Training for direct entry to BHS Stage 3

[KittyH]

I've just applied for direct entry to stage 3 ride lunge and care based on prior experiential learning. I've just submitted my application which has been signed off by an assessor. I'm wondering how much training and preparation other people did for direct entry? I have regular lessons on my horses and regularly ride other horses and thought I'd be fine but have recently read about lots of people failing the riding. I am planing on getting my local assessor to give me a mock lunge and care exam. Have other competition riders gone straight into this or do you really need to have multiple sessions on school horses to get the exam technique? Thank you.

 

[Leo Walker]

You only get one try at direct entry unless its changed recently, so I'd want to do as much training as possible before hand.

 

[KittyH]

Thank you - I'll have to look into that. I've been accepted for direct entry now and assumed that I would be able to retake the exam as normal but I'll check. I'd much rather pass first time though as they're so expensive!

 

[teapot]

While the exam system has changed massively so, there is an element of knowing it, and how it all works, whether you're going in at Stage 1 or Stage 4. Might be worth getting a lesson at an exam centre just to see where you are in that environment.

 

[KittyH]

While the exam system has changed massively so, there is an element of knowing it, and how it all works, whether you're going in at Stage 1 or Stage 4. Might be worth getting a lesson at an exam centre just to see where you are in that environment.

Thank you. I have managed to book a session at the college where I'm going to do a mock riding assessment on a couple of horses so hopefully that will tell me where I'm at.

 

[Gloi]

Thank you. I have managed to book a session at the college where I'm going to do a mock riding assessment on a couple of horses so hopefully that will tell me where I'm at.

That will be a good idea. In all these things I think it is about not how experienced you are but can you tick all the right boxes in an exam and you need to know which boxes they want you to tick.

 

[greybadger_19]

I’ve just had direct entry to stage 4 approved, with the aim of getting the exams done at the end of this year / early next year. I found spending time at an exam centre speaking in detail with assessors invaluable (I just spent an intensive two weeks training). The exam is just a tiny snapshot of your ability, so knowing what they are looking for is critical.

I have had no mention of only being able to take an exam once - the restriction now is that you must attempt the exams within 5 years of DE being granted.