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Lucy needs to warm Harry up at the start of the lesson. What would be the best warm-up?

Walk, trot and canter on both reins, riding lots of shapes and transitions

Get up to top speed as quickly as possible

Walk on both reins, making sure she rides lots of shapes

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Lucy’s instructor, Zoe, asks her to change the rein across a long diagonal. Which of these should Lucy choose?

K to B

K to M

A to C

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Flatwork isn’t Harry’s favourite and he can be a bit lazy, so Zoe asks Lucy to get him walking more actively. How should she do this?

Give him a good kick and click with her tongue

Jiggle her reins and smack him with her whip

Sit up tall and squeeze her legs alternately against his sides

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To help Lucy get Harry moving forwards more, Zoe suggests she rides some transitions at each marker. How does Lucy know whether she’s being accurate?

There’s no way she can tell and has to ask Zoe

She makes the transition just as her body passes the marker

She makes the transition before she reaches to the marker

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Lucy asks Harry to halt, and Zoe is impressed because it’s square. What does this mean?

Harry’s legs are really straight, like the sides of a square

Harry’s feet make a perfect rectangle with one foot in each corner

Harry’s doing his best impression of a square, tucking his head right in with his legs as far apart as they can go

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Lucy asks Harry to canter, but he shoots off way too fast – eek! What should she do to slow him down?

Kick him on, he’ll soon get tired and slow down

Lean right back, pull on the reins and say “Whoa, Harry!”

Make sure she sits up tall and use half-halts

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When Lucy has Harry back under control, Zoe asks her if she knows the order of footfalls in canter. Which of these is correct?

Outside hind, inside hind and outside fore, inside fore

Inside fore, outside fore, outside hind, inside hind

Outside hind, inside hind and inside fore, outside fore

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Zoe suggests that Lucy rides some serpentines in trot to get Harry focused again. When should she change her diagonal?

Never

While she’s on the long side, before she turns across the school

As she crosses the centre line

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It’s time to try a bit of leg-yield. If Lucy’s leg-yielding to the right, which of these sets of aids are correct?

Open her right rein, keep her left elbow close to her body, and push him over with her right leg behind the girth

Slightly open her left rein and keep her right elbow close to her body. Push him over with her left leg just behind the girth, and support him with her right leg

Pull her right rein out to the side and kick him over with her left leg

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It’s the end of the lesson, and time for a cool down. What should Lucy do?

Let Harry chill in the middle of the school while she practises her fastest around-the-world