What is Ready Set Trot?
Ready Set Trot is a nationally junior participation program for children with an interest in horses but don’t have one of their own.
Ready Set Trot aims to introduce young people to horses and provide them with a better understanding of horsemanship in a fun and exciting way – regardless if they have access to a horse or not.
Ready Set Trot at Kirby Park
At Kirby Park we run the Ready Set Trot program as part of our riding school. Through our two hour sessions which include an hour of riding and an hour of theory/stable skills, students are able to develop both their riding and horse management as they work through the levels of the program and progress with well rounded knowledge both on and off the horse.
Our program runs many different sessions for each stage of the program and horses for suitable progression.
When enrolling in the program you will receive a resource package and assessment work book, which is used to track the progress of students through the program and allow our instructors to provide the content at a pace to suit each participant.
Ready Set Trot will teach the fundamentals of horsemanship, introduce young people to the many various areas of the horse industry and aims to instill in them a lifelong passion for horses.
Ready Set Trot consists of two types of program:
Ready Set Trot- Playground Skills – provides young people with an introduction to horses through a series of free games and activities. It is the most accessible way to dip a hoof into the horse world and has been designed especially for school teachers, after-school carers, parents and club coaches. Ready Set Trot – Playground Skills requires minimal resources so it can be delivered anywhere, anytime. By using the imagination of children to link horses to everyday play, children are acquainted with a basic understanding of the horse world.
Ready Set Trot- Stable Skills – introduces children to the fundamentals of horsemanship and the basic elements of horse riding. The group program features 16 hours of coaching split over a series of sessions delivered by a local accredited delivery centre. The sessions provide participants with the opportunity to learn about basic horse welfare and the fundamentals of horse riding. Ready Set Trot – Stable Skills is the perfect opportunity for horse mad kids to get involved in the horse world.
Further Opportunities of Education
After completing the Ready Set Trot program, participants are given the opportunity to continue their education through Equestrian Australia further programs – Trot, Canter, Gallop. This program builds on the skills participants acquire in Ready Set Trot and prepare them for independence in Equestrian sport and horsemanship.
Kirby Park is also able to facilitate the SACE affiliated General Horse Management, Riding and Self Management programs.
For details and bookings call Margaret Jones on 0435 831 304.
For more information on the program and Equestrian Australia visit the link below or contact Kirby Park your local provider
https://www.equestrian.org.au/Readysettrot
https://www.readysettrot.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Ready-Set-Trot-Overview-Information-Pack.pdf
