Emphasizes maintaining proper position and balance at all paces and over more complex courses. Focuses on riding technique to persuasively influence the horse's movements. Riders taking this class should be capable of jumping a three-foot course and riding more athletic horses.

Emphasizes maintaining proper position and balance at all paces and over more complex courses. Focuses on riding technique to persuasively influence the horse's movements. Riders taking this class should be capable of jumping a three-foot course and riding more athletic horses.

Includes certifications in Lifeguarding, CPR for the Professional Rescuer, and Standard First Aid. Requirements include text and assigned reading and a written and practical final examination.

Focuses on improving the rider's effective use of the aids to influence the horse and to develop a secure position and balance for western horsemanship. Focus on equitation and pattern skills.

Focuses on improving the rider's effective use of the aids to influence the horse and on developing a secure position and balance. For those capable of riding on the flat and over two-foot jumps, while maintaining control of the horse.

Focuses on improving the rider's effective use of the aids to influence the horse and on developing a secure position and balance. For those capable of riding on the flat and over two-foot jumps, while maintaining control of the horse.

Focuses on improving the rider's effective use of the aids to influence the horse and on developing a secure position and balance. For those capable of riding on the flat and over two-foot jumps, while maintaining control of the horse.

For riders with moderate experience who would like to ride one/time per week on the flat. Riders must be capable of walking, trotting, and cantering. The instructor will stress fun and finer communication with the horse both on the ground and riding through use of both natural and classical approaches. Topics such as bareback, games, longe-ing, green horse training, and principals of classic and hunt seat equitation and dressage will be explored.

Team members are required to enroll in one of these levels of riding: 051, 052, 151, 251, 351, 451fs. Team members practice on Fridays. Five shows are in the fall, five shows are in the spring. The College is a member of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.

For experienced jumping riders with their own mounts to learn and practice over fences weekly. Hunter, jumper, equitation, and event riders welcome. Each week gymnastics and/or full courses will be used to best train the horse and rider to negotiate jumping obstacles in a smooth and harmonious manner with emphasis on track, pace, balance, rhythm, and timing. In the event a personal horse becomes unusable, a pro-rated fee will be incurred.