Horse Care Part 2

Overview

Aims of the Horse Care Part 2 course from Warnborough College

• Evaluate different types of horse feeds.

• Explain the use of food supplements/additives including: *tonics *tempters *salts.

• Describe the feeding programs of horses, for different purposes, including: *horses living outside *horses with different workloads *ponies *mares in foal *old horses *sick horses.

• Compare the effect of three different diets on the same breed of horse, studied over a two month period.

• Compare the different ways to keep horses, including: *barns *stalls *stables/loose boxes *combined systems.

• Explain the purpose of the different parts of a specified stable complex.

• Describe three routine stable tasks, including mucking out.

• Develop a checklist for assessing the design of a stable.

• Evaluate a specific stable against the assessment checklist you developed.

• Plan a stable routine for a specified horse, in a specified stable.

• Explain why bedding is necessary for domesticated horses.

• Compare alternative bedding systems, including different drainage and absorbent systems.

• Describe the bedding chores carried out in a specified horse care situation.

• Recommend an appropriate bedding system for two different specified situations.

• Collect four examples of bedding material suitable for use by a racing horse in a stable.