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E1 E2 D1 I1 I2 A1 ASC Advanced Stage Rider Competency Standards( A1 & ASC) Advanced Stage Knowledge – A1 & ASC( Common other than for Riding) Riding A1

• Fundamental principles of riding at speed to maximise the training and education of all horses

• Importance of the effective rider position required to ride at speed, over an obstacle and out of the stalls

• Understand the factors( including pain, training and management) that can contribute to a horse exhibiting challenging or unwanted behaviour

• How training methods can be adapted to meet horses’ individual needs

• Selecting the most appropriate aids to encourage the required response and performance

• How to ride and improve any horse, including an unfamiliar horse, intelligently in a range of surroundings with due regard and support for others

• Advantages and disadvantages of types of surfaces and going

• Adaptations to make when environmental conditions present different challenges to horse and rider

• Improve horses and establish consistent way of going

• Understand variations in speed within paces

• How to support and guide other riders to maximise training and performance of all horses exercising individually, in a pair, in a group, as a string

• How to assess and describe fitness levels reporting on response to activity, soundness, education and training requirements

• How to assess and describe the optimum going and distance requirements for individual horses

• Understand the effect of breeding on individual characteristics and performance potential

• Understand the factors that affect performance, positive and negative consequences

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