The United States Pony Club Manual of Horsemanship

Susan E. Harris

Description

Required reading for every Pony Club Member—now in a valuable new edition

The United States Pony Club (USPC) is among the largest equestrian organizations in the United States, with more than 14,000 members in 600 clubs spread across 49 states, credited with training many current and past Olympic competitors. The USPC Manuals are required reading for every Pony Club Member, and will continue to be required reading into their new editions.

This book is written and illustrated for youngsters who want to learn to ride, especially members of the U.S. Pony Clubs, Inc., who want to meet the USPC's Standards of Proficiency. If you're that youngster, you will be able to read this book on your own. This classic guide will show you how to become a careful, thoughtful rider and how to communicate with and understand your pony. Some sections, however, are meant to be read by an adult (a parent or riding instructor), so you can get the extra help you may need to reach your goals. By the time you have read this book you will know a lot about riding in a ring and in the open; beginning jumping; pony care and handling; safety; having fun and meeting challenges; and much more.

• New information on critical developments in riding, instruction, and competition
• The latest research and development in nutrition and veterinary topics
• Coverage of land conservation and horse health and safety
• All-new photos and a fully updated look and feel

If you're a beginning rider, parent, or instructor, The United States Pony Club Manual of Horsemanship is a solid source of instruction, regardless of whether or not a Pony Club chapter is within reach.
A Note from the United States Pony Clubs, Inc. vii

A Note to Parents ix

Part I: For Children and Parents: Getting Started Right

1 About Pony Club, Learning to Ride, and Selecting a Pony 3

Part II: Learning to Ride

2 Basic Riding on the Flat 25

3 Learning to Jump: From Ground Poles to Simple Courses 94

4 Out and About with Your Pony 127

Part III: Pony Care and Management

5 Handling, Leading, and Tying Your Pony 145

6 Taking Care of Your Pony 174

7 Nutrition and Condition 199

8 Your Pony’s Feet and Shoeing 214

9 Health Care and Veterinary Knowledge 222

10 Safe Traveling and Trailering 236

Part IV: Pony Knowledge, Tack, and Turnout

11 Pony Talk: Pony Parts, Colors, and Conformation 245

12 Tack 258

13 Dress and Turnout 298

Sujets

• Animal Sports
• Sports
• United States Pony Clubs
• Pony Club
• Equestrian
• Recreation
• Susan Harris
• Sport équestre
• Sports équestres
• Sports équestres
• Sports équestres

Informations

• Publié par: Turner Publishing Company
• Date de parution: 31 juillet 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781118230060
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

Extrait

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Photos © Shelley Mann
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Also by Susan E. Harris
Horsemanship in Pictures
Grooming to Win, Third Edition
Horse Gaits, Balance, and Movement
Contents
A Note from the United States Pony Clubs, Inc.
A Note to Parents
Part I: For Children and Parents: Getting Started Right
1 About Pony Club, Learning to Ride, and Selecting a Pony
Part II: Learning to Ride
2 Basic Riding on the Flat
3 Learning to Jump: From Ground Poles to Simple Courses
4 Out and About with Your Pony
Part III: Pony Care and Management
5 Handling, Leading, and Tying Your Pony
6 Taking Care of Your Pony
7 Nutrition and Condition
8 Your Pony’s Feet and Shoeing
9 Health Care and Veterinary Knowledge
10 Safe Traveling and Trailering
Part IV: Pony Knowledge, Tack, and Turnout
11 Pony Talk: Pony Parts, Colors, and Conformation
12 Tack
13 Dress and Turnout



A Note from the United States Pony Clubs, Inc.
We suspect that the first requests from USPC members for a manual of their own were received in 1954, when the first U.S. clubs were founded. By 1979, when the Instruction Council rewrote the USPC Standards, it was determined that there was a need for one source of information members could consult as they progress through the rating levels. The first United States Pony Club manual that matched our standards and used terms specific to North America was created in 1994. The USPC Standards were revised again in 2009, creating a need for this newly revised D Level Manual.
Author and illustrator Susan E. Harris, an experienced and successful riding instructor, has received guidance from an advisory panel that represents years of teaching, coaching, and examining riding and horse management skills within the USPC. We wish to express our thanks to the Standards and Curriculum Chair, Kim Lowman Vollmer, and her D Manual Committee for their hours of dedication in revising and updating this book.
The USPC’s Mission
The United States Pony Clubs, Inc. develops character, leadership, confidence, and a sense of community in youth through a program that teaches the care of horses and ponies, riding, and mounted sports.
Core Values of the USPC
• H orsemanship with respect to health care, nutrition, stable management, handling, and riding a mount safely, correctly, and with confidence.
• O rganized teamwork including cooperation, communication, responsibility, leadership, mentoring, teaching, and fostering a supportive yet competitive environment.
• R espect for the horse and self through horsemanship, for land through land conservation, and for others through service and teamwork.
• S ervice by providing an opportunity for members, parents, and others to support the Pony Club program locally, regionally, and nationally through volunteerism.
• E ducation at an individual pace to achieve personal goals and expand knowledge through teaching others.
Sportsmanship, Stewardship, and Leadership through Horsemanship

A Note to Parents
Pony Club started in Great Britain in 1928 with 700 members. By 1992 there were more than 125,000 members in 27 countries, making it the largest junior equestrian group in the world. Each club is run by a volunteer District Commissioner and other elected officers and each USPC Riding Center is run by a Central Administrator. At this writing, the United States Pony Clubs have over 10,000 members in more than 600 clubs or riding centers.
This USPC Manual of Horsemanship is written especially for Pony Club members and for the volunteers who teach and lead them, but it will also be helpful to anyone who wants to learn or teach good horsemanship. In this manual, and in the two to follow, the emphasis is on how children learn, rather than on subject matter for its own sake. Progress along a continuum of learning is stressed, not the mere acquisition of facts.
This manual provides an introduction to the curriculum of the USPC and will help children meet the current USPC Standards of Proficiency. However, the levels of proficiency required by the standards cannot be achieved by book work alone. Much practical hands-on learning is essential, as is good mounted instruction at all levels. As in any course of study, effective teaching and learning require outside reading and supplemental material. Material from the USPC’s most recently published standards and reading lists, as well as individual teachers’ resources, will be necessary to augment this material. Pony Club’s philosophy is to teach a basic and safe method to accomplish horsemanship tasks. There is no one “Pony Club” way, but there is a safe and careful way to get the job done so that you and your horse or pony are as happy as possible in this sport.
Pony Club supports the ideal of a thoroughly happy, comfortable horse person, riding across a natural countryside with complete confidence and perfect balance on a horse or pony equally happy and confident and free from pain or bewilderment.
The USPC’s Program
The United States Pony Clubs, Inc., an educational organization for youth, provides a program that teaches riding, mounted sports, and the care of horses and ponies, thereby developing responsibility, sportsmanship, moral judgment, leadership, and self-confidence.
Guiding Beliefs of the USPC
• The USPC is an educational organization that progressively develops the well-rounded horse person.
• The well-rounded horse person is capable of riding safely and tactfully on the flat, over fences, and in the open.
• Knowledgeable care of horses and ponies (horse management) is basic to the well-rounded horse person.
• The USPC is committed to the well-being of the horse.
• Fair and friendly competitions develop teamwork and sportsmanship.
• Fun and friendship are part of Pony Club.
• Pony Club requires parental and volunteer involvement and support.
• The USPC is committed to safety.
• The local club is the core of the USPC.
This book is not intended as a substitute for professional advice and guidance in the field of horseback riding. A young person should take part in the activities discussed in this book only under t