Quick Release Knot
Step by step instructions for how to make a quick release knot with coloring pages.
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Helmet Safety & Care
Learn how to properly identify correct and incorrect riding helmets, properly fit a helmet, helmet care and replacement, appropriate hair styles, storage, and when to replace your helmet.
Horse Marking Puzzles
Five different puzzle variations for learning how to identify the parts of the horse.
Horse Markings
Twelve coloring worksheets for students of all ages to practice learning face and leg markings.
Barn Bingo
This printable barn bingo set is perfect for summer camp, 4H groups, girl scouts, boy scouts, homeschoolers and riding instructors on a rainy day. Use things you already have around your barn to make learning fun, educational, and engaging. Easily customize it for your own needs by creating your own boards and chips.
Put Together an English Bridle
Riders must color each box and each piece of the same color. Then they will cut out each of the pieces and layer them together to make a completed bridle.
Horse Skeleton Bundle
This collection of worksheets is designed for a wide range of students ages and knowledge and covers 31 different bones in the horse’s skeleton. Includes coloring pages, fill in the blanks, crossword puzzles, word searches, definition matching and more.
Color the Western Bridle
Color the box with the name of the bridle part and the part of the bridle the same color. This is a fun way to learn the parts of the western bridle.
Color the Western Saddle
Color the box with the name of the saddle part and the part of the saddle the same color. This is a fun way to learn the parts of the western saddle.
Student Test – Beginner I
This is a 34 page test for our rider medals program covering all skills necessary to complete Level 2: Beginner I skills. This test re-formats and combines all of our assessment quizzes contents into a single file with 297 questions/responses. The last page provides grading recommendations and medal award considerations.
Student Workbook – Beginner I
The second student workbook of our rider medal series! This workbook covers everything you need for a single student going through the Beginner I rider medal level in 63 pages! There’s a coloring cover page, the level 2 checklist ready for you to fill out, all 10 coloring page worksheets each followed by a journal prompt, five extra journal prompts at the end, two blank pages for notes, a completion certificate you can easily sign and date along with (or in place of) their rider medal, and a final coloring page.
Transitions – Worksheet
Identify upwards and downwards transitions, color a horse roan or bay depending on the transition, write the number of beats in each gait, and think about the aids required for a transition.
Balance – Worksheet
Identify when riders are balanced or unbalanced, answer true or false statements about balance, think about your balance in the saddle and using your core muscles.
Steering – Worksheet
Fill in the blank, matching opening/direct/neutral reins, true or false questions and rein length when steering.
Jumping Position – Worksheet
Color in the pictures of riders in jumping position, matching good and bad jumping position, and think about how to improve a rider’s jumping position.
Parts of the Horse – Crossword
This two page activity page is setup in landscape mode. It features a coloring book horse where 35 different parts have a number corresponding to the crossword puzzle.
Tack Up The Horse – Activity Page
Color each piece, cut out the tack, and then lay it over top of the horse in the correct order. Can you name each piece of tack as you put it on the horse? For an extra challenge, label the name of each item and list the parts of the tack you can remember.
Parts of the Horse – Flash Cards
These 48 flash cards are setup for 2-sided printing. For an extra challenge, print each page separately and match the pictures to the parts of the horse.
New Worksheets
Check out our huge collection of activity pages, coloring book worksheets, puzzles, games, workbooks and journals.
HorseSense Checklist
Download a free and comprehensive checklist of each of the HorseSense rider levels.
Riding Levels
So lately I’ve been working way to help better track students’ progress and make sure that each rider doesn’t end up with holes or gaps in their education. As we…
Exercises To Build An Independent Seat
What Is An Independent Seat? The ability to use your hips and pelvis independently from the other parts of your body while riding. This means your hands can do one…
26 Exercises To Slow Down A Fast Horse
Having trouble with your horse racing around the arena? Does your horse seem to ignore you or panic and take off? Here are 26 different exercises you can try to…
Brands: We Deserve Better
Diversity and inclusivity in equestrian sports is a growing topic. When we talk about how to make our sport more diverse, we often touch on ways to lower and decrease…
Micro Aggressions
What Are They? Micro Aggression, (Noun): A statement, action, or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against minorities or under-represented communities. Why Do I Need…
Riding Instructor Teaching Methodologies
Have you ever wondered why you struggled learning in your riding lessons with one riding instructor but not with another? Have you ever considered that your riding instructor might not…
