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All you need to know about the Applied Horsemanship Program
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The Applied Horsemanship online platform is your gateway to mastering the art of horsemanship from anywhere in the world. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced rider, you can access our comprehensive learning modules, horse care guides, and vibrant community from the comfort of your home, the barn, out on the trail or in the menage. This means you can enhance your skills and knowledge whenever you’re training with your horse, ensuring you have all the tools you need to grow as a horseperson, no matter where you are.
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LEVEL 1: Fundamentals
THE ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR ALL HORSE OWNERS
Learn how your horse thinks, build a language on the ground, develop a connection at liberty and teach your horse the essential building blocks for communication under saddle.
LEVEL 2: Intermediate
EXPAND YOUR HORSEMANSHIP
Now you have a greater understanding of horse behavior, learn how to apply horse psychology to your training. Teach your horse to be a great learner on the ground, build a dialogue at liberty, gain more connection and learn to use purpose to reinforce your riding skills.
LEVEL 3: Advanced
BECOME A SKILLED HORSEMAN, TAKE YOUR PARTNERSHIP TO THE NEXT LEVEL
Refine your horse’s gaits through increased bend and impulsion. Strengthen your liberty work at greater distances. Refine your feel, timing, and connection under the saddle. Learn the key components of riding with contact and the benefit and use of lateral movements while building lightness, sensitivity, and suppleness in your horse. Challenge your partnership with increased speed and intensity.
LEVEL 4: Refinement
BECOME A REFINED AND EFFECTIVE RIDER
You have developed a great partnership with your horse now we will give you the knowledge, understanding and riding ability to develop your horse’s body. Physical development is about longevity and enabling the horse to be athletic and sound. The goal is higher levels of balance, engagement and synergy. This is the opportunity to become the rider your horse needs you to be. We aim for your horses to be healthier and stronger, live longer, and not just survive but thrive with you. You are preparing your horse’s body to perform.
LEVEL 5: Athlete
DEVELOP YOUR HORSE AS AN ATHLETE, RIDE LIKE NEVER BEFORE
Combining The Notes – The Pinnacle Of The Program!
Experience what it feels like to ride a horse that is a true athlete. Transform your horse’s ability. Teach them to increase loading capacity on their hind quarters. Develop thrust, engagement and collection. Learn to balance and rebalance the canter seamlessly through all transitions and advanced manoeuvres.
You will learn the key exercises to develop your horse’s strength, power, performance, and ability to sustain true self-carriage. The synergy you will create in this final piece will enable you and your horse to truly become one!
Through your greater understanding of horses’ psychology and training, you will learn to isolate the problem and have a strategy to fix it.
Explore the Levels
Level 1 - Fundamentals
Groundwork Live On AHO
- Acceptance with tools
- Back up with feel
- Hind Quarter Yields
- Forequarter Yields
- Send on a circle
- Circling and change of direction Part 1
- Circling and change of direction Part 2
- Starting Sideways
- Figure 8
- Send between
- Lead with lightness
- Hunt the corners
Liberty Live On AHO
- Intro
- Create drive allow draw
- Back up and Circle
- Changing Direction
- Prep for Stick Me Part1
- Prep for Stick To Me Part2
- Stick To Me At Liberty
- Hind Quarter Yield
- Starting Sideways
- Circle and Draw to shoulder
Foundation Riding Live On AHO
Theory Live On AHO
- ABC Leg Position
- Tying the Mecate
- Riding With A Stick
Rendition Live On AHO
- Neutral lateral flexion
- Hind Quarter Disengage
- Forequarter Control
- Backup
- Transitions Without legs And Reins
- Purity of Gait Trot
- HQ In Motion
- Sideways
- Hunt the corners
Apollo Live On AHO
- Neutral lateral flexion
- Hind Quarter Disengage
- Fore Quarter Control
- Backup
- Purity of Gait Trot (180 turns)
- Transitions Without Legs and Reins
- HQ in Motion
- Sideways
- Hunt the Corners
Level 2 - Intermediate
Groundwork with purpose Live On AHO
- Intro
- Nose on the barrel
- Back up through obstacles
- Hunt the jump
- Figure of 8
- Sideways towards
- Prep for Mounting
- Side up for Mounting
- Sideways over poles Coming soon
- Transitions on a circle (walk and trot) Coming soon
Liberty (distance – without relying on fence) Live On AHO
Darcy
- Prep for Darcy’s Second Liberty Session
- Prepping Darcy’s Right Side
- Stick to me on a circle Coming in Spring 2025
- Drive and draw on a circle
- Circle at distance (stick to me)
- Cast to a cone Coming in Spring 2025
- Jumps Coming in Spring 2025
- Changing sides (shoulders) Coming in Spring 2025
- Figure 8 Coming in Spring 2025
Foundation riding
Rendition
- Trot to halt Live On AHO
- Gaits within the Walk Coming soon
- Gaits within gaits (Trot) Live On AHO
- Flexion and feet Coming soon
- Trot circles Coming soon
- Sideways over poles Live On AHO
Canter Live On AHO
- Transitions
- Sustaining canter (inc. Walk to Canter Transitions)
- Steering
- Nose Inside, Shoulders Outside
- Swing the shoulders
- 90 degree turns
- Clover leaf on 20m
- Zig zag
- Simple changes
Apollo Live On AHO
- Trot to Halt
- Gaits within the Trot
Rumour Live On AHO
- Intro
- Hook on to the Circle at Trot
- Reinforcing the Walk Transition
- Trot to halt Coming Soon
- Gaits within the Walk
- Flexion and feet
- Trot circles Coming Soon
- Sideways over poles Coming Soon
Canter Live On AHO
- Canter Transitions
- Sustaining canter
- Walk To Canter Transitions
- Steering
- Intro
- Nose Inside, Shoulders Outside
- Swinging the shoulders
- Inside turns
- Clover Leaf on 20m circle
- Zig Zag
Quest Live On AHO
- Simple changes
Level 3 - Advanced
Groundwork – purity of gait Launching 2025
- Bend on a circle
- Accelerate the Shoulders
- Travelling circles
- Spiralling circles
- Simples changes
- Back Up at Speed
- Sideways at trot
- Canter to Back Up to Canter Transitions
Liberty Launching 2025
- Purity Of Gait And Open Space
Foundation Riding
Apollo Live On AHO
- Contact – Follow The Rein
- In Walk And Trot
- Straight With Lateral Flexion
- Shoulder In
- Counter Arc Circles
- Leg Yield
- Travers
- Renvers
Quest
- Hook On To The Circle (Canter) Live On AHO
- Gaits Within Gaits
- Gaits Within Canter (Loose Rein) Coming Soon
- Gaits within Canter (Contact) Coming Soon
Contact Live On AHO
Rendition
- Testing Thrust
- Forward
- Contact – Follow The Rein
- In Walk And Trot
- Supple Rein (Matt and Phase) Coming Soon
Lateral Maneouvres
- Shoulder In Live On AHO
- Counter arc circles Live On AHO
- Leg Yield Live On AHO
- Travers Live On AHO
- Renvers Live On AHO
- Half pass Live On AHO
- Gaits Within Canter (loose rein) Coming Soon
- Gaits Within Canter (Contact) Coming Soon
- Gaits Within Backup Coming Soon
- Backing Circles Coming Soon
- Backing Figure 8 Coming Soon
- Rollbacks Out The Corner Coming Soon
Gallop
- Transitions Coming Soon
- Lengthen And Shorten Coming Soon
- Swing Shoulders Coming Soon
- Lift shoulders Coming Soon
- Acceleration Coming Soon
- HQ On The Rail Spring 2025
- Weave Spring 2025
- Barrel Pattern Spring 2025
- 4 Barrel Pattern Spring 2025
- Serpentine Spring 2025
Level 4 - Refinement
⭐ Launching 2025 ⭐
Theory
- The BioMechanics Of The Horse
- Assessing A Horses Conformation
- Flexion, Bend and Engagement
- Understanding Rider Influence
- Bits and Mouthpiece
- How To Choose The Right Bit For Your Horse
- How/When To Transition From A Snaffle To A Bit
- Understanding The Hackamore
- Understand The True Value Of Each Lateral Movement
Riding- Schooling At The Trot
- Transitions
- Shoulder Out To Shoulder In
- Shoulder In On A Circle
- Shoulder In Around The Corner
- Shoulder Out To Lead Departure
- Shoulder In To Lead Departure
- Leg Yield To Leg Yield
- Leg Yield To Half Pass
- Shoulder In To Travers
- Travers To Renvers
- Travers To Traves
- Travers On A Circle
- Travers To Half Pass
- Half Pass To Half Pass
- Schooling Circles
Level 5 - Athlete
⭐ Launching 2025 ⭐
Level 5 will contain performance-related training. Learn how to apply the foundation to solve performance issues in jumping, eventing, and dressing. Ranch Horse Versatility, Reining And Rein Cow Horse.
Through your greater understanding of horses’ psychology and training, you will learn to isolate the problem and have a strategy to fix it.
Canter Work
- Walk To Canter
- Lateral Flexion In Canter
- Shoulder Out In Canter
- Counter Arc Circles
- Leg Yield In Canter
- Travers In Canter
- Renvers In Canter
- Half Pass In Canter
- Counter Canter
- Renvers In Canter
- Collecting The Canter
- Canter Pirouette
Flying Lead Change Exercise
- Leg Yield To Leg Yield
- Swing The Shoulders And Change
- Counter Canter And Change
- Change On A Straight Line
- Relaxation Through The Change
Subjects
ground work
ground work
liberty
liberty
foundation
foundation
gymnastic training
gymnastic training
Two Great Ways To Navigate The Program:
Through The Levels Or Subject
LEVEL 1: Fundamentals
LEVEL 2: Intermediate
LEVEL 3: Advanced
LEVEL 4: Refinement
LEVEL 5: Athlete
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