Classical Riding & Positive Learning Creating Happy Horses and Happy Riders!
Classical Riding & Positive Learning Creating Happy Horses and Happy Riders!
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Fox Run Farm believes in creating knowledgeable, well rounded horseman and riders. In our effort to best serve our students, we use learning levels to teach.
Why Learning Levels? The curriculums give students clear, achievable milestones and allows instructors, students and parents a way to measure achievement outside of the show ring. Also, non-riding students can still have unmounted learning goals and rewards.
A level system encourages students to devote time to fundamentals, flatwork, and their unmounted education, all of which can be lost in the excitement of competing. Learning levels also help both students and parents understand the requirements for advancement.
The mounted Horsemanship curriculum is for riding lessons, English or Western.
The HorseSense curriculum teaches barn lessons on horse care and equine knowledge.
The HorseCentered curriculum teaches equine behavior and ground training.
The Fox Kit Rainbow Level is an introductory level for riders who are not yet able to ride and care for a pony or horse independently. Rainbow Level riders should always practice their skills with the supervision and assistance of an instructor.
Rainbow Level Study Guide
Rainbow Level Resources
The Red Fox Horsemanship Level is an introductory level, designed to give students a safe overview of basic mounted and unmounted skills. It introduces safety concepts for handling horses on the ground and in the saddle, including grooming, tacking up, riding at the walk and posting trot.
Red Fox Level Study Guide
Red Fox Level Resources
The Yellow Fox Horsemanship Levl is a beginner level, designed to build upon skills introduced in the Red Level and give students the ability to ride confidently and securely at the trot. safety and accuracy is emphasized, as is the balanced seat required to advance to skills such as cantering and jumping.
Yellow Fox Level Study Guide
Yellow Fox Level Resources
The Green Fox Horsemanship Level is a beginner level, designed to further develop students' basic skills and independence on the flat. Green Level introduces cantering on the rail and through simple figures, along with a small jump, emphasizes the need to develop a strong, balanced position in preparation for riding over fences.
Green Fox Level Study Guide
Green Fox Level Resources
The Blue Fox Horsemanship Level is a beginner level, designed to encourage students to ride on the flat with attention to detail and an awareness of the horse's balance, while giving them the skills necessary to safely trail ride, jump, and ride over introductory cross-country fences.
Blue Fox Level Study Guide
Blue Fox Level Resources
The Orange Fox Horsemanship Level is an intermediate level, designed to give students the ability to ride with balance and accuracy on the flat and over fences. Orange Level students should achieve enough competency to safely participate in mounted activities outside of lessons, while gaining appreciation for flatwork and equitation and an increased consideration for their horse.
Orange Fox Level Study Guide
Orange Fox Level Resources
The Purple Fox Horsemanship Level is an intermediate level, requiring committed practice and refinement of both dressage and jumping positions. Purple Level Students should acquire the secure seat and coordinated use of aids necessary for more advanced riding, while gaining confidence and experience in a variety of English riding disciplines.
Purple Fox Level Study Guide
Purple Fox Level Resources
The Teal Fox Horsemanship Level is an advanced intermediate level, designed to help students become empathetic riders and horse trainers. It introduces more sophisticated dressage techniques and training philosophy, while asking students to demonstrate strong jumping skills in a variety of settings.
Teal Fox Level Study Guide
Teal Fox Level Resources
In the Red Fox HorseSense Level, students will learn basic safety practices for working around horses; simple identification of tack and grooming equipment; elementary equine anatomy; and basic needs of the horse.
Red Fox Level Study Guide
Red Fox Level Resources
In the Yellow Fox HorseSense Level, students will refine leading and grooming skills; will learn to care for tack; to describe and measure horses; to apply protective boots and blankets; to identify elementary feeding principles and situations requiring veterinary care.
Yellow Fox Level Study Guide
Yellow Fox Level Resources
In the Green Fox HorseSense Level, students will be able to assess fit of tack; to identify basic first aid equipment; to understand concepts of conditioning for horse and rider; to apply simple bandages; to understand elementary stable management principles and routine horse care; to identify common breeds and riding disciplines.
Green Fox Level Study Guide
Green Fox Level Resources
In the Blue Fox HorseSense Level, students will be able to perform thorough grooming; understand action of bits and specialty tack; identify farrier tools; understand principles of horse horse gaits and movement, basic first aid and parasite control and safe lunging and trailering practices.
Blue Fox Level Study Guide
Blue Fox Level Resources
In the Orange Fox HorseSense Level, students will be able to demonstrate safe lunging and an understanding of gaits and distances; to evaluate basis conformation points; to plan conditioning schedules and relate horse's work and condition to feed rations; to continue expanding knowledge of stable management and veterinary care; to begin relating equine behavior to human management practices.
Orange Fox Level Study Guide
Orange Fox Level Resources
In the Purple Fox HorseSense Level, students will be able to understand and demonstrate show-quality grooming; to apply more advanced bandaging techniques; to evaluate lunging performance; to understand more advanced concepts of equine farrier and veterinary care; to identify daily horse management practices and safety issues related to trailering; to understand the economic realities of horse ownership.
Purple Fox Level Study Guide
Purple Fox Level Resources
In the Teal Fox HorseSense Level, students will be able to teach basic HorseSense skills; to demonstrate understanding of jump course design; to evaluate a horse's dressage performance; to demonstrate advanced horse care skills; to evaluate more complex concepts of conformation and movement; to understand functional equine anatomy and relate equine systems to feeding, diseases and their control; to incorporate stable management principles in facility design.
Teal Fox Level Study Guide
Teal Fox Level Resources
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