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Horse Rider’s Mechanic Workbook 2: Your Balance

March 7, 2016 by Christine Meunier Leave a Comment

You can read the review of Horse Rider’s Mechanic Workbook 1: Your Position, here.

Horse Rider's Mechanic Workbook 2: Your Balance
Horse Rider’s Mechanic Workbook 2: Your Balance

Jane Myers of Equiculture publishing has released another practical and helpful guide to improving your balance as a rider. Split into exercises for the walk, trot and canter, Horse Rider’s Mechanic Workbook 2 provides easy explanations, enough detail to carry out exercises, details of the benefits of doing them and helpful diagrams to further illustrate points.

The second book in this series, Your Balance is a book that will aid all horse riders. It is set out in a practical manner, starting with exercises at the walk that progress in difficulty. As you achieve one exercise, you are encouraged to move onto the next. These exercises are then followed by ones to be carried out at the trot and finally canter exercises.

Throughout the book there are references to articles provided on the HRM website for further reading and clarification.

Your Balance would be of great benefit to any rider wanting to improve their riding and their horse’s responsiveness. It would be particularly beneficial to someone who is teaching horse riding, as it provides practical, short lessons that can be consistently applied to help others improve. Highly recommended.

Author: Jane Myers
http://www.equiculture.com.au/
Non Fiction – horse riding
In My Library? It is indeed!
Want it? Get it now at Amazon.

“I’ve spent most of my life riding horses. The rest I’ve just wasted.” – Author Unknown

Filed Under: Education, Horse Books

Horse Lover’s Math

March 2, 2016 by Christine Meunier 2 Comments

I thought I had already posted about this, but can’t seem to find any proof of it on Equus Education!  I wanted to tell you about a great initiative, Horse Lover’s Math:

Are you looking for fun, educational content for horse crazy kids?  Check out Horse Lover’s Math (HLM).

It has been my idea to create horse related resources over at TeachersPayTeachers – even resources for general skills like mathematics.  As a horse fanatic, I would have loved resources at school that were horse focused whilst teaching me the skills I needed to learn!

Horse Lover's Math Club Membership Card
Horse Lover’s Math Club Membership Card

Engaging Students at Horse Lover’s Math

Horse Lover’s Math is set up to help teachers and parents engage their horse crazy children who may not be so fond of math.  There are varying math levels covered for school aged children.

There are heaps of horse related articles with corresponding math questions.  There is also a place where students can check their answers.  Consider the likes of a horse’s weight, fitting a rug, height in hands and measuring out feeds.  If it involves horses and maths, chances are it’s been covered on the HLM site!  On top of this, horse related math products can be purchased in the HLM store – a great idea and an incredible horse related niche that can be turned into a career!

As well as free resources and those you can purchase, you can also subscribe as a member to the site.  This is just another way to add value for visitors and to also generate income for the creator!

“A dog may be man’s best friend…but the horse wrote history.” – Author Unknown

Filed Under: Business, Education

Profile On: Shireen Timmis, Equine Behaviourist

February 7, 2016 by Christine Meunier Leave a Comment

Shireen and her Ex-Racer, Jazz

Shireen Timmis from Project Equine was kind enough to answer some questions about her role as an Equine Behaviourist.

How much of your day/week is related to horses?
Pretty much my entire life revolves around horses or running (much to my poor boyfriend’s dismay!) Although winter is supposed to be quiet as most people turn their horses away, I am very busy with paperwork and poo picking!

What is it exactly that you do?
My fancy scientific job title is Equine Ethologist. That’s someone who studies the science of equine behaviour. So in short I am an equine behavioural consultant.
I offer my clients clear and individual advice on working with issues and I work with all issues and all types of horses: from loading issues, to helping severely damaged horses recover. I offer a very individual service as I believe that each horse-human partnership is different.
I will also be a fully qualified IHRA (Intelligent Horsemanship Recommended Associate) by the end of the year and am currently in the process of becoming an independently registered equine nutritionist.

Shireen and a Client’s Horse, Jack

In this field of work, is it possible to be a full time professional and earning a liveable income?
It is, and if working with horses is something that you really want to do, then I’d definitely advise you do it. However, it is a lot of hard work and it will take many years to build up your business to a point where it is possible to live solely off the income you make, but it is extremely rewarding.

What are the general steps taken to be employed in such a role?
For me, I have full honours in two Equine Science based degrees. However, the best thing for me was gaining industry experience and industry related qualifications.
I am obsessed with learning and knowledge so as well as reading everything I could possibly get my hands on, I’ve worked with some of the top people in their sector of the equine industry and I am working towards getting every relevant qualification I can. The best things for me are the degrees that I hold as I have a scientific background which enhances the work I do.

Favourite horse memory?
That’s a difficult one as I have so many! Over the summer I worked with a lovely racehorse who had not had the best of starts, and he was terrified of everything and everyone. He used to huddle in the back of his box and shiver if anyone came near him and he hated his ears being touched.
I worked with him for about three weeks and by the end of it I could tack him up and play with his ears. He even started to put his head over the door and whicker every time he saw me which was very rewarding!

Shireen Timmis

Future goals?
Business wise I’d really like my company to become truly international as although we already do a lot of work in this country and Ireland I’d like to branch out further into Europe and America. I’d also like to have a series of yards throughout the UK so we can offer an immediate service to anyone who requires it.

Best thing about your sport/profession?
Best thing about being an Equine Behaviourist is that the difference we make is very obvious. You can see the changes happening, sometimes it happens very slowly, but eventually you reach the end goal and it’s so rewarding to see a partnership between horse and rider blossom at the end of it.

“All horses deserve, at least once in their lives, to be loved by a little girl.” – Author Unknown

Filed Under: Career, Education, Profile On

7 Day Startup Challenge

January 13, 2016 by Christine Meunier Leave a Comment

Hi everyone!

If you’re planning to (or thinking about) starting your equine business this year, then why not join in the free event, the 7 Day Startup Challenge?

Starting January 19, this free event is designed for entrepreneurs to help them launch their business idea in 7 days!  Sometimes all we need is a little push from people in the know.  Of course, free resources help, too!

Check it out.

“Half the failures in life result from pulling in one’s horse when it is leaping.” – Author Unknown

Filed Under: Career, Education, Free Resource

Sable Island Horse Project

January 8, 2016 by Christine Meunier Leave a Comment

A friend recently suggested I might like to check out the Sable Island Horse Project on Facebook.  She was right!

I have previously written about equine preservation in Mongolia.  The idea of travelling here and taking part fascinates me!  A study is currently being carried out on the feral horses of Sable Island.  As it says on their website:

Sable Island is a 49 km-long, crescent-shaped sand bar located 160 km off the east coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. Renowned for its windswept and grass-covered dunes, wild horses, and shipwrecks, Sable Island is as unique in character as it is in biological diversity.

The study is on the ecology of the island and these feral horses in particular.  If you have an interest in this area and perhaps are looking for a Ph. D. project, check out the details.

“Half the failures in life result from pulling in one’s horse when it is leaping.” – Author Unknown

Filed Under: Education, Travel

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