BHS Changing Lives Through Horses

Achieve Award 1
• Make friends with a horse in the stable
• Groom with a body brush
• Identify four different colours of horse/pony
• Give a bucket of feed to a horse

Achieve Award 2
• Put on and take off a head collar
• Pick out and clean feet
• Tidy a stable and remove droppings and sweep
• Identify two different leg markings and two different face markings

Achieve Award 3
• Put on and take off a head collar
• Pick out and clean feet
• Tidy a stable and remove droppings and sweep
• Identify two different leg markings and two different face markings

Achieve Award 4
• Tie and untie a horse
• Name five items from the grooming kit and use them
• Muck out a stable, lay down a bed and add clean bedding
• Name four breeds of horse

Achieve Award 5
• Lead a horse to the fields and turn out
• Help with bathing/washing
• Plait a maine
• Understand horse expressions/behaviour

Achieve Award 6
• Catch a horse in the field and lead in
• Plait a tail
• Identify three types of bedding
• Name the signs of health in a horse

Achieve Award 7
• Lead a horse in trot
• Show preparation of a horse
• Prepare feed for a horse (with directions)
• Know how to reward a horse and what to do when they do not do what you want

Achieve Award 8
• Lead a horse in trot
• Show preparation of a horse
• Prepare feed for a horse (with directions)
• Know how to reward a horse and what to do when they do not do what you want

Achieve Award 9
• Navigate a horse through different obstacles
• Put on and take off boots on a horse
• Use a feed chart to make up feed for a horse/pony
• Give three reasons to call a vet

Achieve Award 10
• Present a horse for show
• Handle and trot up a horse in a show environment
• Complete an in-hand agility course with a horse