English riding courses are a passageway into the vastness of knowledge beyond the confines of textbooks, helping our students build character, cultivate a healthy personality, and improve fitness. Through equestrianism, many of our members have built up self-assurance, self-control, and mindful self-awareness, three qualities essential not only to mastering equestrian skills but also to achieving personal success.

1. NOVICE

Safety rules and procedures

Approaching the horse and holding the halter

Horse grooming, feet maintenance

Tacking up

Mounting/Dismounting

Correct riding position

Basic movements while mounted (stopping, changing direction)

Calming the horse and removing its equipment

(Optional) Raising and feeding horses

2. ELEMENTARY

Trotting

Different riding positions

Elementary pattern riding

(Optional) Face/leg marking

3. INTERMEDIATE

Cantering

Intermediate pattern riding

Dressage

Hunter jumping

Every riding instructor at Pacific Banner Riding Club is nationally certified by Equestrian Canada and the Coaching Association of Canada. All our coaches have years of coaching experience, with plenty of prizes under their belts from competitions of various levels. Our formal and standardized English riding training can always relax and perk up our neophyte members. Through setting up for riding, members learn the character of each horse and their unique equipment. They also learn how to communicate with horses through practicing horseback riding, which grows into a mutual maturing process that teaches our members about care, love, patience, courage, and perseverance and makes them good all-around riders.