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Contact Katie Hodges, 802-985-4944 ext. 401 or katie@morganhorse.com

Breeding

  • Choosing the right mare/stallion for your horse

  • To geld or not to geld?

  • Pedrigrees

  • Conformation

  • How to run a successful breeding program

 

Horse Shows: Officials, Photography and Rules

  • Learning to become a judge

  • How to become a horse show photographer

  • How to be involved with show office

  • How to be a ringmaster or show steward

  • Understanding the rules, rule changes, etc.

 

The Business Behind a Barn

  • Running a successful lesson program

  • Maintaining a successful business in your barn

  • Managing finances; determining board, lesson, and other costs for boarders

  • Tips for setting boundaries and having tough conversations with clients

 

Disciplines

  • Barrel Racing, Cutting, and other working western events

  • Carriage Driving and carriage obstacles

  • Dressage

  • Equitation and lunge lessons

  • Eventing

  • Gymkhanas

  • In Hand

  • Hunter Paces

  • Hunter Over Fences / Hunter on the Flat

  • Hunter Pleasure

  • Competitive Trail and Endurance Riding/Driving

  • Parade classes

  • Park harness and pleasure driving

  • Recreational riding

  • Road Hack

  • Roadster

  • Saddleseat: Park, English Pleasure, Classic

  • Showmanship

  • Trail

  • Western Dressage

  • Western Pleasure

 

Safety

  • For your barn

  • For trail rides or riding alone

  • Helmets, reflective vests, and protective gear

  • Around mistreated or difficult horses

  • Trailers and transportation – loading/unloading, types of trailers, where to put the horse, and more
     

Horse Health, dental, and farrier care

  • Learn to become a farrier

  • Questions about shoes, bands, length and weight of foot, and more.

  • First Aid

  • Floating teeth

  • Chiropractors, Massages, Acupuncture and other therapy for horses

  • Colic

 

Creating a work routine for your horse

  • Chains and other aids

  • Lunging, bitting a horse, long lining
     

Health and Wellness for Riders

  • Physical wellbeing: Exercises, yoga, weight training healthy diets and nutrition tips, what to eat before a class, staying hydrated

  • Mental wellbeing: Staying focused, managing nerves, practicing positive thinking, Meditation, thinking about your class and warm up ring, planning ahead, setting realistic goals 
     

Grooming

  • Body clipping, grooming techniques, horse show prep, and more.

 

Attire and Presentation

  • Show clothes

  • Style tips

  • How to make your own clothes

  • Where to shop or buy clothes

  • Clothes and boots for all weather

  • Hair, braiding and buns

 

Equestrian Art

  • Paintings, sculpture, photography, drawings, and more.

 

Therapeutic Riding Programs

  • Benefits of therapeutic riding, where to find a program, etc.

 

Training

  • Breaking a horse to saddle or drive

  • Fixing bad behaviors

  • Amateur owned, trained, and shown

 

Tack and Equipment

  • Choosing the right saddle

  • Choosing the right bit

 

The Morgan Horse Magazine

  • Placing Ads

  • Graphic Design

  • Writing for The Morgan Horse Magazine

 

Open Competition

 

Rescuing and Rehabilitating Horses

 

Youth Clubs

 

Pathways

 

Ranch Horse Network


Caring for your older horse

 

Foals, weanlings and young horses

 

How to join the Board or a Committee of AMHA


Buying and selling horses


Keeping horses at home


Choosing the right boarding facility


Careers with horses


Horse Insurance

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