101 RIDING: Expert Gymnastic Horse Training for the START!
What you'll learn
- You'll receive a permanent written standard featuring historical instructions from the masters of horsemanship.
- You’ll gain a deep understanding of the mechanical aim and what's essential in a forward, through-going horse, and principles for a successful training journey.
- You’ll spot a good way-of-going and recognize a ‘made’ or ‘finished' horse with confidence.
- You’ll easily identify and avoid rampant, popular, yet deceptive practices littering the horse world.
- You'll build a reliable knowledge foundation that equips you to face challenges with certainty.
- You'll know 'correct' when you see it and feel it, magnifying your ability to evaluate and improve your pwn riding and training.
Requirements
- Love Horses? That’s the first requirement! A true love for these intelligent, athletic, and fascinating animals is the foundation of all great riding.
- Strive for Excellence: If you want to ride well and master the art of classical horse training, your commitment to learning and improving is essential.
- This course includes a carefully curated reading list—essential for any serious riding student. Basic knowledge of training terminology will boost your ability to master key riding principles, but no prior riding experience is required!
- Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced rider, this course distills the wisdom of classical riding masters into practical, actionable lessons—delivered straight to your saddle (and your horse’s rump).
Description
Master Horsemanship and Riding: A Journey to Lifelong Success
Course Overview
Master the fundamentals of horsemanship and riding. Train naturally for enduring success by building trust, comfort, and harmony—because I'm absolutely in love with horses!
Classroom Component
This part of the course focuses on foundational knowledge necessary for practical training. We’ll review the key 'doctrines' of horse training and establish essential terms and definitions often absent in today’s unaccountable horse world.
Bona Fide Horsemanship
This is the only authentic horsemanship. Drawing from centuries of horse training, we’ll distill these timeless instructions into every moment, every thought, every movement, and every stride , and every yoint of our riding.
Key Learnings
A distilled overview of gymnastic horse training.
The syllabus of the entire curriculum for an educated horse and rider.
A comprehensive bibliography to verify every aspect of training and riding with certainty -- that includes several free links to the manuals of the masters that are full of treasure..
Students receive resources that are permanent, printable, and the start of their own training workbook/notebook.
Training Fundamentals
Gain a solid understanding of the mechanical aim and essential elements required for a forward, through-going horse. Understand the foundation of a fruitful training program, allowing you to identify and avoid counterfeit training and flawed riding practices.
Practical Application
You’ll know how to find the answers to any subsequent questions in training from a firm and reliable knowledge base. By the end, you’ll recognize a ‘made’ or ‘finished’ horse, you'll hear and see correct training, and you'll embody it yourself. Start to improve or teach the next horse you sit on, right at the mounting block !
Bonus Insight
Major Lindgren referred to the horses’ joints as their ‘yoints.’
Who this course is for:
- Trainers, riders, and horse enthusiasts who want to be confident in their understanding of proper horsemanship and riding techniques.
- Professionals, amateurs, novices, and advanced riders looking to master foundational and advanced skills.
- Equestrians across disciplines including Jumpers, Eventers, Dressage Riders, Cowboys/Stockmen, Reiners, Ropers, Polo Players, Pleasure riders, Police, Military, Working/Utility horse professionals, Jockies, Steeplechasers, Veterinarians, Shoers, Chiropractors, Owners, Breeders, and Dealers/Importers & Exporters.
- This course is designed for anyone seeking to verify and refine their knowledge of authentic horsemanship and riding, backed by proven methods from centuries of equestrian expertise.
- Ready to transform your riding? Enroll now to verify your training knowledge and confirm your horsemanship skills.
Instructor
- 4.8 Instructor Rating
- 240 Reviews
- 2,030 Students
- 6 Courses
FACULTY:
1) Jane Frizzell has been called "an F.E.I. rider's secret weapon" and is known as a trainer's trainer. She has been riding for 50 years; 32 years as a professional. She started the original SCHOOLMASTERS' ACADEMY in 1994. RideVerbatim is her new venture in 2020.
Jane's own thorough education was overseen by un-compromising masters: the late Major Anders Lindgren, the late Dietrich von Hopfgarten, and the late João Oliveira. The first half of her career was fully supervised and spent on FEI horses whose foundations were rock, not sand— horses trained by geniuses like Rehbein, Klimke, Hinneman, and Mikolka.
2) Soñador XVIII demonstrates the textbooks and FEI requirements to the letter in the RLC Video Series. His education was made by the late Georg Theodorescu.