102 The Horse Trainer's Glossary: Ride the Masters' Language
What you'll learn
- Understand horse-training terminology aligned with classical, military, and FEI (Fédération Equestre Internationale) standards.
- Access a comprehensive bibliography of these standards to deepen your knowledge.
- Immediately discern any horse’s way-of-going by understanding how engagement, carrying power, and thrust interact in real athletic movement.
- Get fluent in the proven training terminology of classical, military, and FEI systems—so you can ride, teach, and train with total precision.
Requirements
- Basic horse anatomy is a pre-requisite. A deep, unwavering love of horses is also important. This course is itself a preparation for all good horse training.
Description
Are horses the love of your life? Are you serious about riding and horse training? This course is your ultimate resource for understanding the key definitions and terminology every rider and trainer must know to succeed in the communication art of riding. It’s a universal prerequisite for all horse training and riding disciplines, including dressage, eventing, show jumping, and Working Equitation.
Knowing these terms with certainty increases a rider's discernment in the horse world at large. This glossary is also a required prerequisite for the Basic Military Riding Curriculum, where knowledge of these terms will be tested. Whether you’re training for competition, teaching students, or advancing your riding career, mastering this vocabulary is non-negotiable.
Why is this course essential?
In the arena, clear communication is everything. The Horse Trainer’s Glossary ensures you can verbally and practically conduct effective training sessions. By building your foundation lexicon with this exact, tested, and trusted glossary of horse-training terms, you’ll avoid confusion and proceed confidently into the horse-training world.
You could spend countless hours dissecting and cross-referencing the FEI Rulebook, classical texts, and horse-training manuals on your own—but let’s face it, that’s time-consuming and frustrating. Instead, this course delivers the germane horse-training definitions in one concise, ready-to-use package.
What’s included in this course?
The 102 Glossary Course provides these terms and definitions in two forms:
Printable Glossary PDF – Download and print for lifetime reference.
Video Format – Follow along as I read the definitions aloud for clarity and additional insights. Take notes to deepen your understanding.
What are the benefits of taking this course?
Save Time – Skip the hassle of compiling and analyzing countless texts—this glossary has done it for you. The explanation of these terms and how they co-act in the forward-riding system is designed to save years of time in lessons on theory.
Clarity and Confidence – Mastering these terms will help you navigate the horse-training industry with discernment and authority.
Lifetime Value – These definitions will serve as the cornerstone for your bona fide training practice, whether you’re working with young horses, making horses for utility work, preparing for competition, or teaching students.
Who is this course for?
Professional horsemen and novices alike – including pleasure riders.
Riders and trainers pursuing classical horse training or FEI-level riding disciplines.
Equestrians preparing for the Basic Military Riding Curriculum.
Anyone who wants to improve their communication skills in the arena and deepen their understanding of horse training principles and method.
Take your riding and training to the top level.
Enroll now and build the foundation that sets real horsemen apart.
Who this course is for:
- Horse Lovers and trainers of any age, professional and amateurs alike...and DVMs, DCs, Farriers, and any horse industry pro. This is for riders who want to know the real way.
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Instructor
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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.