Skills to be mastered before moving to the next level…
Dressage:
* Dressage seat firmly established
* Walk, trot, canter without stirrups
* Half-halts at canter
* Balanced upward and downward transitions
* Aids: Horses consistently on the bit
* Aids: Leg yield form the centerline to track and back at walk and trot
* Aids: Letting the horse “chew the reins out” at the trot
* Lengthened stride at trot
* Ability to ride USEF Training level test 3
Jumping:
* Cantering at speed (200 & 250 meters/minute)
* Hand gallop
* Single verticals to 2′-6″; spreads and grids to 2′-3″
* Trot in and out of vertical to 2′-6″
* Single cross-country fences to 2′-6″
* Small courses to 2′-3″ (trot without cantering and canter without trotting)
* Figure eight and zigzag courses
Unmounted:
* Trailer loading/unloading
* Rules for showing
* The Scales of Training
Dressage
- More complicated schooling figures
- Shoulder-fore on the circle
- Change of canter lead through trot
- Walk-canter and canter-walk transitions
- Lengthened canter
- 15 meter canter circles
- Shallow loop down long side at canter – no change of lead
- Aids: Rein back
- Basic principles of lunging horse and rider
Jumping
- Spreads and grids to 2′-6″
- Small courses to 2′-6″
- Jumping 2′-6″ cross country fences in series
Unmounted
- Evaluating lameness
- Basic first aid for horses
- Unsoundness and blemishes
- Preventive Hoof Care
- Common health problems
- Parasites
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| 12:30 pm w/ Michala (Event) | 2 pm w/ Mary Ann (Dressage) |
Please call the office for the most up to date schedule of group lessons. Intermediate 3 private lessons may be scheduled at a variety of times; please call for details.