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HORSEMANSHIP

REQUIREMENTS were REVISED effective January 1,2004.

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  1. Do the following:
    1. Describe the safety precautions you should take when handling and caring for a horse.
    2. Explain and demonstrate how to approach and lead a horse safely from a stall, corral, or field and how to tie the horse securely.
    3. Demonstrate how to safely mount and ride a horse and how to safely dismount the horse after your ride.
  2. 1. Name 15 main parts of a horse.
  3. 2. Name four leading breeds of horses. Explain the special features for which what each breed is known noted for.
  4. 3. Show how to care for a Western and English saddle and bridle. Name10 the main parts of the saddle and the bridle that you will use.
  5. 4. Show how to groom, pick out feet hooves, prepare a horse for a ride, and care for a horse before and after a ride riding.
  6. 5. Describe the symptoms of colic. Describe four other horse health problems diseases.
  7. 6. Name three main defects conformation faults of the feet and legs, and explain . Explain how to detect them. Explain the difference between lameness and unsoundness.
  8. Explain how to trim and shoe a horse's foot and how to make adjustments according to its conformation, the season of the year, and the riding conditions.
  9. 7. Demonstrate Describe the right correct way to feed a the horse that you use for this test. Explain how you determined what and how much to feed the horse and why the amount and kind of feed will be changed according to activity level the work and the kind of horse it is.
  10. 8. Show how to lead a horse from a stall, corral, or field and saddle and bridle a horse properly.
  11. 9. On level ground, continuously do the following movements. Do them correctly, at ease, and in harmony with the horse:
    1. Mount the horse.
    2. Walk the horse in a straight line for 60 feet.
    3. Make a half circle of not more than 16 feet in radius.
    4. Trot or jog in a straight line for at least 60 feet.
    5. Make a half circle of not more than 30 feet in radius at a jog or trot.
      f. Canter in a circle 30 feet in radius on proper lead.
      g. Change direction. Either reverse at canter and change leads or come down to a walk, reverse, and take up canter on proper lead.
    6. h. Halt straight.
    7. i. Back up straight four paces.
    8. j. Halt and dismount.

10. Show how to safely approach and remove a horse from a stall in a fire.

BSA Advancement ID#: 63
Pamphlet Revision Date: 2003
Requirements last updated in 2004

Page updated on: November 18, 2021

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