793-219 Horse Training Management

793-125 Horse Nutrition and 793-122 Planning and Budgeting Techniques.

The objective of this subject is to enable students to develop the skills and knowledge in relation to advanced horse training.

The content includes:

• assessment of facilities and equipment;

• assessment of horses of various stages of training and the monitoring of their progress;

• the training of selected horses according to a pre-determined program, to achieve a specific objective;

• the stable routine, training program, budget and feed rations;

• the requirements and skills required for a range of training activities; and

• the use of new technology in training and the advances in exercise physiology.

Internal students: workshop participation (50%), assignment of 1500 words (40%) and a 2-hour examination (10%). External students: residential school attendance (10%), documentation of training progress (40%) and a written report of 2000 words (50%).