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New this month: Western Red Level, HorseCentered study guide, and more!

Welcome, friends!

One of the best things about horsemanship is that there are SO many ways to have fun with it.

Image courtesy of Heidi Smith

English, Western, saddleseat, bareback. Riding, groundwork, showing, grooming, observing. Working toward training goals and just spending time with our four-legged friends.

All of these experiences are equally valuable!

Does your lesson program reflect that?

Last year, we made a commitment to diversifying the Learning Levels and the educational materials that go along with them. This month, we're celebrating some milestones related to that project: two new study guides, one for Western Horsemanship and the other for Pink Level ground training!

It's been a major undertaking illustrating 75 pages of study materials. Shout-out to our hardworking Graphics Guy (who is learning WAY more about horse gaits and tack than he wanted to know) and to our local horse friends for volunteer photo shoots. And BIG thanks to Joyful Hearts Photography and Bit of Pleasure Horse School for providing many of the photos that made this guide possible.

We're excited to continue to add Western and HorseCentered materials (including lesson plans) to our library. As always, if you have any special requests for teaching tools, feel free to let us know! Send us a message or start a thread in our private Facebook group.

Let's create some magical horsey experiences together, in as many different ways as possible!

. ~ Nikki & Dana

New stuff!

Check out recently-uploaded files on the Latest Resources page of the website.

NEW study guide

We revised and re-illustrated our Red Horsemanship study guide to create a version for Western riders!

NEW study guide

The first study guide for HorseCentered students. Covers every objective in Pink Level in illustrated detail.

NEW Level Up

Questions and answers you can use to quiz students on their Blue Level Horsemanship.

CORRECTED: Yellow Level Obstacle Courses

To err is human and typos happen... thank you to all of the members who have brought them to our attention! Seems we left a step out of the Yellow Level Survivor Course. The corrected version is now available to download in the Resource Center.

In the works:

Rainbow Level equitation patterns
Lesson plans for Gold Level ground training and Red Western Horsemanship
Unmounted lessons for anatomy and equine diseases
White Level study guide

Now this is how you launch a Levels program! Thanks to our friends at In the Irons Equestrian Center for allowing us to share their promotional social media posts. Click through to read the post below to see full carousel... the welcome packet on their website is also A+.

The Learning Levels are a new addition for In the Irons but they say:

"It has answered my prayers for finally getting [unmounted] horsemanship worked into the program. Parents have always resisted it but this time they seem to be all about it! Even coming on to lessons on rainy days...!"

Mission accomplished! Wishing the In the Irons students years of fun and learning with their HorseSense Levels.