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Mounted Police Seminar (MPS) Sample of Seminar Schedules
Mounted Police Seminar | Additional info | Directions | Application form
(L) - Lecture
(D) - Demonstration
Week #1
| Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0800 | Intro of instuctors - Course Orientation (Syllabus) |
(D) Clean stables - Groom horses & tack up 12 horses |
Clean stables, groom horses, tack up 12 horses | Clean stables, groom horses, tack up 12 horses | Clean stables, groom horses, tack up 12 horses |
| 0915 |
"Red Serge and Black Horses" Tour of stables Demo: |
School: (D) Control of Horse by the proper use of hands, legs, seat (D) Halt, Walk, Trot, Rising/Sitting |
School: (D) Leg & Rein aids - Rising trot, leg yielding & rein back |
School: Canter aids |
School: review systematic warm-up & troop drill (single file, #, flanks, turns, single file L&R, circles, etc.) |
| 1030 | Break | ||||
| 1100 |
(L) School etiquette, terminology & mounted exercises (D) Lunging |
Clean tack, groom & feed | Clean tack, groom & feed | Clean tack, groom & feed | Clean tack, groom & feed |
| Lunch | |||||
| 1300 | Groom & tack up 4 horses | Groom & tack up 12 horses |
(L) Lecture Room - Collection Presentation Tack up 12 horse |
No riding Class Photos |
Groom & tack up 12 horses |
| 1400 |
School: (D) Cleaning Tack |
Review: Halt, Walk, Trot, Rising/Sitting |
School: (D) Turn on Forehand |
(D) 3 & 4 year old remounts (Cpl/Sgt) (L) what to look for in a horse - conformation |
Instructors Discretion |
| 1530 | Break | ||||
| 1600 | Clean tack, groom & feed | Clean tack, groom & feed | Clean tack, groom & feed | Feed | Clean tack, groom & feed |
Week #2
| Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0800 | Groom & tack up 12 horses | Groom & tack up 12 horses | Groom & tack up 12 horses | Groom & tack up 12 horses | Stable duties (Muck out) |
| 0915 | School: - Review Systematic warm-up - review canter aids |
School: - warm up - leg yielding - canter - review all riding to date |
School: -Discipline Schooling - Q. marker, canter - H. marker, walk - Q. marker, halt - etc. |
School: - Seat - Hands - use of aids |
Course Critique Presentation of Certificates End of Course |
| 1030 | Break | Travel Home | |||
| 1100 | Clean tack, groom & feed | Clean tack, groom & feed | Clean tack, groom & feed | Clean tack, groom & feed | |
| Lunch | |||||
| 1300 | Groom & tack up 12 horses | Groom & tack up 12 horses | No riding | Groom & tack up 12 horses | |
| 1400 | School: - Use of ground poles (Stiff horses) -Figure 8 - Review all riding to date |
School: - gym link + 2 individual jumps |
Visit HQ Canteen and National Operations Centre | School: - warm up - small jump course |
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| 1530 | Break | ||||
| 1600 | Clean tack, groom & feed | Clean tack, groom & feed | Feed | Clean tack, groom & feed | |
