Wasatch Pony Club
Rating
Prep – D3
Stable
Management/ Leading/Longeing
Demonstrate how to clean and
bed a stall giving reasons for each step. Know use of hay net and the dangers
of improper use.
Lead correctly, moving mount
forward with whip or assistance ( if necessary). Do
walk-trot-walk-halt transitions in hand. Lead safely from both sides.
Part I: Candidates demonstrate cleaning and bedding
a stall, answering the following questions at each step.
1. If your pony is kept in a
stall, why do you have to use some kind of bedding? to keep his stall
clean and dry and to give him a cushion to stand and lie down on
2. Describe the steps in
stall cleaning:
a. Pick up all the manure and soiled bedding from
the surface and throw it into a wheelbarrow or muck basket. Sort
through the bedding with a fork or picker, turning the bedding over, throwing
out the wet and soiled bedding. Separate the good bedding and pile it in
a clean spot against the walls of the stall. Explain why. Answer should include
thrush and flies.
b. If the pony will be out several hours, dust the
wet spots with lime and leave the floor bare. Explain why. Answer should
include letting floor dry and air out.
c. Before you put the pony back in the stall, rebed it. Add enough fresh bedding to replace what you
removed. Bank it up higher against the walls and in the corners. Explain why.
Answer should include that this keeps the pony from getting cast (stuck) if he
rolls.
d. When cleaning a stall, notice anything that
needs repair or could injure your pony like splinters or nails sticking out.
Explain why. Answer should include that these things could injure pony.
[Manual,
p. 176-178]
3. Describe “picking out” a
stall, and explain why you should do it.
Doing a quick pickup of manure, which keeps stall
cleaner and saves you work and bedding. [Manual, p. 177]
4. Hay nets must be tied
safely or they can cause diseases or accidents. If tied too low, the
pony can get his legs or head caught in it. Tie a hay net at eye or
hand level. Pass the rope
through a ring or around a board and run it through the section at the bottom or at
the top of the hay net. Tie the hay net with a quick-release knot
or a sturdy square knot. [Manual, p. 179-180]
5. The hay net should be tied
to the same ring the pony is tied to. True or False. [Manual, p. 179-180]
Part II: Q & A – Leading
1. To lead from the left,
hold the rein or lead rope in your right or
left hand about 6 or 12
inches from the bit or halter. Wrap or Fold the end
of the rein or rope in your other hand. [Manual,
p. 135-136]
2. Practice leading your pony
from the right side as well as the left. True or False [Manual, p. 135-136]
3. To teach your pony to move
freely at a walk or trot use a short or
long training whip about 2 or 4
feet long. [Manual, p.
139]
4. Carry the whip in your right or left
hand with the tip or grip trailing on the ground
behind you. If the pony does not jog when you ask him, tap or whack him once
on the hindquarters or nose by flicking or whipping the
whip sideways behind
or in front of you. You must tap or whack him within
1 or 10
seconds of giving the trot command. Jog with him and praise or stop
him right away. [Manual,
p. 139-140]
5. Another way is to have a helper or tractor
follow the pony and tap or
push him on the hind leg or hindquarters
if he doesn’t respond. [Manual,
p. 139-140]
Part IV: Candidates demonstrate leading the pony
forward correctly from both sides.
Candidates demonstrate walk-trot-walk-halt
transitions in hand.. [Manual, p. 136-140]
Bandaging
Describe critical areas
protected by shipping bandages or boots. Give reasons for their use. Apply
protective boots (with supervision) on own mount. Apply stable wrap with
assistance.
Part I: Q & A
1. Why is it a good idea to
use shipping boots or bandages on your pony when he travels?
Because he may slip or step on his own feet or
another pony’s feet [Manual, p. 217]
2. Shipping boots or bandages
protect the leg from the hoof to the knees and hocks.
3. Shipping boots should be
well padded, firm, and snug to support the tendons.
4. Shipping bandages should
cover the
heels, coronet, pastern, and fetlock joint and the tendons up to the bottom of
the knee or hock.
Part II: Candidates apply protective boots with
assistance. Candidates apply stable wrap with assistance. [Manual, p. 217-218]
[Detailed instructions for stable wrap in C Manual, p. 270-272]
Turn-out
Tack and Safety Check Rider in safe and
neat attire. Mount clean and neatly groomed, feet picked out, showing farrier care. Tack to be properly adjusted, safe and clean. Describe formal attire, informal
attire.
1. What do we mean by
“turnout”?
Rider and pony are clean, dressed safely and
neatly, with properly fitting tack, and prepared to ride. [Manual, p. 283]
2. Informal or Formal turnout
is what you should wear for a riding lesson, clinic, informal hunting, or rally.
Informal or Formal
turnout is what you wear for formal competitions, hunting, and
formal
Pony Club inspections at
rallies. [Manual, p. 283]
3. Describe correct Everyday,
Informal and Formal turnout for the following:
helmet shirt tie
boots coat gloves
pants jewelry hair
[Manual, p. 283-293]
4. Your pony should be
curried and brushed clean. Name some places you need to check:
· under saddle &
girth
· roots of mane &
tail
· head & around ears
· back of pastern &
lower leg
· under belly & hind
legs
· elbows & between
front legs
[Manual,
p. 294]
5. A turnback or formal
inspection is held at a working rally after riding. [Manual, p. 296]
6. List 4 effects of
improperly adjusted tack:
· can hurt your pony by pinching, slipping, or
rubbing
· can make your saddle unsafe
· can make your pony act up
· can make you uncomfortable
7. Describe how to check the
fit of tack to the pony: [Manual, p.
263-273]
saddle girth
leathers snaffle
pelhams, kimberwickes, and curb
chains browband
throatlash crownpiece
cavesson saddle
pads
breastplate breast
collar
standing martingale running
martingale
Conditioning/Nutrition
Know 5-7 basic rules of
feeding. Describe care of mount after strenuous work, to include cooling out,
inspection of legs,
watering and feeding. Discuss the amount of roughage and the
amount of concentrates per ration for own mount.
1. As soon as you dismount,
if your pony has done hard work, run up your stirrups, Loosen
your girth, and leave the
saddle. Walk your pony for 10 minutes and check his temperature. If your pony has cooled down to normal, untack him and scrape his
sweaty places. In warm weather, he can be sponged then scraped. Check
his feet for stones
and loose shoes. Check his legs for cuts, heat, or swelling. Offer your pony a few sips of lukewarm water every few minutes
while he walks
and cools out. He can be given hay and water when he is cool and dry. He can be given grain when he has
been normal for an hour.
Check your pony often for 2 hours to see if he is sweating. The next day, jog him for lameness or
stiffness.
[Manual,
p. 166-168]
2. Roughage means:
· grass ·
hay · bulky foods [Manual, p. 185]
3. Concentrates for ponies
are:
· grain ·
mixed feeds
· pellets ·
supplements [Manual, p. 185]
4. Fill in the chart below:
My
Pony’s Daily Feeding Schedule
Morning
Time: _______ How much hay
_________ How much grain _____________ other ____________
Evening
Time: _______ How much hay
_________ How much grain _____________ other ____________
Other :
____________________________________________________________________________
Foot
& Shoeing
Describe obvious signs of a
foot needing shoeing or trimming.
1 Ponies’ feet grow about __1/4 inch __ each
month. [Manual, p. 205]
2. The first sign that a pony
need shoeing or trimming is long feet.
The Toe grows
longer than the heel. The wall of the foot may start to grow over the edge of the shoe, and
the clinches
(ends of the nail) will stand up from the wall of the foot. Some nails
may loosen
or fall out and the shoe may become loose. If a shoe is loose, you can hear it
when a pony walks.
[Manual,
p. 206-207]
Health/Veterinary
Knowledge
Name some symptoms of a sick
or injured mount that would cause you to seek help.
List 8 signs of sickness that
would make you get help:
· colic
· coughing
· diarrhea
· depression
· fever
· not eating normally
· losing weight/dull coat
· injuries [Manual, p. 211-212]
Introduction
to Horse Sports
Name 5 of
the sports available in USPC.
Name 5 of
the sports in Pony Club. Dressage, Show
Jumping, Games, Eventing, Quiz, Polocrosse,
Tetrathlon, Vaulting
Travel
Safety
Know the rules for riding
safely on public roads in your state. Know procedure for mounted group crossing
a public roadway. Discuss the proper procedure for loading and unloading a
mount.
1. When riding on the road,
keep to the __side__
and obey all __traffic laws__. [Manual,
p. 220-221]
2. Contact your local Motor Vehicle Office and
Sheriff’s Department and list any local laws for horseback
riders on the back of this sheet.
3. When riding in a group,
everyone should stay on one side
of the road. To cross a road with a group, everyone should cross at once.
The riders at each end look both ways. When it is clear, they act as crossing guards and watch when riders cross together between
them.
[Manual,
p. 220-221]
4. When loading a pony into a
trailer, lead him straight forward into the trailer. It is not safe to walk into a closed trailer
with a pony. Fasten the tail bar before you tie your pony. Tie him with a quick-release knot.
[Manual, p. 224-228]
5. When unloading, always untie the
pony before you open the door. [Manual,
p. 224-228]
6. Make sure the pony backs
out slowly and
straight. [Manual, p. 224-228]
7. What should you take when
your pony travels?
a. Hay net with hay
b. Water bucket
c. Equine first aid kit
d. Extra lead rope
e. Muck bucket and rake
f. Tack and grooming kit [Manual, p. 223-224]
Pony
Parts/Conformation/Lameness
Describe how to measure
height of mount. Identify at least 20 parts of the mount, to include hock,
gaskin, withers, coup, fetlock, pastern, etc. Know common conformation faults
of neck, back, shoulder, head, and pasterns. Describe the characteristics of a strange
mount clearly enough for another person to recognize it within a group.
Include: color, breed, markings, size, sex, and obvious conformation
characteristics.
1. The size of a pony is
measured in hands
from the ground to the withers.
One hand = 4 inches.
2. Using model horse,
identify at least 20 parts of the mount.. [See Manual p. 231]
3. Describe these common
conformation faults:
· lop eared ·
roman nosed
· coarse, heavy head · pig eyes
· short, upright . shoulder
· straight pastern · ewe necked
· sway backed · high
withers
· low withers [Manual, p. 243-245]
4. Describe your own pony’s
conformation. [Manual, p. 246]
5. Using
a model horse, describe its conformation well enough for others to pick it out
of a group. [Manual, p. 246]
The following questions may be practiced verbally
when candidate is unmounted, in preparation for the Riding
Test Expectations part of the mounted rating prep. See the D3 Standards for a
full listing of
expectations.
Riding
on the Flat
1. When you adjust your girth
or stirrups:
a. Keep your reins loose on the pony’s neck. True or False
b. Keep your foot in the stirrup. True or False
c. Check your girth 5 minutes after you start to ride. True
or False. [Manual,
p. 87-88]
2. When might you perform an
emergency dismount?
When you need to dismount quickly on purpose. [Manual, p. 97]
3. Toe touches and lying down
are good for leg
postion. Stirrup standing and airplane are
good for heels
down. Shoulder circles and arm circles are good for shoulder back.
Centering, teeter-totter, and swivel are good for balance. [Manual, p. 89-97]
4. To ride a sitting trot
well, you must be in balance. [Manual, p.
99]
5. To rein back, sit up deep, squeeze
with your legs
and then squeeze with your hands. [Manual, p. 100]
6. The aids for riding in a
circle are:
· inside
leg: stays
in regular position close to girth
· outside
leg: moves
back
· seat:
swivels
· inside
rein: says
look on the direction
· outside
rein: says
not too fast
· eyes:
look around
the circle [Manual, p. 101-103]
7. To increase speed, legs
squeeze in
rhythm with the trot. To decrease speed, squeeze your
fingers each time you sit in posting. [Manual, p. 105
8. The natural aids
are the aids that are a part of you. Name them.
· Hands
· Legs
· Seat,
· Voice [Manual, p. 105]
9. The artificial aids
are things that help out the natural aids. Name them. Crops, spurs. [Manual, p.105]
Riding
Over Fences/ Riding in the Open
1. Describe these releases:
· basic
release: also
called mane release because you hold onto the mane
· crest
release: pressing
down on the pony’s neck 12” up his neck
· short
release: crest
release that only releases 4 or 5 inches
· automatic
release: called
“following through the air” or “jumping on contact”. Arms stretch forward with
pony’s head, with light contact on mouth [Manual, p. 110-112]
2. Describe jumping in
balance. Shoulders over knees, angles close, hands release, eyes up, heels down. [Manual, p. 110]
3. Trotting over group poles
to a cross rail helps your __balance, suppleness, and jump position, and teaches your pony
to balance
himself, to pick up his feet and to take off at the right spot.
[Manual,
p. 114]
4. Ride over cavelletti and cross rails at a posting trot. [Manual, p. 114]
5. To learn to canter over
fences, set up 2
cross rails 48 feet apart, and count to 4. [Manual, p. 117]
6. Plan how you will ride
your course. Pick a target to look at to keep you lined up straight. [Manual,
p. 119]
7. Two steps you must follow
when a pony disobeys are:
a. handle the refusal
b. figure out why he stopped and how to keep him from doing it again [Manual, p. 119]
8. List 6 reasons why a pony
might refuse and how to handle each:
a. rider error: ride a
better approach
b. jump is too big: lower
it
c. pony off balance: ride
a better approach
d. pony is lame: check
with a vet or farrier
e. you are not confident:
build your confidence over smaller jumps
f. pony is green: work over smaller jumps [Manual, p. 119-120]
9. When riding in a group you
must fight against herd instinct. List 2 ways to control your pony in a group: pulley rein,
circling [Manual, p. 124]
10. When riding through
water, keep your pony moving. When riding over a ditch, keep
your pony straight
and your eyes up. [Manual, p. 126-127]