Major:

Class:

A.A.S. Equine Science

Senior

Place of Employment:

Address:

Pine Meadow Farm

4006 90^th St.
Delano, MN  55328

Dates of Internship: June 6^th – August 17^th 2000

Name of Supervisor:  Cathy Belzer & Jennifer
                                    Schuck

Phone Number:  612-972-9116

Job Title:  Working Student, Groom

Job Responsibilities:
Grooming Horses, Cleaning Tack, and Helping load and unload the trailer for horse shows, doing other little chores.

 Summarize Your Experience:
I had a great time at their stable and I highly recommend that anyone looking for hands on experience with horses to work here. They helped me with anything I didn’t understand.

What I liked about the job:
I learned a whole lot more about the horse industry

What I disliked about the job:
It was a lot of hard work

Areas that I need to learn more about:
Equine Business or Companies, Sales

Major:  Equine Industries Management

Class:  Senior

Place of Employment:  Cypress Trails a.k.a. Cypresswood Stables

Address:   21415 Cypresswood Dr.
                 Humble, TX  77338

Dates of Internship: May 14, 2000- August 24, 2000

Name of Supervisor:  Darolyn Butler-Dial

Phone Number:  (281)446-2232

Job Title:  Wrangler

Job Responsibilities: 
Overseeing and participating to be sure daily duties are completed: chores, medical treatments, and other priority projects that go along with the weeks activities.  Training horses, teaching riding lessons and guiding trail rides were also part of my daily schedule.  I was also responsible for making each day’s riding schedule the night before.  The month of August, Darolyn was in France training and competing for the World Championship Endurance Ride.  I co-managed the farm with a seniority worker.  We both had a lot more responsibility that month.  Additional responsibilities at that time include ordering feed and hay, making appointments with farriers and veterinarians as needed, and taking care of the borders needs.

Summarize Your Experience:
My experience was unmatchable.  There is nothing I can imagine that will ever match the stress, excitement, challenge, or joy that I had everyday.  It was a very beautiful, enchanting place to work.  It was also a very high energy, high stress atmosphere. 

What I liked about the job:
I enjoyed giving riding lessons the most.  A lot of my students had only been on a horse a handful of times.  By the end of the summer three of my students competed in their first endurance races.  I also enjoyed guiding trail rides which allowed me to share my love of horses and the trail with others.

What I disliked about the job:
It would be hard to keep up that energy level for a long period of time (longer than 4 months).  This job required a lot of duties to be done in a day that only has so many hours.  There were about 4 days throughout the summer that I was unable to complete because of heat exhaustion or simply exhaustion.  By the end of my internship experience I was burned out.

Areas that I need to learn more about: 
I would like to learn more about feeds and feeding. I want to understand what various performance horses need according to the stress they experience during training.  I would also like to learn more about exercise physiology in horses.  I would like to learn how to analyze how much time a performance horse needs to recover between workouts.  This would greatly help maximize training.

Major:

Class:

Equine Industries Management

Sophomore

Place of Employment:

Address: 

Benvelle Equestrian Center

Rt. 2, Box 37-B
Pequot Lakes, MN 56472

Dates of Internship: 

May 10, 2000 to August 12, 2000

Name of Supervisor:

Phone Number:

Job Title:

Briana Visser

218-568-4826

Stable hand

Job Responsibilities:
Training horses, guiding trail rides, giving lessons, chores, camps, maintenance, & customer service

Summarize Your Experience:
My experience at Benvelle Equestrian Center was very good.  I learned a lot of things in many areas of the equine business that I had never experienced before. 

What I liked about the job:
I liked being able to experience many areas within the equine industry.  I also liked the living arrangements, so I didn’t have to drive to work everyday.  I also got to keep my horses there at half-price.

What I disliked about the job: 
I wish I had gotten more instruction about training during the time that I was training horses. 

Major:  Equine Industries Management

Class:  Senior

Place of Employment: Merry Mac Farm

Address:   211^th Ave. N.W.
                 Elk River, MN  55303

Dates of Internship: May 6^th—August 6^th 2000

Name of Supervisor: Gene and Pam Lelm

Phone Number:  (763) 441- 1898

Job Title:  Assistant Trainer and Manager

Job Responsibilities:  Completed Daily chores such as; Feeding, observing and riding horses.  Gave riding lessons to 4-H students and adults. I also handled mares during breeding.

Summarize Your Experience:   It was a great learning experience. I was able to learn different techniques of training and breeding horses. I was able to work with people and horses on a daily basis.

What I liked about the job:  I liked having the big responsibilities on the farm, and working with horses.

What I disliked about the job:  I didn’t make any money for all my hard work.

Areas that I need to learn more about:  I need to learn more about the business aspect and the record keeping.