Artistry™ gives you the top BHS certification level reserved for riders seeking full professional mastery. The four-week residential programme prepares you for the BHS Stage 4 examination while building advanced coaching capability. Completion of Roundness™ is required.
€26,900 excluding VAT
Artistry™ marks the culmination of the BHS certification pathway. Students show refined classical technique, coherent coaching skill and sound business understanding. This level identifies professionals able to operate independently, take senior responsibility and contribute to the industry through recognised mastery and ethical practice.
A four-week residential programme preparing for BHS Stage 4 certification and advanced coaching qualifications. Advanced stable management covering yard operations, staff management, legal compliance and financial planning. Refined classical riding technique emphasising collection, advanced lateral work and complex combinations. Coaching development focused on establishing a personal teaching style and analytic assessment skills. Prerequisite: completion of Roundness™ or equivalent BHS Stage 3 certification.
The programme develops refined classical technique showing collection, complex lateral movements and precise use of aids. Advanced work includes half-pass, pirouette preparation and flying changes. The focus is lightness, balance and harmony between horse and rider. Jumping technique progresses through complex combinations, related distances and adjustability. Students build feel for collection and an understanding of biomechanics that helps horses carry themselves well while staying sound and willing.
This four-week pathway builds the full range of senior professional skills needed for high-level equestrian work. You begin with practical business operations then move into yard management with riding, where you handle daily care and bring horses from early schooling to competitive readiness. The programme then shifts to applied coaching, guiding riders towards defined performance standards across the main disciplines. It concludes with advanced horse care that focuses on welfare, conditioning and informed management of horses working in demanding environments.
Running an equestrian centre extends well beyond horse care. It demands control of operations, staffing, finances and long-term planning. This training gives a clear view of how to manage a professional yard day by day and over the year. You work through staff leadership, maintenance planning, pricing decisions and growth strategy, all grounded in practical equestrian business experience.
ALTERRENO Artistry™ VALUE
Alterreno Artistry™ goes beyond a programme: it offers a transformative experience. Four weeks living and training intensively with horses, guided by world-renowneded professionals will foster growth in every rider, enhancing their skills, management capabilities and connection.
Waking with horses, caring for them daily, inhabiting equestrian rhythm completely transforms understanding. This isn't visiting, it's becoming.
Four weeks in one of Earth's most beautiful countryside supports transformation. Nature, beauty, history create space for profound change.
Maximum eight students means every person receives proper mentorship. Instructors know each student's challenges and style.
Accommodation, cook service and personal tutor are included. Students focus entirely on learning without logistical concerns distracting them from transformation.
The BHS Stage 4 enables professional employment in riding schools, livery yards, assistant instructor positions across 26 countries internationally.
Alterreno Artistry™ Certification marks graduates out within the equestrian world and shows a commitment to ethical, relationship-centred management.
GUIDING HORSES AND PEOPLE WITH RESPECT AND PURPOSE
Artistry™ signals that the holder understands how to work with horses through clear communication and considered training rather than force. It also indicates an approach to leadership that values responsibility, sound judgement and respect.
Alterreno Artistry™ graduates hold internationally recognised BHS and the distinctive Alterreno Certification, establishing their profile worldwide.
This four-week intensive course establishes the groundwork for decades of professional achievement, shaping skills and networks that endure across a long-term career.
The Artistry™ represents a significant commitment. This investment pays dividends throughout your career, providing solid skills and a professional network.