Whether planning on running your own business with a number of horses, planning to manage someone else’s or you’re working in the office of a horse property, it’d be worthwhile to consider how records are kept in relation to horses, events, treatments and of course finance.

If you already have a working software – brilliant! If not, it’d be worth looking around at what’s available to you. I’ve recently stumbled across EquineMax 2006 and have just downloaded a free trial to have a play with and the program is easy to use/navigate and seems to cover the events you’d need to record to stay on top of your business.

You can keep track of multiple horses, their breeding, purchase date, birth date, pedigrees up to five generations, colours and markings, class of horses (mare, gelding, stallion, colt, filly), whether they’ve been bred, forms of identification, training history, treatments and more. For the business there is information on acquisitions, sales, marketing, nominations, a calendar, other finances and the ability to print reports.

If you don’t know how to use a program like this but are considering going into a job that would require, I suggest shopping around and trying out a few different ones so that you can offer this information to future employees and already know your way around the program.

You can request a free trial of EquineMax at http://www.equinemax.com/free-equine-software-trial.asp. Your computer will need to have:
Operating System Windows 95/98/2000/Me/NT/XP/Vista or Mac with VirtualPC or Parallel
Computer Pentium 133MHz or better
Monitor SVGA (minimum of 800×600)
Memory minimum of 32MB RAM (higher is recommended)
Hard Disk Space 20MB hard disk space

Of course, this isn’t the only software available to horse owners:
– http://www.rendaivu.com/ offers equine management software online without having to download anything.

There are many others and if you’re seriously considering software for the management of your business, ask around and find out what others are using and if it works for them or is lacking something.

“Horse Terminology… Reluctant = Sale Comes with Title Deeds to Sydney Harbor Bridge.”

tag: equine software, self education, career, property management

EasyCare.inc are looking for a Graphic Design Specialist. Check out http://www.easycareinc.com/Newsroom/press_releases/graphic_designer.aspx if you have a passion for website design, are familiar with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Dreamweaver as well as Microsoft Office and you have at least two years experience in Web Design.

EasyCare provide a great range of products that I have seen make a massive difference for a top Endurance Racer in South Africa and heard the benefits of from others.

An interest in horses is considered a bonus for the position so if you have this combined with Web Design experience and you’re looking for a position that sounds like this, you’ll want to take a look at their site and the ad. You can visit the EasyCare website at http://www.easycareinc.com/

“Horse terminology: Endurance Prospect = Fast Horse which will turn sometimes.”

tag: easyboot, online jobs, endurance riding, website design

I went down to the Melbourne Premier II Sales on Thursday as I had the day off and will rarely pass up an opportunity to catch up with friends that I studied with in 2003/4 that are still in the industry and friends and colleagues I’ve gained along the way.

My boss from Larneuk Stud was putting a couple of yearling fillies through the sale also and it was great to be able to see them after an eight week prep – I’d only dealt with them in the paddock during the breeding season.

If you’re looking for stud work, consider checking out the studs in Euroa as there’s a dozen or so horse properties around the town. Larneuk Stud is one that is on the lookout for an extra pair of hands for weaning and the following breeding season. I heard through the grapevine at the sales that Blue Gum Farm are also looking.

How wrong can you go by emailing a few of the studs in the area with your resume? Worth a look if you have experience with horses and are looking for a place in the Thoroughbred industry.

“Horse terminology: thoroughbred type = looks terrified.”

tag: australia, thoroughbred stud season, diploma, horse stud, horse sales, thoroughbreds, Melbourne Premier Sales