term: shortening the reins

Riding in the Ring sample lesson plan
Lesson 4: Emergency Stop/Emergency Dismount/Warm-up/Cool-down
warm-up exercises for horse and rider
review of invisible track (ground work)
review of basic seat / point of contact / aids
review of emergency situations (ground work)
practice (if the student wants to) emergency dismount
practice emergency stop/turn
importance of voice/whoa
figures: circle, diagonal, right and left rein
cool down

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