Peeper Ranch Horsemanship Program :-D

The Peeper Ranch Horsemanship program is a series of levels that you learn and do. As you complete each level, you earn a charm.

In the first level, you learn basics of horsemanship, colors of horses, parts of the saddle and bridle, and more.

In the second level, you demonstrate grooming and correct saddling and bridling. When you can do it all by yourself, you pass Level 2.

Each level gets a little more difficult, and you learn more and more about horses, like what the vet does, what the farrier does, how to know when something is wrong, how to tell a horse's age by his teeth, and all kinds of stuff.

By the time you finish, you can longe, longline, harness and drive a horse!

PEEPER RANCH EQUESTRIAN TEAM
Peeper Pals and Peeper Posse
Horsemanship Program Levels

1. Level One- FOAL (written tests)

a. Test 1- Basics
b. Test 2- Colors of Horses
c. Test 3- Parts of the Saddle
d. Test 4- Parts of the Bridle
e. Test 5- Advanced

2. Level Two- WEANLING (actually do these things)

a. Grooming inspection
b. Saddling inspection
c. Bridling inspection

3. Level Three- YEARLING (written tests)

a. Test on Parts of the Horse
b. Tests on Horse Health Care

i. Routine care: worming, shots, floating
ii. Red alerts: colic, founder, azoturia
iii. First aid: cuts, swelling, lameness, thrush

c. Test on shoeing

4. Level Four- Showing- PROSPECT (some parts you do, others are tests)

a. Tack cleaning inspection, saddle and bridle
b. Show grooming inspection including washing tail and feet and blacking feet, oiling face, etc.
c. Test on types of classes at the show.

5. Level Five- Oral Report for the Club- JUNIOR

a. Report could be on a breed, a discipline, a showing issue, a horse health issue, whatever.
b. Must include visual aids, be 10 minutes long, be interesting and informative.
c. Written test on horse behavior- why they do what they do
d. Demonstrate knowledge of telling age by teeth

6. Level Six- SENIOR (actually do these things)

a. Demonstrate Longeing
b. Demonstrate Longlining
c. Demonstrate Harnessing, Hitching, and Driving

Questions? Ask Julie.