Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify and practise race riding skills.
- Identify factors that can affect race outcomes.
- Read and interpret form.
- Understand relevant rules and protocols related to riding in races.
- Procedures for applying for a permit to ride in races are investigated.
- System of apprentice claims is understood.
- Inquiry and protest procedures are identified and interpreted.
- Rider booking, and race nomination, acceptance and scratching procedures are researched.
- Rules related to safe and legal race riding are known and observed during practice.
- Procedures to prepare race saddles to meet handicap weights are researched and practised.