Horse Care

Overview

Aims of the Horse Care course from Warnborough College

• Describe different psychological traits of a horse including: *herd instinct *memory *fright.

• Explain how an understanding of horse psychology can assist with handling a horse.

• Compare three different methods of breaking in a horse.

• Demonstrate how to put on different pieces of tack including: *a head stall *a bridle *a saddle.

• Demonstrate how to lead a horse.

• Demonstrate how to ride a horse.

• Develop a list of safety rules for handling horses in a specified situation.

• Compare the differences in the way two different horse owners handle their horses, at the same horse show or competition.

• Describe the different ways of trading (i.e. buying or selling) horses in your locality.

• Develop a checklist of factors to consider when buying a horse for a specified type of use.

• Compare five different advertisements for the sale of horses of a similar type, to determine which of the five appears to be the best value, and listing the reasons why it appears good value.

• Evaluate the features of a horse being offered for sale in your locality, to determine the value of that horse.

• Label an unlabelled diagram of the parts of a horse’s body.

• Define the different conformation terminology, including: *girth *body proportions *leg settings *conformation *bone.

• Describe the preferred features of the parts of a horses body referred to in earlier points.

• Compare the conformation of two different breeds of horses, based upon a physical inspection of a horse from each breed.

• Compare procedures used to evaluate the conformation of horses at two different properties/facilities.