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Ride a horse in a balanced position at different gaits on the flat and over
50 to 60 cm fences
Level
2
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: maintain an independent
and balanced position in the saddle at different gaits; carry out movements
on a horse in a school situation; carry out adjustments while mounted; and
ride over poles on the ground, raised poles, and small fences.
Subfield
Equine
Domain
Equitation
Status
Registered
Status date
18 July 2008
Date version published
18 July 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0018
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, and its subsequent amendments.
2
Accepting the bit as defined in Lawrence, Kevin, Pony Club Manual 2 (revised
edition) (Havelock North: New Zealand Pony Clubs Association, 2007). ’The horse
going freely forward, calm and attentive, with a steady head and even contact on the
bit, accepting all the rider's aids without resentment or evasion’.
3
Candidates must not contravene the Code of Recommendations and Minimum
Standards for Welfare of Horses (Wellington: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry,
1993), available at http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/animalwelfare/codes/horses/index.htm.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Maintain an independent and balanced position in the saddle at different gaits.
Range
school situation, flat or undulating country.
Performance criteria
1.1
A steady position is demonstrated at gaits with stirrups, and reins held in both
hands maintaining a contact.
Range
1.2
walk, rising trot, sitting trot, canter.
A steady and balanced position is shown when riding with stirrups, and reins
held in one hand maintaining a contact.
Range
walk, rising trot.
1.3
The rising trot is ridden on both left and right diagonals, while maintaining a
steady and balanced position.
1.4
The horse is ridden on a long rein while maintaining even rhythm and calmness.
Range
1.5
walk, rising trot.
The horse is ridden uphill and downhill, the rider in a steady and balanced
position, and the horse in a steady rhythm at all gaits.
Range
walk, rising trot, canter.
Element 2
Carry out movements on a horse in a school situation.
Performance criteria
2.1
Smooth transitions are demonstrated with the horse accepting the bit.
Range
walk to rising trot, rising trot to canter, canter to rising trot, rising
trot to walk, walk to halt.
2.2
Turns are made to the left and right at the walk and trot, and in 20 metre circles
with the horse balanced, flexing, and accepting the bit.
2.3
The horse is cantered in a 20 metre circle with the horse balanced, flexing, and
accepting the bit on both reins.
2.4
Natural and/or artificial aids are used to reinforce leg aids when necessary.
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Element 3
Carry out adjustments while mounted.
Performance criteria
3.1
Stirrups are altered by the rider to an appropriate length while rider is mounted
and in control of the horse at all times.
3.2
The girth is adjusted, to keep saddle secure while rider is mounted and in
control of the horse at all times.
3.3
Hinged gate is opened, the horse walked through, and the gate is shut while the
rider is mounted and in control of the horse at all times.
Element 4
Ride over poles on the ground, raised poles, and small fences.
Performance criteria
4.1
The horse is ridden over poles, on the ground and raised, while rider maintains
a balanced position and contact with the horse.
4.2
A balanced position and suitable contact are maintained when riding over 10
fences of 50 to 60 cm height.
Range
4.3
uprights, parallels, related fences, spreads, fillers.
A balanced position and suitable contact are maintained when jumping fences
on slopes and ditches, with fences of 50 to 60 cm height.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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