EQUS 349 - Horse Sales Preparation I

V 1-4 Credit(s) up to 3 times

In this knowledge-based course, the student will take the fundamentals of previous classes and put the techniques to use towards preparing a young horse for a sale. Students will receive a young horse to use for this course. Students will learn techniques for safely handling and restraining horses, including difficult or untrained horses. Also these techniques will be presented to a young horse which includes gentling, haltering, starting under saddle, grooming, conditioning, and presenting a horse at a competition and sale. Students will develop and execute a preparation/ conditioning plan for their sale horse during this course. Lectures, discussions, videos, live horse demonstrations and hands-on labs with live horses will be utilized to promote proper preparation, grooming, clipping, braiding, and conditioning techniques.

Prerequisite(s): EQUH 351 c/I and signature from course instructor