EQS 407 - Advanced Western Equitation II

Institution:

Midway University

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Description:

EQS 407 is a continuation of EQS 306 Advance Western Equitation. This course is a continuation of the exploration of the wide range of styles and events available within western equitation including all aspects of western showing and the working western horse. This class is designed for students with previous experience in western equitation but who wish to further explore the art of western riding and the many options available within the discipline itself. The whole western horse industry will be explored. Everything from pleasure to speed events, reining, cow-horse, cutting, roping, western riding, and trail and of course western horsemanship will be practiced and studied. Further research into the differences in western horses across the country and from breed to breed discussed. Students will review and further develop their western equitation skills; they will learn more complex and in depth training techniques and practice them until competent. Class discussions will further develop the students appreciation the history of the western discipline while developing the further understanding how to analyze current trends, both good and bad, in the western industry. At the conclusion of this class students will be competent, well-rounded, educated keepers of the western horse industry.

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.midway.edu

Phone Number:

(859) 846-4421

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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