Horse Training Internships
"Long, Luxurious Manes and Tails!" Click the box below for more details!
horse training internships
Liz Graves Trainer Internship Program
Delaware Valley College – Equine Science Degrees
Delaware Valley College is located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania and is a four-year private nonprofit college that offers associate’s, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees in a variety different degree programs. Among the programs that are offered are Bachelor’s degrees in either Equine Science and Management or Equine Studies.
The Equine Science and Management degree program is perfect for students who have a passion for horses and enjoy working with broodmares, foals, yearlings, and stallions. Students who pursue this major will be able to find employment at different equine breeding and management facilities.
The Equine Science and Management program curriculum gives students the chance to take a variety of different courses from departments like liberal arts, basic science, and many professional courses that include:
· Stable Management
· Equine Health Management
· Equine Breeding
· Equine Anatomy
· Equine Physiology
· Yearling Horse Management
· Mare and Foal Management
· Equine Business Management
The wide variety of courses that students are required to complete will ensure that graduates are well rounded and well educated professionals in the equine breeding and production field. Graduates of the Equine Science and Management program have many career options to choose from and 99% of graduates find employment within six months of completion of the program. Students have gone into agribusiness, education, equine production, and some have even found employment with the government.
Graduates are most sought after by the equine industry as stallion managers, foaling managers, farm managers, breed association representatives, livestock specialist, and nutritional consultants. Students will also be able to find employed with feed manufactures, pharmaceutical companies, and veterinary supply companies. There are also graduates who choose to be involved with FFA and 4-H program and also teach at high schools and vocational programs.
Students may also choose to pursue a four year degree in general Equine Studies. This program will prepare students for a variety of different management positions in different equestrian facilities and include:
· Breeding Facilities
· Horse Show Management
· Business Management and Marketing
· Riding
· Driving
· Teaching
· Training
· Sales and Distribution
Equine Studies majors will have to pay additional cost over the regular tuition to cover the operational costs of maintaining the schools 48 horses that are used by the program. Students are also provided the opportunity to participate in an internship. This will help to familiarize the student with the facility and the program to insure that the students are going to be successful.
Delaware Valley College has an excellent equine facility located on the campus the Equestrian Center consists of:
· 84 x 280 foot indoor arena with an elevated viewing area
· 48 stalls
· Hay barn
· Paddocks
· 120 x 90 foot outdoor show arena
· Round pen
· Cross county jumps
· Network of trails
· Breeding barn
· Breeding shed
· Laboratory
· Open pastures for turn out
The Equestrian Center is an Official Approved British Horse Society Establishment and meets international standards for safety, horse care and instruction.
Students may also join the Delaware Valley College Equestrian Team. The team is a member of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) and competes in Zone 3, Region 2. Students may compete in hunt seat and stock seat shows against other students from different universities in the same zone and region. The hunt seat team has earned High Point Team and has been Reserve Champions for the last three seasons. The hunt seat coach, Cory Kieschnick, has earned the Coach of the Year award in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
For more great information please visit and bookmark our reference links below so you will have them handy for future reference.
Thanks for taking the time to tell your friends about our sites.
HorseChitChat.com
About the Author
Ron Petracek was raised in Southern Idaho with horses and the great outdoors. With this continued passion He now shares through a a vast equine network. Learn more by clicking the links below.
Amazing Equine Network System – Buy Sell or trade anything equine related. Get More Horse Classified coverage and distribution with less cost and work.
Horse internships for HS students?
I have been involved with horses for eight years, and have eight horses of my own with two in foal. I run a Tennessee Walker breeding farm, I’m a senior in high school, and I plan to attend the University of Louisville in the fall to major in equine industry.
I have some time from the beginning of the year until mid May that I would like to devote to some sort of horse internship. I have two mares foaling in mid June, and I’m training a mare until December, but the between time is going to be completely free. I am homeschooled, so I am willing to travel a decent amount to get to it (I’m in Georgia) and it will not interrupt my schooling.
Does anyone know of a horse internship that is open to HS students? I find a lot of overseas ones, but I would like to stay in the southeast US. I have a great deal of experience in many aspects of the horse industry, and I’m willing to muck stalls for a month (I do it daily anyway!), repair fences, etc.
Thanks!
Well …. Since you’re planning on coming to Kentucky, you should check out the Kentucky Equine Humane Center. It’s on the border of Nicholasville and Lexington Kentucky. I just completed an internship there this summer and had a blast. To stay on the farm, you have to work at least 15-20 hours a week. That it. Pretty sweet deal if you ask me. You can do anything and everything. Stalls, fences, watering tanks, inventory, office work, grooming, riding, training, etc. I still continue to volunteer now. I train green and non-broke horses mainly. They’re my “projects”. Since you have horse experience, you’ll probably do just that … working hands on with the horses to make them more adoptable. Thats what I did.
But seriously if you’re interested, you can contact me (Mikhail), Lori (Director), Jennifer(Farm Manager) or just check out the website.
www.kyehc.org
Mikhail: (859) 559-7332
Lori: (859) 881-5849
Jennifer: (859) 327-2466
I can’t even begin to tell you how much fun this place is. Its my home away from home. I’m a pre-vet student at UK right now and when the vets come out to the farm, I get to work right along side them. Pretty awesome hands on experience … which is what I like. This is so exciting. I’m sure you’ll have a BLAST!!!!!
Bringing Home Your New Baby. What’s Next? You’ve made it! After all the frustration and false hopes you’ve finally found the right horse, and he’s coming home tomorrow! You can’t wait to show him off to your friends who’ll see how wonderful he is to ride. Boy, are they going to be amazed! No, they’re not: because you’re not going to ride him tomorrow. Or the next day, or the rest of the week. The tricky thing to understand about horse riding, for beginners, is that a horse needs time to adjust to his new home.... Click here to read the rest of the article: Horse Reins
