Ideal for those wishing to pursue an equestrian career or looking to improve knowledge & riding for recreational personal goals, the Challenge Awards are perfect for you.

BHS have developed a range of awards that provide you with the opportunity to develop your understanding of horse care and rider skills. Enhance your knowledge at your own pace and advance on what's important to you.

Learn how to care for horses, develop hands-on, practical skills and get stuck in with the day-to-day tasks. You can even improve your riding skills too.

The Awards

Each challenge award comes with a supporting information booklet that introduces the knowledge and skills within the award. Your coach will issue them to you upon registering for the award. The information booklet also includes your award checklist; this is a checklist that your coach will sign off as you complete parts of your award.

Once all sections have been signed you have achieved the award!

The challenge awards are split into two main sections:

About the Horse & About the Rider

Each section has four topics and within them there are three levels of award; bronze, silver and gold. Completion of certain awards will provide direct entry into the BHS Stage examinations.

There are also ‘introduction challenges’ for horse care and riding; suitable if you have none, or limited, experience with horses.

Participants must be a Silver or Gold member of The British Horse Society

The courses will be taught by our Coaches & based on continual assessment.

Cost: £30 per session

Learning materials, including the specific BHS Challenge Award Booklet is included in the course fee.

Time: 11am - 1pm

Applicants are required to be Members of the British Horse Society to be eligible for the Challenge Awards - 12 months BHS membership starts from £44. For membership participants can apply online www.bhs.org.uk/membership or by calling the Membership team on 02476 840506