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EP 11: Financing Your Horse Business

When It’s Time to Take the Leap

Whether you own your own farm or have dreams about it, this is an episode you want to listen to. Making money in the horse industry is tough. The good news, is that there is help you may not know exists. This week, Buck joins Helena to talk about loan programs available to equestrian businesses. Buck is an Economic Development specialist who works with entrepreneurs (yes, Ms. Horse Trainer… that’s you!) to help them get the financial and business support they need to start or grow their businesses. From farm purchases and arena construction, to tractors and new footing, these things are closer to reality than you think. Listen in!

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EP 6: Keeping the Grand Prix Dressage Horse

“Routines are important, not only for us, but they give great comfort to horses.”  – Nikki Alvin-Smith

Paul & Nikki Alvin-Smith of Willowview Hill Farm, are British international-level Grand Prix trainers who have successfully competed in Europe to scores over 72% at Grand Prix. This husband and wife team have also trained several horses of various breeds from birth to Grand Prix, and trained many students up through the ranks of dressage in their careers. While both have worked with more than a few icons in the dressage world, their training has been most influenced by their work with Olympic trainer, Raul de Leon, and Grand Master Herbert Rehbein, of Germany.

In this episode, I chat with Nikki Alvin-Smith about their dressage training program and how their farm stable routine supports their equine athletes at the highest level.

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New Vocations Thoroughbred Adoption
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EP 4: How OTTBs Get New Vocations

Thoroughbred racing has long been a part of American history, so has the unfortunate demise of thoroughbreds when they are no longer able to generate income for their owners. In response to the overwhelming numbers of ex-racing thoroughbreds headed to slaughter, New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program was founded, offering retired racehorses new opportunities for compassionate homes and suitable jobs. The program was so successful, that New Vocations is now the largest Offtrack Thoroughbred adoption program in the U.S. Recently, New Vocations completed construction of a brand new, state-of-the-art equestrian facility focused primarily on housing thoroughbreds in transition. Today’s episode is about how the design and buildout of that facility serves the New Vocations mission. My guest, Sarah Coleman, takes us through the step-by-step process that racehorses go through, from their first day off the track, to being ready for a new home. Listen in!

Episode Topic: Off-track thoroughbreds get re-trained and re-homed after transitioning at New Vocations in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Feature photo credit: EquiSport Photos

Guest: Sarah Coleman, New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program

You Can Help! A donation of any size can help New Vocations make a dent in the problem of horse slaughter in our country.  Click here to donate now.

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USPC Manuals D,C,B,HA,A
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EP 2: Best Practices in Horsekeeping

The best way to be safe around horses is to become an educated horse person and follow good safety practices. This is especially important in the stable, where our horses spend a lot of their time. Today’s guest is author, illustrator, and international clinician, Susan E. Harris. Susan wrote and illustrated all three U.S. Pony Club Manuals of Horsemanship – the closest thing the U.S. has to documented standards in care for horses. In this episode, Susan and Helena talk about, and expand upon, the essentials of horsekeeping that Susan wrote about as part of the USPC Horsemanship series, including:

  • What kind of fencing is best for horses?
  • Should you freak out about empty water tanks in turnout?
  • Is feeding hay on the floor or in a haynet better?
  • What kind of turnout regimen is best for the grand prix dressage horse? How about the backyard trail buddy?
  • How to prevent rainrot and lice in horses turned out “naturally.”
  • What’s up with the “Paddock Paradise” system, anyway?
  • All this and more in Episode 2 of Stall and Stable!

About Our Guest

Susan Harris is an international clinician, riding teacher, equestrian author and artist. She has taught all seats and styles of riding, and has trained, shown, and prepared horses and riders for competition in many equestrian disciplines. Susan has been active in training and establishing certification standards for American riding instructors since the l970’s. In 2004 she was honored as a Master Instructor by the American Riding Instructor Association.

A Senior Centered Riding Instructor and Clinician, Susan apprenticed with Sally Swift, the founder of Centered Riding®. Today, she teaches clinics in Centered Riding and “Anatomy in Motionâ„¢”, in which she paints the bones and muscles on a live horse. These innovative clinics have been popular attractions at equine expos and clinics around the world, including EquineAffaire,  Equitana Australia, the American Quarter Horse Congress, the George Morris Horsemastership Clinic at Wellington, FL, and others. It is an honor to get some time to chat with such a knowledgeable and enthusiastic horsewoman. Join us!

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Is barbed wire a good option for fencing?

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EP 1: Horizon Structures Backyard Barns

Building a barn in the backyard for our beloved horses is a dream for many horse owners. Waking up to nickers and neighs, choosing your own hay, and relishing in the comfort of knowing your horses are perfectly blanketed can be more than just a dream if we play our cards right and start planning now. In this episode, Jill Siragusa, Chief Marketing Officer for modular barn-building company, Horizon Structures, joins Helena to chat about the process of building one of their barns and what kinds of features we really need.