Ride Into Learning: Allpony.com Launches New Educational Courses for Learners of All Ages and Experience Levels

December 1, 2025 (Lexington, KY) — The United States Pony Clubs, Inc. (USPC or Pony Club) is pleased to announce the release of eight new interactive online courses on the Allpony platform—designed for horse lovers of all ages. These offerings expand USPC’s commitment to delivering top-quality, expert-developed education on horsemanship, safety, and horse care and well-being. USPC’s well-known curriculum has shaped generations of capable and responsible equestrians for more than 70 years. As a subscription-based platform, Allpony offers targeted subscriptions for individual learners and for professional instructors, riding centers, camps, and other equine programs—providing structured access to high-quality equestrian education for individuals and groups alike.

“I am very excited to see all the new courses we have added to Allpony this year,” said Connie Jehlik, USPC Instruction Services Director. “Our team, consisting of three departments within USPC—Instruction, Marketing, and Information Technology—have really dived into creating an educational pool of resources, and we have created some new basic, intermediate, and advanced-level courses to reach learners of all ages and levels. We are proud to provide a cornerstone educational tool that elevates horse knowledge both inside and outside Pony Club and look forward to continuing with new content in 2026 and beyond.”

Anyone interested in Allpony does not have to be a member of the United States Pony Clubs since Allpony is a standalone website created for the horse community as a whole, however USPC Participating Club/Center Members will soon have access to Allpony as a member benefit. Starting on January 1, all USPC members will have access to Allpony and will receive an email from USPC about how to access the site as a resource to study for certifications, the discipline of Quiz, and to become a more knowledgeable Pony Club member. In addition, because USPC staff were already getting requests for specific courses from members, now members studying for their C-1 certification can check out the new free short course, along with a video demonstration, on Parallel Leading, which is a first step in teaching a horse to longe. 

New Courses

• Parts of the Horse – Level 2: A follow-up to the fundamentals, this course explores more detailed head, body, and hoof anatomy, including showcasing similarities between horse and human anatomy. This course will help any horse person know what is being referred to when someone describes the location of an injury or more about the movement of a horse.
• Leg-Yield Explained: A riding skills course that explains the lateral movement known as the leg-yield, what rider aids are needed to ask for this movement, and common mistakes to avoid.
• Appaloosa Horses: Already on Allpony when USPC launched the site under their brand in March 2025, this course underwent an update. Learn the unique history, breed characteristics, base coat colors and spotting patterns of the Appaloosa horse and other spotted horse breeds.
• Feeding Horses: An Introduction: Understand the basics of equine nutrition—what a horse needs, the sources for horse nutrition, and how feeding practices can support horse health.
• Rider Safety Basics: A beginner-friendly course reviews basic safety for all riders, what to wear to stay safe in the barn and while riding, the importance of tack inspection, what to do in case of a fall from a horse, and how to recognize and prevent heat-related illness. This course provides crucial information for all riders and horse handlers.
• Horse First-Aid Fundamentals: Discover how to take a horse’s vital signs, recognize and treat minor wounds, and begin to respond to equine emergencies—all must-have information for any horse-care provider.
• Inner Workings: The Skeleton: Dive into equine anatomy with the skeletal system—bones, tendons, ligaments and cartilage. Learn more about basic anatomy terms, similarities between horse and human skeletal systems, the basic structures involved, what bone is made of, types of bone, how new bone is made or remodeled, and more. 
• Inner Workings: Muscles: Building on skeletal anatomy, this course covers the major muscle groups of the horse in motion, how muscles work, the types of muscle fibers, how certain muscle groups work together for specific functions and for motion, and it gives learners interactive virtual visualizations to muscle anatomy.
• Parallel Leading: This latest educational offering is a short course on the training technique for handling a horse as you walk alongside him as you teach him to longe.

Within these courses are quizzes to gauge comprehension, the ability to earn a certificate of completion, and interactive games to inspire any learner to learn the material in a new way, including an interactive feed-measuring game, a leg-yield crossword puzzle, a rider safety word search, three parts of the horse labeling games, an Appaloosa matching game, a build your own Appaloosa game, a first-aid memory game, a skeleton digital coloring page, and more.

Why Subscribe?

Allpony learners can complete each course and earn digital badges to display their achievements. In addition, the platform features interactive games and quizzes, along with printable activities for offline learning.

The Single User Subscription is ideal for individual horse lovers and riders of any age, parents wanting to learn the basics about horses, young equestrians or enthusiasts who want unlimited access to Allpony’s full library of courses, games, quizzes, and printables. Allpony is also a resource for instructors and trainers to reinforce their programs with professionally developed, expert-approved educational materials that align with USPC’s longstanding standards of horsemanship. The Instructor Subscription is tailored for trainers, riding schools, camps, or therapeutic riding programs and allows group access, customizable curriculum assignments, and a dashboard to monitor student progress—helping coaches build more knowledgeable, confident, and safety-minded horse people.

The new courses are available now on www.allpony.com. Whether you’re an individual eager to learn or an instructor seeking to enrich your program, now is the perfect time to subscribe and experience the most comprehensive online equestrian education platform backed by the nation’s leader in horse care and riding instruction.

Register today to explore free trial courses, then upgrade to a subscription to unlock the full catalogue and start earning badges!

About Allpony — Allpony is an online platform dedicated to providing engaging and educational resources for equestrians and horse enthusiasts. Allpony aims to foster a love for horses while promoting safe horsemanship and responsible horse care. The platform offers a variety of games, quizzes, learning modules, and instructional resources, providing an enjoyable and effective learning experience. Allpony.com has been recognized by the American Horse Publications Equine Media Awards in the website category for being a valuable resource for the equestrian community and for offering a range of engaging content. For more information, visit www.allpony.com.

About The United States Pony Clubs, Inc. — The United States Pony Clubs, Inc. (USPC or Pony Club) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization that builds the foundation of teamwork and sportsmanship through riding, mounted sports, and care of horses and ponies, while developing and enhancing leadership, confidence, responsibility, and a sense of community in its youth and adult members. USPC is proud to offer instruction and competitive opportunities in 11 competitive disciplines through hundreds of clubs and centers across the United States. USPC’s educational standards continue to be instrumental in curriculum development for schools, universities, equestrian professionals, and organizations across the United States. Many of the nation’s top equestrians, including Olympic team members, as well as successful business professionals and leaders in a variety of fields, have roots in Pony Club. For more information, please visit www.ponyclub.org.