- Select and place the main equipment used during riding a horse, to facilitate said work and avoid inappropriate use of the same. - Examine the physical conditions, character and aptitudes of the horse before riding, to predict the animal's behavior during riding. - Ride a horse with balance and ease in different conditions, both on the track and off it, using the appropriate techniques in each case. - Recognize, through the study of their behavior, foals prepared to be broken, and describe the tasks of approaching, separating and tying them. - Choose the materials and equipment necessary to carry out the trimming of the foals, citing the appropriate places and techniques for their placement - Citing the tasks to be carried out with the trimming colts to ensure that they submit to the orders they receive from their trainer, describing the techniques and procedures used for this. - Make contact with the foals with the work equipment, to optimize the rope training process following the established protocols. - Start the roping tasks of the foals with the help of an assistant to facilitate their learning, avoiding unnecessary risks. - Perform rope training tasks on foals without the help of an assistant, to perfect the lessons by improving the physical condition of the animals. - Define the characteristics of the spaces that are used to make contact between the standing colt and the rider, listing the criteria to take into account when choosing them. - Describe the tasks of preparing the colt, prior to making contact with the rider, citing the equipment necessary to carry out this activity. - Explain the tasks that are carried out to make contact between the standing foal and the rider, specifying in each case the handling that is carried out with the animals. - Describe the usual development of an initiation session for foals in mounted rope work, specifying the characteristics of the facilities used for these tasks. - Define the action protocol of the assistant during the work on the rope of the mounted colt, specifying the handling carried out on the animal at all times. - Describe the techniques that the rider uses to initiate the colt in rope riding, explaining how he transmits the commands to the animal in each case. - Describe the tasks of preparing the foal prior to its release to be ridden, analyzing the need for material or auxiliary personnel so that said activity can be carried out. - Cite the general rules of action of the rider and his possible assistants during the riding session of a loose colt, determining the precautions to take into account to avoid incidents. - Explain what techniques the rider uses to ride a loose colt, defining the application protocol for each of them. - Recognize the level of riding dressage of a colt, assessing its qualities and determining if it is ready to start in a specific equestrian activity. - Learn what Ethology is. - Know what ethology is applied to research with animals. - Learn the physical characteristics of acoustic and vibratory stimuli. - Know the concept of cognitive ethology. - Learn the use and manufacture of instruments in anthropoids.
