Intermediate Horse Care and Husbandry

Students will learn how to care for horses daily, recognising the importance of routine, assessing normal and abnormal behaviour and recognising when your horses health might be compromised. Students will also learn how to fit tack correctly, understand the importance of feeding correctly and will gain a basic knowledge of the horses anatomy.

This course will cover:
• Be able to prepare a horse to travel
• Know about horse behaviour
• Understand how to feed horses
• Know about basic horse anatomy
• Understand horse fitness
• Be able to maintain a horse’s health – including basic first aid
• Fitting tack
• Be able to prepare a horse for presentation
• Understand how to care for a horses’ feet
• Understand the environment for keeping horses

Please come along to this course with suitable clothing and yard footwear for working with horses, you will also need a hat and gloves to participate.

This course is suitable for horse owners or those who wish to further their knowledge in caring for a horse. You are required to have reasonable experience of handling horses, be competent in leading and generally understand safety requirements when around the horse. It is not suitable for beginners or novices.