Skip to content
back to home

Challenge Awards & Ride Safe Resources

Our Challenge Awards are a recreational offering that you can use in your everyday riding or stable management lessons. We have a range of resources available to help you deliver these programmes.

  • Last reviewed: 11th October 2024
First Pony Guide First Pony Guide

The Challenge Awards are suitable for someone just starting out or a more experienced rider or horse owner. 

Our Challenge Awards are designed for your clients to develop hands-on, practical skills and get stuck in with the day-to-day tasks. 

Please visit our Challenge Awards FAQ page to find out more details

To become a Ride Safe Trainer you must be an APC Stage 3 Coach in Complete Horsemanship or above. Please contact a Ride Safe Advisor who will be able to complete the necessary training with you.

To find a list of Ride Safe Advisors please visit our Find a coach or groom page

Ride Safe Trainers - extra resources

Training the Trainers Video

This is an informative video to support Ride Safe Trainers (YouTube). Please remember, to be able to deliver and sign off the Ride Safe Silver Challenge Award you need to have achieved the Ride Safe Trainers Award. Please contact us for more information.

BHS Dead Slow 360 Virtual Reality

Please watch and share our new 360 virtual reality film (YouTube), showing how it feels to be both the rider and driver when a car passes a horse too quickly on the road.

Laura's story
Horse vs Car

Horse vs Car GCM, a YouTube influencer has partnered with Dorset and Devon & Cornwall police and BHS to reach his audience who customise their cars.

What's on Your Horizon

The BHS have produced an interactive road safety film (YouTube) after successfully securing a road safety grant from the Police and Crime Commissioner for Warwickshire. The film follows a young driver who is faced with a series of hazards along his journey to collect friends for a party.

Updates to booklets

Following the Highway Code updates in 2022 there have been various updates to the Ride Safe Guide, Ride Safe Silver Challenge Award booklet and Ride Safe Training the Trainers Guide.

Find out more

Information sessions

We recommend all BHS Accredited Professionals and Approved Centre coaches attend a virtual information and Q&A session before you get started with any of our recreational awards (Pony Stars, Horse Explorers and Challenge Awards). You will learn more about each product and how they can benefit your business.

The session, held via Microsoft Teams video call, last no longer than one hour and will provide all you need to know before you get you started.

Book a session

Challenge Awards - general resources

Breeding Challenge Awards Resources
Achievement Tracker for Silver Awards

Please update us on your participants achievements on the Silver Challenge Awards by completing this short online form  

Checklist notes
Handouts
Session plans
Horse knowledge: part one
Horse knowledge: part two
Bronze award session plans
Silver award session plans
Gold award session plans
Platinum award session plans

Challenge Awards FAQ's

You can find answers to some of the questions we’re often asked, covering information about the awards, training and the participants and how you can get involved.

Find out more
Handling Your Horse

Buy your pack

All challenge awards resources (booklets, certificates and enamel pin badges) can be purchased on our exclusive shop page for APCs and Approved Centres. Please do not share this link with your clients or members of the public.