Laura

I completed a course in conformation judging. I have over 8 years of management experience. I have 22 years of experience handling and caring for horses.

Maintaining relationships with customers Managing and training a team of workers Supply ordering and stocking Administrative work including sales analysis and performance analysis paperwork

I have been working with horses since 2000. I grew up on a farm and around 2005 we had horses. I was the main caregiver. I have experience training horses, working with vets to give medical care, and teaching others basic equine knowledge. I have taught small classes on how to tack and groom a horse. I also have experience in judging conformation. I have also taught several horses new skills including, teaching jumping, transitioning a cart race horse to basic English riding, and teaching a polo horse to be ridden in western style. I have also owned and worked with a visually disabled horse who went on to work in a therapeutic program before being retired. For many years I would go to events with a horse to provide pony rides focusing on the safety of the horse and the children.

Cleaning fields and stalls Grooming Cleaning tack Teaching groups basic equine knowledge Handling difficult horses

I started on experienced horses as a child and ended up on slightly green horses or horses that I had to transfer to a different discipline. One was a pony who had barely any training. She was only taught to walk and trot for children to ride. I taught here cantering, jumping, and dressage so that she was able to perform in shows and compete. Another was a retired Standardbred cart racer. She had never been ridden. Basically, I started from scratch with her. I also trained a half blind horse.

I have competed in basic English and western competitions which included but was not limited to conformation, dressage, jumping, and barrel racing.