How To Put Bridles On Horses

October 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The majority underestimate the degree of difficulty involved in bridling horses. Incorrect bridling can be a agonizing experience for the horse, and if the horse reacts badly, it could also become unpleasant for the rider.

A little knowledge can at times be a useful thing. You ought to be familiar with the area called ‘interdental space’ in the horse’s mouth. This area is characterized by the lack of teeth on both upper and lower jaws, and appears between the molars at the back and the incisors in the front. When bridling is done correctly , the bit lies on the horse’s interdental space; also referred to as ‘bar’ by horse folks.

Horse folks insert their thumb into the interdental space when they need their pony to open its mouth and receive the bridle’s bit.

Tips on bridling

1. If you’re new at this then tie your horse’s halter to a secure post employing a quick release knot in case your pony has a habit of pulling back when scared. Once you have confidence in the process refrain from tying him up.

2. Situate yourself on the horse’s near side, the horse’s left side.

3. Put the rains over your horses head make sure the bridle is free of tangles and set on its loosest setting to guarantee there will be no problem with fitting it on to your horses head. You can tighten to fit correctly once it is in place. Obviously if you know the settings then stick with them.

4. Move the halter from being fastened over his head to just round his neck to keep him restrained.

5. Hold the headstall, the top of the bridle, in your right hand with the bit in the palm of your left hand. Lift the bridle over your horses head, use your left hand’s thumb on your horse’s bar to prompt him to open his mouth and gently slide the bit into his mouth. If he doesn’t lower his head so you can reach your right hand above his crown then utilize a mounting block.

6. Make sure the bit slides into his mouth smoothly. There ought to be no need to use force at all. Once the bit is slotted into its place on the bar, slide the headstall over your horse’s ears.

7. Adjust the length of the cheek straps. A correct fit will cause a small wrinkle to appear at the mouth’s corners.

8. Pull his forelock out from under the headstall and adjust the chin strap if the bridle has a drop nose band.

9. Undo the halter from round his neck, and enjoy your ride.

10. Never tie your horse with the reins.

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What Makes A Master Horseman

October 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

An entire universe of hopeful pony pros ask themselves this one question. What makes a great horse person? What are the special talents that enable a rider to become one with their pony? A completely merged and integrated whole of all the finely coordinated parts?

Regardless of if this were a reference book and not an article, I am not sure I could adequately describe what goes to make a fine horseman. There is so much of it that’s intangible, not conducive to proper description. How can I describe a feeling, an aura, a merging of spirits?

What I can tell you about is perhaps the most important qualification a fine horseman needs. It is something that most, or all riders can achieve. It’s the light touch.

You can hope to become a fine horseman only when you learn how to pay no attention to your inbuilt instincts to get a bit more physical when your pony is not responding the way that you need it to. When you follow your natural instincts, you start adding on more pressure on the bit or you utilise your legs more forcefully or, heaven forbid, you even start whipping your pony. To be a fine horseman, you’ve got to go against your inherent instincts. You must perfect an absolutely weightless touch that teaches the pony more thru vibration, if I am able to call it that, than thru physical pressure. Perfect coordination with your horse is a little like ESP, which explains why it isn’t simple to describe.

You achieve that coordination when you approach your pony not as an animal that has to be subjugated to your will, but as a detachable part of yourself that responds to your mental urgings just the way your arms and legs do, there isn’t any recognisable message, no traceable process. The response happens practically at the same nano-second the command is given.

You achieve that coordination when you appreciate the fact that you are the creature with the versatile mind and the pony is the creature with the unidirectional one. You can think up and down and round and round, and the horses thinks only straight ahead. Therefore , you don’t expect your pony to mould his thinking to you; you adjust your mental processes to tune in on his frequencies. You don’t speak with him the language of a superior human being attempting to dominate him, you talk to him the language of an equal human being trying to be a horse.

The point is this: train your pony with the will, not the whip. Teach him to recognise and spontaneously respond to the most subtle cues and commands from you. Refrain from compelling him to do anything, lure him into doing what you need. The most effective way is to reward him each time he does something right. Rather than punishing him when he does anything wrong, simply get him to repeat it till he gets it right. Do not overdrive him, if he has yet to pick up on a new trick despite repeated attempts, give him a break. Give him a rubdown, let him feed, let him share a little time with the other horses if there are any.

Approach your horse with supreme belief that you will get your way. Horses are sensitive to mood, and if you start doubting yourself, the doubt is going to rub off on him and adversely affect his behavior.

Remember: when you reach across to your pony, he will reach back to you.

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Horses That Over Jump

October 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Are you one of those fortunate few whose horse is nuts about jumping? You are lucky. There’s a entire population of riders out there who would jump at the opportunity to get their hands on your horse.

Some horses are so enamored of jumping they set at it like they’re blasting off on a moon shot. Let me make things clear, I might any day go for a pony that jumps with gay abandon than a pony that appears to believe the air 2 feet above his head is hurtful to health. The big problem is , however , that over enthusiastic horses tend to send you flying out of the stirrups and the saddle every time they jump, and it’s badly disorienting to be forced to thud into the saddle and grope for your stirrups as you struggle to get your wits back about you. It can be especially disastrous if you are in an event.

2 prominent reasons cause riders to leave their saddles when their horses over jump. The 1st is the momentum related to a big over jump from your horse or due to your pony having a huge round bascule. At any rate, you need to learn to stay in balance, whatever the thrust that leads you to leave the saddle. The 2 things you want to focus upon are seat and equilibrium.

Say you are preparing your pony for a little jump over a little stream and he lifts off like he’s Superman in disguise. You are caught completely unaware, and you react by making an attempt to grab hold of the saddle with your knees. You have just set off a chain reaction leading to disaster. The physical result of your attempt to use your knees to embrace the saddle is to lift your lower legs and swing them right from the stirrups.

Try something else the next time your pony makes an attempt to jjump the moon. Focus on keeping relaxed, and forget about grabbing the saddle with your knees. Let your pony hoist you from the saddle. Maintain balance over your lower limbs and let your weight sink down into the heels. When you have your balance right over your legs, with your weight in the heels, your unplanned exit from the saddle will be quick and you won’t lose the stirrups.

That one paragraph may make it sound like a cake walk. I plead guilty. It’s not going to be all that easy. You will need to work really hard at gaining the kind of balance and confidence I have talked about. You want to spend a heap of time on a two-point position. The most effective way of strengthening your lower limbs and getting stability into your position is to ride the two-point at all 3 gaits; and to bolster your seat and horse-oneness by riding without stirrups.

You will also gain a lot from jumping tiny grids. Erect about 6 smallish cross rails roughly 10 to 12 feet apart. Get your horse to indulge himself jumping; make sure your head is up, your legs are relaxed, your body is balanced and your weight is in your heels. Concentrate hard on continuing to stay relaxed; don’t try to grip with your knees. Keep practicing till you get into the swing of it.

When you have mastered your approach to your horse’s jumps, you’ll find life a ton less complicated. Your butt will stay in contact with your saddle irrespective of how much he exerts himself. You may be happy with the fact that you have got an athlete with much potential.

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What Makes A Master Horseman

October 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment

A whole universe of hopeful horse pros out there ask themselves this one question every day: What goes to make a great horse person? What are the special abilities that enable a rider to become one with their pony? A totally merged and integrated whole of all of the finely coordinated parts?

Regardless of if this were a reference book and not an article, I’m really not sure I could adequately describe what goes to make a fine horseman. There is such a lot of it that is intangible, not conducive to proper description. How can I describe a feeling, an aura, a merging of spirits?

What I can tell you about is perhaps the most significant qualification a fine horseman wishes. It is something that most, if not all riders can achieve. It’s the light touch.

You can hope to become a fine horseman only when you learn to disregard your inherent instincts to get rather more physical when your horse isn’t responding the way in which you want it to. When you follow your natural instincts, you start piling on more stress on the bit or you use your legs more forcefully or, heaven forbid, you even start whipping your horse. To be a fine horseman, you have got to go against your inbuilt instincts. You have to perfect a completely weightless touch that instructs the pony more through vibration, if I am able to call it that, than thru physical pressure. Perfect coordination with your pony is a little bit like ESP, which explains why it isn’t straightforward to describe.

You achieve that coordination when you approach your pony not as an animal that has to be subjugated to your will, but as a detachable part of yourself that responds to your mental urgings just the way your legs and arms do, there is not any identifiable message, no traceable process. The response occurs practically at the same nano-second the command is given.

You achieve that coordination when you appreciate the fact that you are the creature with the versatile mind and the horse is the creature with the omnidirectional one. You can think up and down and round and round, and the horses thinks only straight ahead. Therefore , you do not expect your pony to mould his thinking to you; you adjust your mental processes to tune in on his frequencies. You don’t talk to him the language of a superior human trying to control him, you talk to him the language of an equal human attempting to be a pony.

The point is this: train your horse with the will, not the whip. Teach him to recognize and spontaneously respond to the most circumspect cues and commands from you. Refrain from forcing him to do anything, lure him into doing what you want. The right way is to reward him every time he does something right. Instead of punishing him when he does something wrong, simply get him to repeat it till he gets it right. Don’t overdrive him, if he has yet to pick up on a new trick despite repeated attempts, give him a break. Give him a rubdown, let him feed, let him share a little time with the other horses if there are any.

Approach your pony with supreme belief that you will get your way. Horses are sensitive to mood, and if you start doubting yourself, the doubt is going to rub off on him and adversely affect his behavior.

Remember: when you reach across to your pony, he is going to reach back to you.

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Coming Out On Top Of Competitive Trail Riding

October 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Competitive Trail Riding is mostly referred to as CTR. It is an equine event where riders cover distances of between 15 and 40 miles a day over rough country. Lots of participants quit after the first day, but others stick hard to it for 3 days. The contest aims to evaluate functional coordination between rider and their pony, and to evaluate the physical fitness of the riders and their horses at the end of the competition. The event can be physically demanding, and riders and their horses are subject to comprehensive physical examination prior to and on finishing of the event. As there is a factor of risk to riders and their horses, these events adhere to high safety standards; there is a panel of veterinarians on the spot and all judges are experienced hands.

It is obvious that the fittest pony and rider team wins the event. It isn’t hard to say that all the hard work is performed by the pony, but that presumption would be unfair to the rider, who is also the subject of a large amount of strain and wear and tear. Each horse-rider pair is accompanied by a team of trainers, nutritionists, pony handlers and carers and others. They’re united in their common goal of maintaining the pony in top condition. The rider’s role obviously is mostly directing and controlling and taking the easiest routes, that would subject the pony to minimum hardship. You can’t succeed in events like this without totally focused commitment. In every aspect of mental and physical health, the pair must be at the peak of their capabilities.

When competing in these events, remember that:

– horses are naturally scared animals. As prey animals, they tend to see potential danger in lots of things. Thus, the more your horse is desensitized to objects around, the better he will behave during the event. This means predicting all possible objects that might spook your pony and getting your pony used to these objects. Obviously, this means convincing him that the objects are in no way harmful to him by exposing him to them continuously and in non threatening circumstances. All this is often done in a secure setting like an arena;

– you should be completely acquainted with your pony and his wants and moods. You may be able to read every nuance of his body language like an open book. You also should be very mindful of old injuries and situations where the pony was scared. Point them out to the judges of the event because if you don’t the judges will negatively mark them at the end of the event. You are responsible for intimate knowledge of your pony and everything needed to keep him secure and in the very best of health;

– while the horse’s fitness is of ultimate concern, you as the rider will additionally need to face lots of hardship and so you need to stay fit. When you are fit and at perfect weight, you are less of a strain for the pony. Make sure you are following regular exercise and diet regimens;

– when at the event, you must ensure you are dressed appropriately and in compliance with relevant rules imposed by the event organizers;

– keeping your pony comfy and free from irritations is of paramount concern. Give him the best equipment and gear available. Maintain all gear and tack in spotless working condition. Leave no stone unturned in terms of guaranteeing your horse’s ideal health and comfort;

– proper pre-event training is critical. You should work your horse up to the event slowly and with a correct plan. Correct training will keep both your horse and you at the peak of your abilities. While you do have to train hard and regularly, make sure you don’t over exert your horse or yourself. Start by covering five to seven miles of increasingly rough terrain 5 week days;

– while training your horse, you need to make sure he is able to change his footing as required and acclimatize to varying terrain conditions;

– while training, you need to also get your horse used to vicinity and continuous physical contact with human beings. He will be touched and inspected constantly while at the event. You wish to make sure that does not distress him;

– while training, you must get your pony accustomed to both running and still water of diverse tastes and compositions. Your horse will need to be given food and water at regular intervals thru the day, and it's essential that he is schooled to ignore horses? Natural reluctance to drink water from unfamiliar sources.

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Horse Trail Riding

October 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Are you so sure there aren’t any annoying rules and regulations to prevent you and your pony when you are out in the absolute outback? Looking forward to an expedition that’s not regulated by a number of dos and don’ts? Well, you may not have to fret much about statutory and other rules and rules out there, particularly those pertinent to behaviour in a crowd, but there very definitely are some common sense-based rules and regulations that you need to observe if you would like to bring yourself and your pony back in two intact packages.

You have to be out in the bush land with a horse that’s not going to spook at each small sight and sound. It does not truly need to be said that you are going to run into a ton of weird sights and noises. You are smart to desensitise your pony as much as you can before you go riding off. To be ready for back country, a horse should be trusted to load, haul, stay tied and stay hobbled. He should not hesitate to cross streams, bogs, fallen trees or any other obstacle. He should keep his presence of mind if you run across other people, other horses or any type of animal life. He should be able to shrug off loud and unexpected noises, even though they are of the explosive type. He should not be ruffled by colourful packs and apparel, nor should motorised vehicles of any sort startle him.

When riding in back country, avoid tying horses to trees. If you have to restrain your pony, you must stretch a picket line between trees. Ensure you do not damage the trees by looping lines around them; protect them with padding, a gunny sack, whatever. The picket line should be set up at a height of about seven feet above ground. Tie the lead ropes such that your halter snap rests 2 feet off the ground. Be sure the lead rope has a swivel so it won’t get badly twisted or loosened.

Set up your campsite at a distance of not less than 200 feet from brooks, lakes and other water bodies.

Don’t be a litter bug! Ensure you burn or take away everything you bring. Burn trash if it is permitted, and pack unburnable stuff like cans so that you can carry them away for correct disposal. Dispose correctly of food scraps and left-overs, as well. Don’t bury garbage and don’t burn tin foil, these activities are against the law in lots of places.

You are not permitted to carry packed hay or unprocessed grain in a large amount of Fed. lands, and that suggests a lot of parks and wilderness areas, too. This prohibition is because feed stock typically contains weeds, which if set free can plant themselves and soon grow to nasty proportions. It’s not uncommon for parks to stipulate that you bring your own feed, and this feed be free of weeds. You get alfalfa in cubes that is certified to be weed free; these cubes are easy to pack and carry, and are received well by horses. Follow up with the feed and tack outlets in your neighborhood, or get weed-free feed from county extension agents.

Before heading into any reserve or park area, do your home work: get acquainted with the regulations on camping, limits on the number of people and horses in a group and so on. Find out where horses can be ridden and where they cannot. You don’t want to get sent back, fined or maybe taken to jail because you did not follow rules.

Be especially careful about following rules associated with camp fires. Plenty of areas don’t permit fires. Somebody should always be attending to campfires, and they must be absolutely extinguished once you are finished with them.

Ensure you don’t leave behind dung in loading areas, camping areas or on trails. Leave everything at least as clean as when you found it!

The only things you can possibly leave behind safely are hoof prints.

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Correctly Fitting A Horse’s Saddle

October 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Speaking in really general terms, the most popular saddles in use are either of the English or the Western style. However , even within these broad classes there are a number of sub-divisions. Apart from these 2, there are also Australian and endurance saddles. Somebody with any idea of the world of horses will be able to distinguish an English from a Western saddle at first sight. These saddle types come in differences designed for explicit riding preferences, events and riders.

The fundamental features of a western saddle are a horn and a high form in front. The saddle is also deep of seat, with a cantle of variable height comprising the rear. The skirt on western saddles is very distinct, and the stirrups and fenders are long and wide. They are also ornately carved and decorated most of the time.

English saddles weigh much less than western saddles. They’re definitely simpler and more functional. They are distinguished by flat seats, with no horn or visible fork. The front of the English saddle is correctly referred to as the pommel. The cantle at rear is rather thin and like the cantles on western saddles, may alter in height. The skirts and fenders of the western saddle are replaced on the English saddle by ‘flaps’, which stay near to the body of the horse. Stirrups are minimally styled and hooked up to the saddle by thin leather strips. English saddles come in designs that differ from the most well-liked pleasure version, the hunt seat, to the more specialised dressage and show saddles. These latter saddles need to satisfy certain factors to be accepted for use in competition. Endurance saddles and Australian saddles mix features of both western and English saddles. Just recently, they have gained popularity with riders who otherwise use both English and western saddles, because they are resilient and strong, yet really light and practical.

Whatever saddle you use, your first concern must be correct fit first for the pony and then for the rider. Using badly fitted saddles is risking sores on the pony, and even making the horse allergic to being ridden. As a matter of general measurement guidelines, you measure the widest stretch of the part of the horse’s back that takes the saddle and confirm any saddle you purchase is consistent with that measurement on the inside. It is best that you try out a new saddle on your pony before purchasing it, whether it is brand new or used. According to pros, you try out the fit by seeing if three of your fingers slip in easily between the saddle’s front, the pommel and your horse’s withers. This leads to a correct fit: if there is further space, the saddle is too big and if the 3 fingers fail to go in easily, the saddle is not sufficiently big enough.

If you find the cinch to be too short to go around the girth, just get a longer one. This hasn’t got anything to do with the saddle’s fit across the horse’s back. Consistently check your horse’s back to confirm that the horse is not being subject to uneven or unjustified pressure stemming from a badly fitted saddle. Look for areas that show undue friction or dry spots within the otherwise swetty area beneath the saddle.

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Boost Your Horse Riding Success With Mind Reprogramming

October 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment

There is a secret to changing into a superior rider without having to go thru hours of lessons: you can make yourself a far better rider by devoting some part of the time spent on lessons to train yourself mentally. I used this secret to fulfill my ambition of riding in International Events.

I did it this way. I came across a copy of the book Psychocybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. It is a book that pretty much changed my life. I learned from Maltz’s book about the way in which the human subconscious can help in achievement. Maltz made it clear that not withstanding widely held belief, the conscious part of the mind doesn’t permanently influence the quality or effectiveness of human actions. There isn’t any question that exercise of strong will power and unswerving determination can achieve short term success , but for wining to become a habit, it’s the subconscious that must definitely be allowed to rule.

This is basically due to the way the subconscious works toward goal awareness. The subconscious isn’t judgmental; it isn’t concerned with positive or negative aspects. It is concerned with achieving goals, and it waits for you to point it at the next one. When you do that, your subconscious starts its relentless work: edging you closer to realisation.

You need to handle your subconscious with total care, as it picks up on cues you didn’t intend it to. As an example, if you keep talking to friends and relatives about how much of a scared wreck you become at events, your subconscious takes that for a goal. The ultimate result, you mess up every time.

You must exploit the proven fact that the subconscious can’t differentiate between fact and fiction. Whether or not it is untrue, by telling buddies and relatives that you love events and the challenge they pose, your subconscious locks in on that and makes it a goal. You will soon begin to love events. It is inevitable because you have programmed a particularly strong subconscious that won’t be denied.

What are the best methods to purposely use your subconscious mind to raise yourself up, there are 2 methods: visualization and self-talk.

Visualization

Visualization (seeing things as mental images) works best when it is clear. You can make it vivid by making a deliberate effort to fill in as many details as practical and by getting all of your senses, including emotion, involved.

– Open your ears to the rhythm made by the footfalls of your horse.

– Open your nose to the smell of clean air after it rains in summer.

– Reinforce your touch perception so you can better feel the way that the reins in your hands weigh.

– Open your eyes to your horse’s markings, as well as to your own clothes.

– Open your mouth a little and get a taste of the salt in the sweat that drips down from your brows.

– Open your heart and invoke your feelings. Feel your own quietness and poise while entering the ring.

SELF-TALK

One effective way to programme the subconscious is to take care about the words emanating from your mouth.

Positively claim your goals,

Assert your goals in order that it appears that you’re already in possession of the qualities you have got a desire to attain.

Keep telling yourself ‘I love events’, even if you’re not being quite honest, your subconscious mind will be unable to distinguish. Simply fudge it and you will certainly make it, something that I successfully did myself.

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Why Is It Professional Trainers Just Click With Horses

October 1, 2012 By 1 Comment

If you’re a regular in the world of horses, you have to have had lots of occasions to notice the apparent ease with which pro horse trainers make horses do exactly what they desire? The same horses that continuously played truant with their owners. The trainers make it all look so effortless, like they are actually capable of some sort of special communication with horses. It can be mystifying? What does your coach have that you don’t? It is all the more perplexing because you have the distinct impression that almost all of the professionals don’t bother with horse temperament typing. Should you also stop bothering?

Before you answer that question, think of this: it could be correct that not all professional trainers are familiar with Five-Element typing, but they more than make up with the instincts they have developed over time. They can read a horse and classify him accurately within an exceedingly brief time. They have read hundreds and perhaps thousands of horses, and now it has become second nature to them. A professional trainer talks the pony talk and walks the horse walk.

Non-professional Pony Owners and Personality Types

The average horse owner like me and you, conversely, has not handled that many horses. We continue to blunder our way forward with our horses. We pride ourselves on having the Five-Element typing system at our finger tips, but we are sadly inadequate at establishing the sort of command over horses that the professionals demonstrate time after time.

Nevertheless awareness of the temperamental types does have its uses. See how these tips help you out, if you follow them faithfully, you’ll definitely see great results, though you may not qualify to be called a professional trainer.

The Fire Pony

The Fire horse attaches grave importance to relationships. If you would like to get along with him, you need to spend a ton of time grooming him and typically lurking around with him. Even if incited, avoid using vicious words with a Fire pony. Always try and persuade him into doing what you need. Never stint on the praise when he does things right.

The Earth Horse

Food is the centre of the Earth horse’s universe. He’s absolutely unambitious, and you will have to do some hard pushing to get him to make an extra effort. When he finally does what you want, put him out to graze and take a rest. It’s a reward he’s going to be enthusiastically anticipating.

The Metal Horse

No Metal pony worth his salt will go out of his way for someone he hasn’t any respect for. He gives you respect if you’re fair. If you’re teaching him something, break it up into bite-sized pieces that follow each other logically. He is a slow but an especially sure learner, and he never forgets what he learns. You can use this trait of his to boost his confidence with frequent repetition. You may find it dull, but you will earn the total respect of your Metal horse because you persevered with him until he soaked up everything.

The Water Pony

Trust makes the Water pony tick. He’s similarly adept at sensing the assurance of a professional pony coach and the nerviness of a newcomer. Keep your Water pony safe from distressing situations where you are not in absolute control and are in a position to support him whichever way is required.

The Wood Pony

The Wood horse is probably the hardest type for the non-professional coach. This is so because the Wood pony desires challenges. Newbies aren’t experienced and capable enough to maintain coaching at such a fascinating tempo the Wood pony gets engrossed and gets bored. When bored, a Wood horse can be anything from mildly irritating to distinctly threatening. When you attempt to fight with this sort, you are letting him have his way. The more appropriate option is to redirect his energies and make him so uncomfortable with bad behavior he discontinues it.

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Equine Studies At Massachusetts-Amherst University

September 28, 2012 By 1 Comment

The University of Massachusetts-Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, offers Associate’s Degrees in Equine Industries. Scholars can also go for the Bachelor’s Animal Science degree, with major in Equine Studies at the Veterinary and Animal Science Department. These programs are purpose-built to prepare scholars for careers in management, breeding, horse care, training, pro riding, management of stud farms, farriership, horse transport, farm management, riding instruction at private stables and schools, equine publications, feed/tack stores and several other fields. Equines studies scholars can select between specialisation in Horsemanship Abilities (Equitation) or Equine Management. The courses offered include:

– Equitation

– Coaching Horses: Special Issues

– Equitation Instruction: Theory & Strategies

– Breeds/Types or Horses and Horse Selection

– Therapeutic Riding: Teaching/Theory

– Practice Equitation Teaching

– Management of Horses

– Management of Studs

– Health and Disease Management

– Breeding.

Students choosing Equine Management get to take part in the processes involved in breeding, choosing and caring for and managing horses. This equips the students for careers in equine farm management as well as other professions in the equine industry. Students learn correct evaluation of equine conformation. They will have to take classes targeting horse breeding, selection, injury, illness and business. An experienced equine veterinarian teaches the courses in breeding; these courses are intended to make scholars completely acquainted with all sides of pony breeding. The programme in breeding raises Bay State foals that are subsequently absorbed by the institute’s equine program as replacements for aging horses. The illness and injury courses teach students about managing equine injury and illness by having them care for horses in the institution’s research herds.

Scholars desiring to develop talents in horsemanship are enabled to take up careers as instructors by giving them lots of opportunity to boost their horse riding and coaching. Inside horsemanship skills, the most important focus is on riding and instruction. Students are given access to a few equitation class levels. These classes are held twice a week, and involve a fee of $500 per semester. Classes target dressage and hunt seat equitation; there are also classes on cross country functional positions for scholars keen on cross country event coaching. Students in the Methods and Theory of Instruction in Equitation class are given a chance to get licensed by Massachusetts State. They can then teach the school’s programs to other scholars. Students are also put through coaching courses that involve practical field work with the institution’s young horses. Students whose riding abilities pass the test are then allowed to continue in-saddle training on these horses.

Scholars can join up in any of several pony clubs. Students keen on showing can enrol in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association, a nationwide body that counts more than 300 colleges and varsities in its fold. This association gives students without their own horses the opportunity to compete at horse shows. Scholars can also join UMass’s Dressage Team. This team competes in Intercollegiate Dressage Association events. Students can improve riding skills and build on their understanding of and capabilities in dressage thru team collaboration.

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