New training courses for the new year
By on 16th-Jan-2014
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If the new year’s diet has already failed and you’ve yet to step inside the gym, how about making a resolution to expand your equestrian knowledge?
Equine nutrition
Saracen Horse Feeds and the British Horse Society have joined forces to provide a training series on equine nutrition.
The course has four separate modules, which will be presented by Lizzie Drury, the senior nutritionist at Saracen Horse Feeds who helps keep the likes of Valegro and Uthopia on winning form.
Informed decisions
Topics include feeding the performance horse and the nutritional requirements for youngstock. The sessions, which run from March to June, will be held at the BHS headquarters at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire, and are £25 per module or free if you are a BHS registered groom.
According to Fiona Lawrence, the head groom for Carl Hester and ambassador for the BHS grooms register, the courses are "invaluable".
“Being able to make informed decisions about feeding and nutrition is essential for any horse owner and a must for professional grooms," she said. "It is our job to keep top level sports horses in peak health and condition. Knowing how to spot warning signs, knowing which type of feed will suit a particular horse or just how much to give will make looking after the horse a much easier job.”
For more information or to book a place please email the BHS training department.
Vet taster course
Meanwhile, the University of Edinburgh is running a five-week taster course to give prospective vets an idea of what it is like to study veterinary medicine.
The online course consists of five lectures, each around one hour long, providing general information on the profession, as well as an introduction to body systems, basic animal care, and veterinary professional and clinical skills.
‘Do you have what it takes to be a veterinarian?’ is free and takes place in May. You simply need tosign up and get studying.
