Download the horseIQ Judging Guide from your Student Dashboard or Resource Library as your "text book". Introduce students to classes with class courses, and use penalty/faults quizzes as practice. Each course ends with the class' penalty reference sheet. Use Practice Judging Classes course for additional judging practice. Each class comes with official placings, cuts, scoresheets, and explanations. For even more practice, use the Resource Library's full APHA World Show classes, which come with the official show judges' scoresheets/placings. These videos can be downloaded so that you can cut together your own practice classes as needed or take horseIQ offline!
In addition to the judging team tips, the horse care courses include worksheets, study guides, and practice quizzes that can be downloaded from the end of the course and used in the classroom. If you have the Team Package, request to use the group admin feature to monitor your students' course completion for independent study. Print the downloadable posters and handouts for use in the classroom. Use horseIQ courses as your presentation tool in the classroom, using the course quizzes as group activities.
Learn horse management and care practices through the variety of horse care courses. Understand how the classes you compete in are judged and how you can improve your placings with the class courses. Visit the resource library for bonus content, including handy management downloads. Hear what judges have to say with the horseIQ blog posts in the Hub. Get feedback on your rides from professional judges with Judge My Ride.
Use horseIQ's class courses to refocus your judging eye to class standards between shows. The APHA World Show classes in the Resource Library are a great place for watching numerous runs from many disciplines. Use the penalty clip tests in each class course as well as the Practice APHA Rulebook Test course to prepare for your judge exam or recertification test.