There are many horses these days that provide an income and/or livelihood for many people throughout the world. This could be via racing, competing in events like dressage, showjumping and cross country, polo ponies, stallions at stud and many more.

Consequently the need to insure against loss is rising and there are many insurance companies around that provide insurance in case of loss.

Consider you had a stallion that stood for $40,000 over the stud season and he covered a book of 100 mares. This is a $4,000,000 income over the space of about six months. If your stallion shuttled and bred in both hemispheres this income would double for the year. Now if your stallion is earning you millions a year, surely you’d want to insure against that loss.

If you have an interest in figures, horses and protecting people’s livelihood in regards to these gorgeous animals, perhaps bloodstock insurance is something worth looking into. A background in business, finance and insurance would help you to break into this industry.

”Studies show that the chance of claiming on a horse is 28 times greater than claiming on a house insurance policy.”

On the other side of things, you may want insurance to protect the property/business where your equine is kept.

Horse insurance:
http://www.fittonins.com.au/bloodstock.htm – Fittons Bloodstock Insurance
http://www.logans.com.au/ – Australian Horse Insurance Specialists
http://www.starhinsurance.com/ – East Coast and Texas offices
http://www.equipage.co.za/ – Equine Insurance in South Africa
http://www.petplanequine.co.uk/ – Horse insurance in the UK

“Horseperson’s Glossary… Rasp: Abrasive metal tool used to remove excess skin from knuckles.”

tag: bloodstock insurance, equine insurance

Before the Internet if we had something we wanted to write and more importantly that we believed others should or would want to read then it was a question of getting that piece or pieces in print and advertising the availability of the said information. So perhaps a large input (of time/money), for a small return (readers).

These days you can post on any given topic on the Internet and have 1000s, 10s of thousands or countless more view this information. If you have a passion for writing and more importantly, love to write fact filled pieces about horses then consider looking at EquinePost.com.

They are looking for people to write on a particular subject that they are an expert in and to provide pieces on a monthly basis. Although not paid work, this is a chance to get recognised as a writer for a particular field (perhaps dressage, breeding horses, western riding or a myriad of possibilities).  And, if you write on top of providing a service to the equine world then there is a chance to advertise your business to a unique 7,000 people that visit Equine Post each month.

For those of you familiar with affiliate programs and making money through banner/link advertising (which can be a great passive income once built up), there is a chance to make a profit from this as well as having your pieces read by many. Check out Equine Post if this appeals at all. You could just be the next expert everyone’s waiting to hear from.

“Horse Terminology… Flashy = White Socks.”

tag: writing, passive income, advertising services

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