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The
training of Pure Spanish Horses
Owners introduce their horses to the discipline of dressage either
by means of the temporary transfer of their horses or by means
of paying for stabling.
Rider-Teacher
Course
Aimed at young people interested in a professional
career in horse riding (dressage).
Duration: three years.
Content of the course:
1.
The breaking-in of colts: this subject is taught one hour
a day throughout the whole course. On completion of the first
year students should have acquired the necessary knowledge to
break-in a colt and to prepare it for its first competition.
2. Riding techniques: this subject is taught a minimum
of one hour a day during the first year. It entails the practice
of horse riding and aims to equip students with the necessary
skills for participation in competitions and to help each student
attain the highest possible level of horsemanship according to
his or her individual aptitudes. The subject is taught two hours
daily during the second year.
3. Shoeing: this subject is taught by the head blacksmith
of the Real Maestranza and aims to equip students to recognise
the kindness and importance of quality shoeing and to provide
them with a knowledge of the different uses and applications of
the various types of corrective shoes.
4. Hippology: this subject aims to teach students the basic
characteristics of the horse family, including development, breeding,
nutrition, faults and virtues. It includes basic veterinary knowledge
in order to equip the student to identify rapidly and accurately
the most common horse illnesses and to provide training in first
aid techniques as well as emergency and preventive treatments.
5. Teaching of riding: this subject aims to equip students
with the capacity to transmit the knowledge they have acquired.
6. First aid: the aim of this subject is to teach students
to provide first aid to riders after a fall, including knowledge
of how to immobilise a fractured bone, stop bleeding, etc.(This
subject is only taught if it has not been included in the level
1 coaching course, or if this course is not taught.)
7. First aid for horses: the aim of this subject is the
accurate and rapid detection of the most common horse illnesses
and emergency treatment.
8. Morphology and functionality of dressage horses: this
subject aims to provide students with an appreciation of the characteristics
of a good competition horse, especially a dressage horse, and
with particular reference to Pure Spanish Horses.
9. Federation regulations: this subject equips students
to interpret the various regulations of the RFHE and FEI federations
and to therefore be in a position to attend competitions and relate
to the various types of staff involved in these.
10. Maintenance of horses, facilities and equipment: this
subject equips students to run riding clubs, with all the implications
involved.
Stabling
The Real Maestranza de Ronda provides owners with the opportunity
of enrolling their colts for a year-long programme of training.
Colts attend the «colt class» of the Rider-Teacher
Course and, with the supervision of our staff, are broken in,
trained and presented for their first competition by students
and teachers. The cost includes: food, maintenance, shoeing, veterinary
fees, training and breaking-in.
Riding
courses
In addition to the Rider-Teacher Course, the RMR offers courses
of varying duration and type for riders who wish to improve their
techniques and knowledge of competition riding.
Further
information:
Escuela
de Equitación
Tfnos:
659 054 706 · 952 871 539
Real
Maestranza de Caballería de Ronda
Escuela
de Equitación
Virgen de la Paz, 15
29400 Ronda (Málaga)
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