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Profile On: Kathy, Equine Challenge Supplements

May 30, 2016 by Christine Meunier Leave a Comment

Kathy distributes Equine Challenge Supplements. If you’re searching for an equine career, perhaps the idea of providing horse supplement products to others may be of interest to you. Kathy has kindly taken the time to answer some questions about her provision of Equine Challenge Supplements to customers.

How much of your day/week is related to horses?
I am available to answer questions to customers and potential customers 7 days a week.

ProAmino, an Equine Challenge Supplement

What is it exactly that you do?
Equine/horse supplements from probiotics, vitamins & minerals to herbal support.

In this field of work, is it possible to be a full time professional and earning a liveable income?
Absolutely. Equine Challenge Supplements is a company that has customers and delivers across the U.S. and into Canada and Alaska.

What are the general steps taken to be employed in such a role?
To become a distributor for Equine Challenge Supplements you need to have some type of career in the horse industry and work “hands on” with the horse.

Favourite horse memory?
I have too many to list just one. Getting calls and emails from happy customers informing me of how Equine Challenge has helped or saved their horse is always a happy memory.

Future goals?
To continue growing the company and helping horses near and far.

Best thing about your sport/profession?
Making horses lives better. I think this video from a satisfied customer sums it up!

Shine’s owner utilised Equine Challenge Lamina 911 after a pedal bone problem. This video has been provided to show the results after using Equine Challenge Lamina 911.

“Wherever man has left his foot prints in the long ascent from barbarism to civilization, we find the hoof print of a horse beside it.” – John Trotwood Moore

Pathway Manager Positions at Equestrian Australia

May 25, 2016 by Christine Meunier Leave a Comment

Looking for a career within the equestrian industry? More specifically, within Equestrian Australia? EA have three positions on offer currently. These are pathway manager for athletes, coaches and officials.

This role covers education of people qualified within Equestrian Australia. If you’re interested in checking out any of these roles, head along to the Positions Vacant page of the EA website.

Here’s a little of what is involved in being a pathway manager according to the EA position description:

To succeed in this role, you will:

create and implement education programs for all equestrian officials

including technical delegates, judges, stewards and course designers

drawing on industry expertise as required

Your focus will be on identifying and facilitating opportunities for officials to

continue their accreditation

gain the experience required to meet the standards set by the FEI.

Pathway Manager: do you want to Guide others in Equestrian Sports?

If you’re passionate about education within the equestrian industry, consider this role. If you have an equestrian background, this is looked upon favourably.

If you want to make a difference for education and accreditation within the horse riding industry, apply! Equestrian Australia is a large governing body for horse riding in Australia. Working in a role with EA will open many doors for the right individual.

Pathway Managers within any industry hold a great responsibility. They are to guide and educate many within that given industry. They can help to shape positive changes for the equestrian sport. They can better equip people to carry out their job and stay current in the industry.

A Pathway Manager within Equestrian Australia could do all of these things and more. Read through the position descriptions to see if there is a role fitting with your skills. Perhaps a new employment position is on the horizon?

“There are many wonderful places in the world, but one of my favorite places is on the back of my horse.” – Rolf Kopfle

Girl Perfect by Jo Jenkins

May 23, 2016 by Christine Meunier Leave a Comment

I recently downloaded Girl Perfect for free on Kindle. It was a quick and thoroughly enjoyable read. It was also unique to a lot of horse stories I have read.

Elin Cecilia Richards is 13 years of age. She is passionate about horses and a good rider. Horses are her escape. At school Elin is bullied and has always been because of her different appearance.

She was born with a cleft and had many operations from a young age to ‘fix’ her disfigurement. This left her with an ugly scar on her face, an unusual looking nose and mouth and a strange voice.

Consequently Elin chooses not to speak most of the time. She has become a mute as she explains to readers of Girl Perfect. It is only as the bullying reaches a new level in her French class that Elin erupts, speaking out against her tormentor.

This leads to a culmination of events that force Elin to continue to speak. As she finds herself amongst a new group of people at school, she questions if she can indeed speak out and continue to do so, to fit in.

Horses continue to be her escape and Elin finds solace in the friendship of one boy who rides with her. Sean accepts her different looks. He accepts her unusual voice. He enjoys spending time with her and she realises that with him, she feels truly accepted and comfortable.

Elin has two female friends at school. Although they have befriended her, they seemed to delight in others ridiculing her. They also strongly dislike Sean. It takes Elin a long time to realise who her true friends are and who she is herself.

Girl Perfect is a delightful horse story that focuses on someone with a physical difference. It cleverly highlights how humanity struggles with someone who is ‘different’ and the picture they consequently build up of themselves. The perceptions of others can greatly affect our perception of ourselves. Jo Jenkins has highlighted this beautifully in this short novel for teens.

Author: Jo Jenkins
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6473088.Jo_Jenkins
Fiction – teen
In My Library? Definitely!
Want it? Get it now at Amazon.

Equine Industry Advertising as a Career

May 20, 2016 by Christine Meunier Leave a Comment

Have you ever considered the idea of promoting advertising services? Perhaps those specifically within the equine industry? Equine industry advertising. You may otherwise consider this as marketing in the equine industry.

Equine Industry Advertising: who would you Employ?

Whatever way you want to look at it, horse businesses can make use of your services. The equine industry advertising expert will know horses and what horse people want. They will know how to best promote a product. They will have skills (or have access to people) in the areas of:

Graphic design
Wordsmith / copy writing
Ad layout design

Ideally they would have access to avenues to promote products and services within the horse industry. This could be through magazines, social media, online horse websites, local stock feed stores. The list goes on!

If you have a passion for advertising and know horses, then this may be an area worth pursuing. If you want to find out a little bit more about marketing within the equine industry, read one of the latest profiles on Equus Education. Profile On: Sophie Barrington, Archer Creative.

Within the equine world, many set ups are businesses. Whether it be breeding, nutrition, riding, racing, competition or something else horse related, all can benefit from good business marketing. Cue equine industry advertising. As long as you promote your niche well, you should look forward to picking up equine related clients. This should be easy as an effective marketer!

As with many businesses, as you gain clients and keep them happy, they will refer you on to their connections. Even if starting out part time, it would be quite possible to be working in the horse industry (and gaining contacts) and to pick up some casual marketing work through these contacts. Working in the industry in another way – e.g. as a stable hand – can help clients to recognise you in the industry. They will be more inclined to employ your services then.

“The horse moved like a dancer, which is not surprising. A horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because he moves as if he always hears music.” – Mark Helprin, A Winter’s Tale

Horse Property Planning and Development

May 18, 2016 by Christine Meunier Leave a Comment

I have recently finished reading Horse Property Planning and Development. This is the third book in the Equicentral System series by Jane and Stuart Myers of Equiculture. This is another must read for the horse owner who has land or plans to buy land for horses!

It is full of valuable information with regards to planning, permits, design and horse safety. Knowing how to best manage land so that horses are safe, healthy and happy should be the goal for all horse property owners.

This is another horse book that I would highly recommend to horse property owners due to its relevance and useful information. The topics covered in Horse Property Planning and Development include:

Horse housing/holding facilities – surfaced yards, shade and shelter, stables and other facilities
Fences and gates – safety, visibility, dimensions and fence types
Riding arenas and training yards – size and shape, surfaces, uses, lights and maintenance
Horse facility planning – making a plan, permits and budget, infrastructure, manure, water and vegetation planning and management
The Equicentral System

This book is made up of over 200 pages worth of invaluable information. It also provides references for where to go for more information. Local sources of information are suggested as well as further online reading on their Equiculture site.

As with the previous book in the series, for those who are limited with land, the Equicentral System is explained so that it can be implemented successfully by anyone. This is another book in the series that was an invaluable read to me. It is well worth purchasing.

Authors: Jane Myers and Stuart Myers
http://www.equiculture.com.au/
Non Fiction – horse management and land care
In My Library? Definitely!
Want it? Get it now at Amazon.

“The air of heaven is that which blows between a horse’s ears.” – Arabian Proverb

Profile On: Kathy, Equine Challenge Supplements

Pathway Manager Positions at Equestrian Australia

Girl Perfect by Jo Jenkins

Equine Industry Advertising as a Career

Horse Property Planning and Development

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