PATH INTL CTRI TEST PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A++
✔✔a student has cerebral palsy and spastic muscles on the lower half of their body.
what movement quality of the horse would be best? - ✔✔smooth gait to not increase
spasticity
✔✔a student has ASD, ADHA, and is sensory seeking. what would the best movement
quality of the horse be? - ✔✔trappy gait
✔✔what horse build would be best for a rider with CP and spasticity in the lower body -
✔✔narrow horse to help with high spasticity
✔✔what is a grade breed? - ✔✔mixed horse breed
✔✔rider with limb difference in their arms. their right arm only has partial use. what reins
would be best - ✔✔ladder reins
✔✔you have a young rider sitting in an adult saddle. what pelvic tilt would you see? -
✔✔posterior, chair seat and legs forward
✔✔where are windpuffs located - ✔✔fetlock
✔✔if a participant is slouched, their heels are up at the flank, knees are tight, what do
you correct first - ✔✔correct pelvic alignment
✔✔what do you do when a horse completes multiple turns on the forehand? - ✔✔pat
him and move on to a simpler skill
✔✔when do you close the gate in the arena - ✔✔when everyone is mounted
✔✔western saddle is on the withers, the skirt on the flank, and the cantle is at the tip of
the hip. what do you do? - ✔✔switch to a new saddle
✔✔to prepare for a smart goal you should first - ✔✔identify specific skill that participant
will be focusing on
✔✔rider has twisted hips, left leg forward and right leg back. what do you do? - ✔✔tell
rider to move legs and have volunteer reinforce
✔✔proper fitted saddle will show - ✔✔even sweat pattern
✔✔what does bowed knees cause - ✔✔ligament strain
AND ANSWERS GRADED A++
✔✔a student has cerebral palsy and spastic muscles on the lower half of their body.
what movement quality of the horse would be best? - ✔✔smooth gait to not increase
spasticity
✔✔a student has ASD, ADHA, and is sensory seeking. what would the best movement
quality of the horse be? - ✔✔trappy gait
✔✔what horse build would be best for a rider with CP and spasticity in the lower body -
✔✔narrow horse to help with high spasticity
✔✔what is a grade breed? - ✔✔mixed horse breed
✔✔rider with limb difference in their arms. their right arm only has partial use. what reins
would be best - ✔✔ladder reins
✔✔you have a young rider sitting in an adult saddle. what pelvic tilt would you see? -
✔✔posterior, chair seat and legs forward
✔✔where are windpuffs located - ✔✔fetlock
✔✔if a participant is slouched, their heels are up at the flank, knees are tight, what do
you correct first - ✔✔correct pelvic alignment
✔✔what do you do when a horse completes multiple turns on the forehand? - ✔✔pat
him and move on to a simpler skill
✔✔when do you close the gate in the arena - ✔✔when everyone is mounted
✔✔western saddle is on the withers, the skirt on the flank, and the cantle is at the tip of
the hip. what do you do? - ✔✔switch to a new saddle
✔✔to prepare for a smart goal you should first - ✔✔identify specific skill that participant
will be focusing on
✔✔rider has twisted hips, left leg forward and right leg back. what do you do? - ✔✔tell
rider to move legs and have volunteer reinforce
✔✔proper fitted saddle will show - ✔✔even sweat pattern
✔✔what does bowed knees cause - ✔✔ligament strain
