Arena Plan Horse Riding Certificate

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Award a riding level with a landscape certificate laid out as a dressage arena, with the course skills, two signatures and a QR code to verify it.

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A4 and US Letter, composed for each
Your logo, colours and wording
A QR code on every copy that proves it is real
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Updated 7 November 2026 · Designed by the Hyperstack studio

What is on it

A complete record, not just a name

You write once

The same for everyone. Keep the template’s words or change them.

Title: Certificate of Achievement
Statement: A line of thanks or achievement, written for this topic
Skills: Grooming and tacking up, Mounting and dismounting, Walk, trot and canter, Rising trot and Stable safety
Details: duration and level
Signatures: Chief Riding Instructor and Centre Director

Filled in for each person

Hyperstack fills these from your list when you send.

Recipient name
Program or award name
Issue date
Credential ID
QR code to the verification page

Specifications

Sizes, fonts and colours

Sizes

A4: 297 × 210 mm · 11.69 × 8.27 in
US Letter: 11 × 8.5 in · 279 × 216 mm

Fonts

Cormorant Garamond: Title, Text
Jost: Labels
Pinyon Script: Recipient name
Mrs Saint Delafield: Signatures

Google Fonts, free for commercial use.

Colours

Paper#fbf9f3
Ink#1f2622
Accent#2e4b39
Second accent#a26c3d
Muted text#5c645e

Change any colour in the studio.

Design notes

The wide page is a 20 by 40 metre dressage arena seen from above. Its double white boards are the frame, the K, E, H, F, B and M markers sit at their true places, and the rider's track runs in from A along the centre line. The name stands at X, above a small halt mark of four hoof prints, with the course and a short statement below. The skills, duration, level, issue date and certificate number fill the left side, two signatures with their roles fill the right, and a QR code verifies it. It fits riding schools that want a calm, classical award.

About

Horse Riding Certificate Template, Arena Plan

Riders earn this certificate at the end of a course of lessons or a riding level: grooming and tacking up, mounting and dismounting, then walk, rising trot and canter with a balanced seat and safe habits around the stable. Riding schools, equestrian centres, pony clubs and instructors give it out at the end of term, after an assessment ride or at a yard's prize-giving, often to beginners who have just moved up a level.

Wording on the template“Rode walk, rising trot and canter with confidence and a safe, balanced seat, and showed sound horsemanship in the stable and the arena.”

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Words that go with it

The email and the post, written for you

Email to send with it

Subject: Your horse riding certificate is ready

Dear name,

Congratulations on finishing your riding course with us! Over these weeks you have gone from the first careful steps at walk to riding your own rising trot and canter, and you have looked after every horse you rode with real care.

Your certificate is ready. You can download it, print it for the tack room wall at home, and share it online with family and friends who followed your progress.

We hope to see you back in the arena soon for the next level.

With best wishes from all of us at the yard

Hyperstack fills in each person’s name and link when it sends.

Post for the recipient to share

A year ago I had never sat on a horse. This week I passed my riding level, and the canter that used to scare me now feels like the best part of the lesson. Thank you to my instructor for the patience and the honest feedback, and to the horses who taught me more than any book. #HorseRiding #Equestrian

Recipients share it with one click from their credential page, with the badge attached.

Printing

Printing it well

Print at actual size

Choose “Actual size” or 100% in the print dialog, not “Fit to page”, so the margins and the QR code keep their size.

Use card, not paper

A matte or silk card of 200–300 gsm (about 80–110 lb cover) feels like an award and does not curl in a frame.

Frame it

A4 fits a standard 21 × 29.7 cm frame; US Letter fits an 8.5 × 11 in frame, or an 11 × 14 in frame with a mat. Hang it on its side, as designed.

Mind the edges

Most home printers leave a thin white border. For a design that runs to the edge, use a print shop or your printer’s borderless setting.

Certificate or badge?

Send both. They do different jobs.

Certificate

A full record: name, statement, skills, dates and signatures
Printed and framed, or kept as a PDF
Opens to a page anyone can verify

Digital badge

A small image people put on LinkedIn and in email signatures
Carries the verified details inside it (Open Badges 2.0)
One click shows who earned it and who issued it

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How to send it

From template to everyone’s inbox

01
Make it yours
Open the template, add your logo and change any colour or word.
02
Add your people
Upload a spreadsheet, or connect your LMS, HR tool or form.
03
Send it
Each person gets an email and their own credential page, in one go.
04
They share it
Recipients add it to LinkedIn; anyone can verify it from the QR code.