Horsemanship Level #3 Yellow
- Tack and untack independently, in less than twenty minutes.
- Adjust stirrups and girth while mounted.
- Perform an emergency dismount at the trot.
- Demonstrate use of disengagement and pulley rein by halting horse from trot.
- Ride smooth walk-trot transitions, maintaining balanced position.
- Demonstrate knowledge and awareness of posting diagonals.
- Demonstrate the following maneuvers at walk and trot:
- large circle
- figure-8
- serpentine
- half circle, half-turn and diagonal with change of posting diagonal
- Ride USDF Intro Test A or B, showing knowledge of elementary dressage terms and figures.
- Ride on the longe at walk and trot without stirrups and reins.
- Drop stirrups and pick up again, without looking down, at the walk.
- Ride at the jog without stirrups, once around arena.
- Stand in stirrups at the jog, developing ability to remain balanced independent of hands.
- Ride grid of three or more poles, demonstrating ability to stay with the horse’s motion at walk and jog.
- Ride a ground pole course at the jog with opening and closing circles, good approaches.