FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
For young riders and certified instructors.
It can be used in riding schools, private coaching or at home as a learning companion.
The program usually begins around age 6, when children can read and follow the manual independently. However, the Saddles are skill-based levels, not age-based, so younger riders can start earlier with guidance, and older beginners can join at any time.
Even though the program is designed to naturally guide riders from around 6 to 18 years old, there is no age limit: each Saddle follows the rider’s progress, not their age.
Each Saddle is designed for one year of learning, but every rider advances at their own pace.
Only certified riding instructors can validate a rider’s Saddle level.
This ensures fairness, consistency and gives the validation real educational value.
Riders receive a certificate and move on to the next level. The certificate can help them:
join the right level in a new riding school,
participate in programs requiring a minimum level,
build a solid equestrian CV for the future.
No. Instructors can create a free account to access all essential tools, including:
• the official program objectives,
• the quarterly and final assessment grids (printable),
• additional supporting resources,
• and the ability to validate their students’ Saddles.
The Instructor Manual is optional but provides extra teaching support, structured lesson ideas, and deeper guidance.
The manuals will be released progressively. Saddle 1 is available, and the next Saddles are currently in development.
Yes, riders can create a free profile to access:
their Rider CV,
their validated Saddles,
their interactive games.
Yes. Riders must create a free profile so their Saddles can be officially validated by a certified instructor. Their account also gives them access to:
• their Rider CV,
• their validated Saddles,
• their interactive games.
Yes. It works in riding centres, private lessons, pony clubs, or even at home with parental support (but Saddles must still be validated by a certified instructor).
Yes — the program is primarily based on the three Olympic disciplines: dressage, show jumping and eventing. However, the foundations taught (horsemanship, safety, balance, understanding the horse, and technical basics) are universal and useful for any equestrian discipline.
It is not tied to a federation.
It is an independent educational program designed to strengthen the foundations of equestrian learning and improve teaching consistency.
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