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Equine Science: Introduction to Horse Judging
Class experience
US Grade 3 - 6
Beginner Level
This class will cover eight weeks of eight classes. Students will meet once a week and be introduced to the world of horse judging. Learners will develop their skills through a judges’ perspective and learn about what it takes to be a horse judge. This class will be focused on scoring events, identifying quality in individual horses and beginning to understand the reasons behind the placing of a class. Class is set up as an interactive discussion and lecture for students to understand...
8 lessons//8 Weeks
Week 1Lesson 1What is Horse Judging?In this class, we will discuss what it means to be a judge, individual events that will come up during this course, and will learn the anatomy and movement of the horse.Week 2Lesson 2It's a Beauty Contest? Yes, It's Halter!In our second class, students will learn what conformation is as well as, dive into the meaning and purpose of equine form to function. At the end of class, we will introduce a halter class and identify conformational quality and flaws together.Week 3Lesson 3Judging a Halter ClassTime to judge your first halter class! Learners will be presented with a halter class and will judge the class based upon what they see. Once students have judged the class, we will openly discuss what we have seen in the horses presented, qualities we appreciated, flaws that we disliked and placing we gave.Week 4Lesson 4Performance ClassesIn the 4th class of this course, we will begin looking at judging performance/riding events in the english and western disciplines. Each discipline offers different events which will be explored in this class. We will discuss the key points of judging a performance class and the style of each event. Students will be introduced to scoresheets, scoring systems and penalties.Week 5Lesson 5Judging The Performance ClassStudents will judge, score and take quality notes on two separate classes of different performance disciplines. After scoring each class, we will discuss as a group how everyone in the class scored, horses that met the criteria of the class the best, any penalties that occurred during the class and each students’ overall placing.Week 6Lesson 6Tell Me WhyStudents have developed the beginning of a judge’s eye and now it is time to explain and defend the placing given in a reasons format. We will discuss how to put together a set of reasons, use correct terminology, and delivery of a reasons set. Students will develop two sets of reasons. The first set will be a halter class that will be presented during this class and the second set of reasons will be developed from one of the performance classes from our 5th class.Week 7Lesson 7Preparation for Horse Judging ContestThis class will prepare students for their horse judging contest in the following class and will discuss what to expect at a horse judging contest. Students will learn how to score placings that they give individual classes by examining cuts and understanding explanations given by carded judges. We will also elaborate on how scores are given when presenting a set of reasons.Week 8Lesson 8Horse Judging ContestThis class will be set up very similar to a horse judging competition. Students will be scored individually on the placing of each class, develop a set of reasons and overall understanding of judging horse events. This will be a fun, educational contest for all students to enjoy.
Students will improve on learning terminology, identifying quality traits in horses, discover various equestrian events and improve public speaking and presentation skills while learning how to develop reasons. The last class will be an evaluation of the skills that students have learned throughout the course as they will judge a class and provide a basic set of reasons.
In my high school career, I had the great opportunity to be a part of my FFA (Future Farmers of America) Horse Judging team. I competed with my team for all four years of high school. Each year, our team went to the state competition where I won gold each year among other highly competitive schools. After high school, I attended college and took horse judging courses to further develop my eye for judging. Now I serve as a judge at local shows as I am currently working towards earning my judging card for larger shows around the US.
Homework Offered
Most of the time, all assignments will be completed in class however, sometimes homework may be assigned in preparation for the following class. Homework will be directly in relation to the topics taught during class and will be reviewed during a class setting. When assigned, these assignments should not take any more than an hour to complete.0 - 1 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Grades Offered
For incoming students, it is highly recommended that they have taken "Equine Science: Introduction to the Horse", "Equine Science: Healthy As a Horse" courses and have basic reading and writing skills before entering this class.
Students should come to class with a pencil and notepad along with any hand-outs provided by me. Colored pencils will be used for the first class but, afterward will not be needed.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
During class, we will use YouTube videos to help enhance student's learning as we look at different horse judging classes. These will be presented over screen sharing during class and no account will be needed for students to be apart of it. All links that will be used are found in the classroom section under each separate unit that we will be studying.
I will provide all hand-outs such as, scoresheets, guides and coloring sheets.
Hey there! Let me introduce myself, I am Ms. Lora! Thank you for taking time out of your day to visit my profile. Qualifications - A.A.S in Equine Training & Management - Professional Riding instructor for ages 6 to adult - Professional Horse...
Group Class
$104
for 8 classes1x per week, 8 weeks
30 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 6-10
2-6 learners per class