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Challenges: Level Up Sets

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Challenges:
Level Up Sets

Level Up sets use equine terminology or questions and answers to create unlimited learning games.

Scroll down to learn more about our Level Up sets, then use this button to quickly find the resources you need.

Challenge Level Up Cards

Help your students Level Up their mounted and unmounted knowledge!

Use our flashcards, question cards, lists and quizzes to teach and test all the details — or add them to your barn library for students' self-study.

Level Up cards help you

Ask the Right Questions

Ask Trans

Effective instruction is all about asking students to THINK, which means we instructors ask a lot of questions!

Asking questions also has a hidden benefit: students get a little ping of achievement from every correct answer. This helps them remember the information. It also motivates them to learn more.

You want to be sure that your students learn all of the necessary terminology. You want them to understand all of the concepts. So you need to ask ALL of the right questions to find out what they’ve learned.

And you need to have those questions and answers readily available, in easy-to-use formats.

WE'VE GOT THAT COVERED.

Ask ALL the Questions

We’ve spent years compiling sets of questions and terminology for each Learning Level… so you don’t have to!

Flip These Sample Cards

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question bank

Level Up

Red HorseSense

FEEDING AND NUTRITION

How long should you wait after giving your horse grain until you ride?

Wait at least an hour after feeding grain to allow the digestive process to work.

terms - FLASHCARDS

BALANCED
SEAT

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Red Horsemanship

FLATWORK SKILLS

Rider position in which a straight line can be drawn from the ear, down through the shoulder, hip and heels. Allows the rider’s weight to be equally distributed so that the rider does not interfere with the horse’s movement and both horse and rider can move in harmony.

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Yellow Horsemanship

FLATWORK SKILLS

Describe a figure-eight ring figure.

Riding two exact circles of equal size, joined at the center by one or two straight strides.

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SURCINGLE STRAPS

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Yellow HorseSense

BLANKETS AND BOOTS

wide straps on a horse blanket that wrap under the horse's belly

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Green HorseSense

VET AND HEALTH CARE

What is a Coggins test?

a blood test to check for an incurable contagious disease called Equine Infectious Anemia - must be done annually

terms - FLASHCARDS

HALF-HALT

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Green Horsemanship

FLATWORK SKILLS

Riding skill that uses your seat, leg and hand together in a brief moment that asks your horse to rebalance himself; useful for getting a horse’s attention and preparing him for transitions.

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Blue HorseSense

PARASITE CONTROL

Name four internal parasites and two external parasites.
Internal: large strongyles (bloodworms); small strongyles, ascarids (roundworms), pinworms, tapeworms, etc. External: flies, ticks, mosquitoes.
Bots are both internal and external.

terms - FLASHCARDS

BEND

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Blue Horsemanship

FLATWORK SKILLS

Position of a horse when he is moving on a circle or turn, in which his whole body forms a curved shape from nose to tail, with his head pointing in the direction of travel and his barrel moving towards the outside of the circle, which allows him to to maintain his alignment.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THESE SETS ... STAY TUNED!

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Level Up

Orange HorseSense

CONDITIONING

How can you use a horse's vital signs to determine his current conditioning level?
Check his resting TPR; check it again immediately after exercise, then walk him and check his recovery time every five minutes to see how long it takes him to recover. A fit horse recovers quickly; recovery rate is slower for an unfit horse.

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GYMNASTIC GRIDS

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Orange Horsemanship

JUMPING SKILLS

Schooling exercise made up of several several fences in a line, zero to three canter strides apart, designed to encourage a steady rhythm and good jumping form at the trot or the canter. For Western riding, this exercise uses ground poles.

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Purple HorseSense

HOOF CARE

Name four different variations on the basic horseshoe.

calks or borium; drilled holes for studs; bar shoe; heart bar shoe; fullered rim shoe; toe clips

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LEG YIELD

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Purple Horsemanship

FLATWORK SKILLS

Exercise in which the horse moves sideways and forward at the same time, maintaining the rhythm of his gait. His body should remain fairly straight, with just a slight flexion to the inside. The inside legs cross in front of the outside legs, with his shoulders positioned just slightly ahead of his hindquarters as he moves to the side.

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Teal HorseSense

BANDAGING

What two types of bandages can be used on the knee and the hock?

figure-eight, spider bandage

terms - FLASHCARDS

UNILATERAL WEIGHT AIDS

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Teal Horsemanship

FLATWORK SKILLS

Riding technique in which the rider puts more emphasis on one seat bone than the other, or shifts to move one hip forward or back, as when asking the horse to canter or lope on a specific lead.

Formats and Printing Tips

All Level Up Sets downloads are printable PDF files.

Get help with using our download files HERE.

If your device can open a PDF file in a browser, then you should be able to resize and scroll the card or list pages sufficiently to read them without printing – handy for barn lessons!

You’ll need internet access (data or wifi) – unless you use an app that can open offline PDF files on your phone. Check your app store for options.

For best results, set your printer for standard color printing – and make sure your printer is not set to “shrink to fit”!

Cards are designed for a standard 2.5″ x 3″ business card template. We used Avery #8871, but any equivalent should work. You could also print on plain letter-sized card stock and cut them apart.

There is also a template for the optional back side of your cards.

We’ve included a FREE sample file of Level Up Cards for you to test on your desktop printer. Look for the SAMPLE SET download button at the top of this page!

Want to make your own question-and-answer sets? Download our Level Up lists, then copy the text and paste into a blank document to edit your content. 

We’re not printing experts, but we’ll be happy to answer your questions – contact us.

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