school of equine management excellence - calendar 2014

MAY 2014

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 28 29

30

1

PUBLIC HOLIDAY Worker’s Day

2

3

4

5

6

7

PUBLIC HOLIDAY – NATIONAL ELECTION AND

VOTING DAY

8

PRACTICAL PRE-TRAINING DIVISION

9

PRACTICAL PRE-TRAINING DIVISION

10

Cape students arrive today (PMB)

11

Samson arrives from Sharon Patterson

Racing

12

INTRODUCTION AND ORIENTATION

PRACTICAL SESSION –

STABLES (Michael)

13

Anatomy of Leg and foot (Almiray)

(Summerhill Conference)

14

PRACTICAL – PRE-TRAINING, WEANLINGS

AND MARES


15

Paddock observations, horse behaviour, colours and identifying markings,

feeding worksheet PRACTICAL

PRE-TRAINING DIVISION (Summerhill Conference)

16

FARRIER

WORKSHOP (Peter Strong & Steve

Cochrane)


17

Weekend – ON DUTY

18

Weekend – ON DUTY

19 THE BASICS:

Horse Behaviour

Colours and markings

Points of the Horse PRACTICAL SESSION – SELECTION OF YEARLINGS

20

Bandages and blankets

Common Diseases and ailments

Basic Veterinary Care

BANDAGING PRAC ANNET BECKER

21

PRACTICAL SESSION

Feeding

Grooming

Bedding

22

PRACTICAL SESSION

BANDAGING PRACTICE Study

23

ASSESSMENT

Worksheets to be handed in – paddock and feeding

observations, farrier worksheets

24

Racing at Scottsville – Festival of Speed

25

Weekend off

26

PRACTICAL SESSION Practical Horsemanship

Health and safety

Stable Management

Horse Transportation

27 PRACTICAL SESSION

The Horse at Grass

Bedding

Fly Control

28

PRACTICAL SESSION Routine Care

Parasite Control

Waste Management

29

PRACTICAL SESSION

The Stable Yard

Basic Computer skills

30

PRACTICAL ESSION

Infectious Diseases


31

Weekend ON

JUNE 2014

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1

Weekend ON

2

PRACTICAL SESSION


Email and Gmail account

3

PRACTICAL SESSION

Basic Nutrition

Feed composition Ration formulation

4

PRACTICAL SESSION

Tack and Saddlery – Tarryn Liebenberg

5

PRACTICAL SESSION

Bandaging practical sessions – Storm Clark

6

PRACTICAL SESSION

Equine Pharmacology

Parasite control Dr Allen Bechard

7

Weekend off

8

Weekend off

9

Body Condition Scoring

Horse Weight Management

GROUP PROJECT STABLE DESIGN


Conformation Evaluation and pinhooking

Tarryn

11 PRACTICALS & WORKSHEETS

Pastures Mark and Simon

12

PRACTICAL SESSION

Study

13

ASSESSMENT

14

Weekend ON

15

Weekend ON

16

PUBLIC HOLIDAY Youth Day

17

PRACTICAL SESSION – Stallions Computers and projects

18

PRACTICAL SESSION Stallions Computers & projects

19 PRACTICAL SESSION Mares and weanlings Computers and projects

20

PRACTICAL SESSION Showing evaluation

Computers & projects

21

Weekend off

22

Weekend off


Showing yearlings (Tarryn)


Showing yearlings (Tarryn)

25

PRACTICAL SESSION Sales Preparation

Yearlings, Broodmares and foals

26 PRACTICALSESSION

Wound Management

Emergency care (Annet)

27

STABLE CLEANING AND GROOMING

ASSESSMENT

28

Weekend ON

29

KZN BREEDERS RACE DAY - CLAIRWOOD

30

PRACTICAL SESSION Showing yearlings, mares and weanlings (Annet,Ilze, Tarryn)

JULY 2014

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 29

KZN BREEDERS RACE

DAY - Greyville

30

Stallion handling

1 KZN YEARLING SALE

2

KZN YEARLING SALE

3

KZN YEARLING SALE

4

KZN YEARLING SALE

5

VODACOM DURBAN JULY

6

STALLION DAY

7

8 9 KZN Mare/Weanling/ HIT/Fillies Sale

10

PROJECTS

11

PROJECTS

12

Weekend off

13

Weekend off

14

Anatomy and physiology

15


16


17

Anatomy – dissection

Pastures – practical lecture

18 PROJECTS 14H00 – Bandaging Prac

19

Weekend on

20

Weekend on

21 Stable Design Presentations

22

WEANLING DIVISION Riding Anatomy and physiology Revision

23 WEANLING DIVISION Anatomy and physiology Revision

24

WEANLING DIVISION Riding Anatomy and physiology Revision

25 Joint Research and Pinhooking projects due ANATOMY AMAZING RACE

26

GOLD CUP G1 Racing at Greyville

Suite 2J

27

Weekend off

28

WEANLING DIVISION DOUBLE PRAC

29

WEANLING DIVISION DOUBLE PRAC

30

WEANLING DIVISION 11H00 - Asian Young Guns

Workshop at the School

31

11H00 – Asian Young Guns

Workshop

AUGUST 2014

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Asian Young Guns Workshop

31 Asian Young Guns Workshop

1

WEANLINGS

2

Racing – Clairwood ASIAN YOUNG GUNS

3

WEEKEND ON DUTY WEANLING DIVISION (SIMON TO AGRIC)

4 WEANLINGS

Prep for breeding season

Foaling

5

WEANLINGS

Dystocia

6

WEANLINGS

Equine Neonatal care

7

WEANLINGS

8

WEANLINGS

Anatomy - reproduction Revision

9

PUBLIC HOLIDAY National Women’s Day

10

11 MARES AND FOALS

Introduction to Racehorse training

12 MARES AND FOALS

Racehorse training continued Worksheets and projects

13

MARES AND FOALS Racehorse training continued

14

MARES AND FOALS

Racehorse training continued

15

ASSESSMENT Anatomy

16

WEEKEND ON DUTY MARE AND FOAL

DIVISION (SIMON TO AGRIC)

17


DIVISION (SIMON TO AGRIC)

18

MARES AND FOALS

19

MARES AND FOALS REVISION AND STUDY TIME

20

MARES AND FOALS REVISION AND STUDY TIME

21

FIELD TRIP Summerveld & Gold Circle – race programming

22 ASSESSMENT Reproduction

23

24

25

PRACTICAL SESSION EQUINE

REPRODUCTION

26

MARES AND FOALS

27

MARES AND FOALS

28

MARES AND FOALS

29

Stallion care

Teasing and documentation

Stud Administration and records

30


DIVSION

SEPTEMBER 2014

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 31


1

BROODMARE AND FOAL DIVISION

Personal Development

13H30 Russell Morkel

Leadership

Motivation and retention

2

BROODMARE DIVISION 14h00 Annet

Introduction to Pedigree Analysis

Mare data base project

3


4

Enterprise Skills

Running a successful business (Mick 14H00-15H00)

The Business Plan

Business Communication

5


6

7

8

BROODMARE AND FOAL

DIVISION

9

FIRST AID COURSE

LEVEL I (at SOE)

10

FIRST AID COURSE LEVEL I

(at Stud Office)

11

Business and social etiquette (Linda) 14H00

Equine administration and records (Michelle 15H00)

12

BROODMARE AND FOAL

DIVISION

13

14

15

STALLIONS/BROODMARE DVISION

REVISION AND PREPARATION FOR PRESENTATIONS

16

Finance

Finance for non-financial managers

Funding, loans and banking

17 Overview – The

Thoroughbred Industry

Sales Conditions

Sales Consignments

Business ethics and auctions

Bloodstock valuation

Bloodstock and Sales Agency

18

Finance cont.

Budgets and Management Accounts

Financial Statements

19

Personal Development

Human Resource Management

Health and Safety

20

21

22


REVISION AND

PREPARATION FOR PRESENTATIONS

23


REVISION AND

PREPARATION FOR PRESENTATIONS

24

Marketing and advertising

Website Development

Equine Photography

25

Equine Photography continued….

26


REVISION AND PREPARATION FOR PRESENTATIONS

27

28 29

PRESENTATIONS & INTERVIEWS

DINNER AT HARTFORD

30

COURSE CLOSES

WEEKEND DATES TO DIARISE

Saturday 24 May 2014 – Racing at Scottsville Festival of Speed Sunday 29 June 2014 – Racing at Greyville – KZN Breeders Race day Saturday and Sunday 5 & 6 July 2014 – Vodacom Durban July and Stallion Day Monday and Tuesday 7-8 July – Winter Workshop – specialist lecture programme at School Saturday 26 July 2014 – Racing at Greyville – Ladbrokes Gold Cup

school of equine management excellence - calendar 2014

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