Double checking girth fit before you mount is a solid safety skill!
"The girth has to be tight, so your saddle doesn't slide down, but not so tight that my horse can't breath."
Lucy, 11 LTR 7
Level Description
Join this level if you can catch, halter, lead, groom, mount, ride at walk, trot without assistance (canter with help) from a Key Leader.
Levels 7, 8, & 9
The goal of these three levels is to consolidate the basic skills of level 6 and develop increased bonding with the horse to establish a higher degree of trust with the horse and in oneself.
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The Clip Clop Levels 7, 8, & 9 focus on inspiring increased commitment to equestrian activities, introduces independent decision making and more advanced horsemanship training. The goals of the lessons are to develop riding motor skills and communicating with horses.
The rider learns to be proud of their accomplishments, have fun with peers, make new friends with horses and people and to share who they are with one another.
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Horse Requirements:
Clip Clop provides safe, sound and reliable, child-friendly, horses for this level, or riders may use their own horse (purchased or leased) and receive a reduced fee for the horsemanship lessons.
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If you are interested in the lease or purchase of a horse - please contact our office.
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Cost:
4-week months: $380.00/session
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Horseback Riding: Clip Clop Levels 7, 8, & 9
Leader Assistants: LA's are onsite but riders at this level have advanced to Level 7 because they have demonstrated the skill sets to perform the skills without a LA.
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Duration: The horsemanship session lasts 1 hour and 50 minutes (nearly 2 hours) and combines a horseback riding lesson with a 'Horseplay' session. The 'Horseplay' session focuses on off-horse activities, where riders learn essential skills such as horse husbandry, grooming, feeding, tacking up, untacking, and more.
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Cold Weather: During extreme cold weather, horseback riding lessons will be replaced with pre-planned, fun and valuable horsemanship lessons in our heated facility. Bringing horses in from the cold, warming them up, and then returning them to frigid temperatures is dangerous to their health. We prioritize the well-being of our horses and use these days as an opportunity for riders to learn essential horsemanship skills that are just as important as riding! The riders rave about these sessions!
Attire (Riding Equipment)
Riders are required to purchase their own riding gear for safety, hygienic and comfort reasons.
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See “Dress Code” in the Riding Lessons Information Package sent via email upon completion of registration for complete information on cost, vendors, and items.
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The Dress Code also describes correct preparation of hair which is important because correctly prepared hair is the basis for a correctly fitting helmet.
Additionally, loose hair obscures vision and distracts the riding causing a safety concern.
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Click here to go back to the "Select Your Rider's Level" page if this level doesn't feel quite right.
Key Leadership Program
Riders at this level are ready to join the Key Leadership Program where riders continue their loving and learning about horses while helping others and receiving a discount towards their horsemanship lessons!​
Check out the Key Leadership Program Page!
CALGARY
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Tuesdays:
5:45 - 7:35 pm
7:25 - 9:15 pm
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Wednesdays:
7:25 - 9:15 pm
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Thursdays:
4:55 - 6:45 pm
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Saturdays:
3:45 - 5:35 pm
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Levels 7, 8, & 9 SCHEDULE
2024-25
EDMONTON
Tuesdays:
5:45 - 7:35 pm
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Please make sure you are looking at your city's schedule.
A Solid Foundation is the KEY and it's Our Promise to YOU.
Our promise to you is to teach your rider a solid foundation of horsemanship; to love, ride and care for horses in a safe and professional stables.
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Through horses your rider will learn about responsibility, empathy, personal power, resilience, fitness and specialized horsemanship skills as they experience our Learn to Ride and Growth Track programs.
Building a Solid Foundation in Horsemanship
Horsemanship:
Basic horse skills learned off and on the horse that are necessary for a solid foundation.​​
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Humanship:
Basic personal skills learned through horsemanship that are vital to success in life.
On-Horse Skills:
Are horsemanship skills learned through the direct contact with the horse riding and ground training.
Grooming, tacking up, and leading are examples.
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Off-Horse Skills:
Are horsemanship skills learned dismounted and not in direct contact with the horse.
Horse parts, breeds and colors are examples.
Class Description and
Levels & Age
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Clip Clop's riding lesson curriculum is based on The Youth Horsemanship Certification program which is a planned progression of horse handling, horse husbandry and riding skills, with an emphasis on SAFETY, EDUCATION and FUN. These skills combine to create a solid foundation for the young horse person.
Categorizing riders by age in the sport of riding can be tricky. Riding is an individual sport, the horses are individuals and the riders are individuals.
Each one of these individuals is characterized by their size, personality, exposure, training, and comfort level with risk.
All of these - and many more- transcend age boundaries, making categorizing riders by age alone an insufficient means of assessment.
Our goal is that each rider feels confident, safe, and that they have a sense of support and belonging in our program while progressing through the levels at their own individual pace.
Levels 1, 2, & 3
Ages 5 & Up
Levels 4, 5, & 6
Ages 8 & Up
Levels 7, 8, & 9
Ages 10 & Up
Level 10
Ages 12 & Up
Level 10+
Ages 14 & Up
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The ages stated are generalized to give an idea of age vs. level and are by no means measures of comparison. There are too many factors in the sport of riding to be able to use age as a single identifier of skill or level.
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