Horse Saddle Rider Lab

This 3 hour study programme with free preview lessons has been created for equine paraprofessionals and competition riders that want to ultimately address the horse saddle and rider as a combination. It has been developed as a progression from Analysing  Movement, as an element of the full course of Performance Preparation of the Horse Saddle Rider Combination.  

Beginning with an overview of muscle conditioning, the focus will be on exercise prescription, applying the correct sequence of the phases of training and optimising training. Aspects  of the challenges to muscle conditioning will be covered, together with nutrition, homeostasis, immunity and scar tissue.  This format was created to help the learner develop their eye for identifying muscle development strengths and weaknesses. Lecture content is highly applied so that the learner will soon be evaluating  aspects of muscle development so that they may ultimately apply this knowledge to static and dynamic postural assessment. All presentations form a spiral learning experience towards the ultimate goal of proficient professional reasoning in the assessment and preparation of the modern sport horse and pony, together with their saddles and riders, for sustainability of the competition partnership.

This module consists of six lecture presentations together with a short knowledge test and downloadable notes for reference

This presentation is the fourth module in a series under development to progress learners towards performance preparation of the horse, saddle and rider combinations. Manual techniques combined with ground schooling, rider stabilisation and saddle fit checking methods will qualify learners to make a practical contribution to the sustainability of horse, saddle and rider combinations. This will lead to professional registration of graduates.  It will be ready in the Spring of 2020.  Anyone successfully completing elements of the proposed course before enrolment will be given credit for recognition of prior learning. Contact us for further information.