With
Sue Ramsey
Specializing in:

•  Fundamentals of Basic Horsemanship •  Rider Confidence •  Rehabilitation of Problem horses

Goal
Applying the principles of "Horse Whispering"

• To promote Academic Equitation according to the teachings of the Classical School
• To guide the student to train according to the horse's natural instincts
• To prepare the horse to learn willingly based upon understanding
• To establish a solid Foundation for all Disciplines at any given Level

Programs offered

Adaptable to any Discipline
Instruction available in English and French

Training initiatives : Basic, Intermediate, Advanced
Initial schooling of the young horse
Ground school for all levels
Rehabilitation of the spoiled horse
Transportation & Loading techniques
Teaching strategies

Content

• Initial Education
• Purpose, Principles and Progressions of Ground School, its relationship and application to the enhancement of mounted work both on the flat and over fences.
• Training progressions, goals and desired results for both horse and rider
• Equine types, characters and personalities ; conformation, anatomy and physiology, serviceable soundness, blemishes, compensating points of strength
• Transportation, loading, travelling & standing.

Subjects covered :

• Historical background.
• Initial, Basic, Advanced and Corrective work for all disciplines.
• Practical and theoretical principles of equine physiology and psychology.
• Practice and theory of work on the flat and over fences, free and under saddle.
• Achieving a naturally forward horse, consistent balance, straightness, flexibility and suppleness;
• Understanding mobility and how to adapt the rider's physical movement to the horse's motion ;
• Reaching and winning the horse's understanding and co-operation, persuading him to obey willingly and without resistance no matter the discipline, level or final goal ;
• Guiding the horse knowledgeably with the confidence afforded from analysis, understanding, a secure seat, independent balance and co-ordinated motion.

Curricula for :

• Immersion Workshops & Clinics
• Demonstrations & Lectures
  
• Work in hand : for consistent obedience in the barn, Manege and out-of-doors
• Free work : On the flat ; cavaletti & over fences
• Line work : Longe and Long reins
• Mounted work : Transferring the principles of Ground school to the saddle
• Transportation : Loading, travelling & standing at Shows ; Trailers & Vans.

Sessions may be

Private (1 rider/horse) @ $ 60.00
Semi-private (maximum 2 rider/horse) @ $ 40.00
Group (maximum 4 rider/horse) @ $ 30.00
Spectators encouraged

OR :

Direct enquiries To

Suzanne Ramsey-Falquier
1549, Cloverdale Line - RR 11
Peterborough, Ontario
K9J 6Y3

Phone : 705 748-5173
Email : baraka@nexicom.net

For further information, see the Baraka Web Site:www.BarakaEquestrian.net