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| • Basic Clipping – A simple trim takes any horse from grungy to gorgeous. Watch a demonstration on how to trim your horse’s face, bridle path and legs for a neat and tidy appearance. Learn how to prepare your horse for clipping and find out which blades to use for each clipping job. Discover how to avoid common clipping pitfalls and determine how much clipping is appropriate for your horse. Instructors: Leslie Potter holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Equestrian Science from William Woods University. She has competed with Morgans, Saddlebreds and Arabians as well as in hunters and dressage. |
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| • English Show Grooming – How do you achieve the “hunter look”? Learn the steps you should take when preparing your horse for the hunter ring, including proper clipping, mane grooming and finishing touches that will make your horse really shine. Instructor: Cindy Hale enjoyed a lengthy competitive career in hunters and hunt-seat equitation. She’s a popular judge at local and county-rated English horse shows. |
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| • Western Show Grooming – Get tips on preparing your horse for western competition in pleasure, horsemanship or showmanship. Learn grooming tricks that will impress the judges. Watch how the pros prepare their horses on show day for a blue ribbon look. Instructors: |
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| • Bathing Basics – Get step-by-step instructions on how to correctly bathe your horse from nose to tail. Learn how to get a shiny coat plus tips on making your horse’s white markings really shine. Instructor: Leslie Potter holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Equestrian Science from William Woods University. She has competed with Morgans, Saddlebreds and Arabians as well as in hunters and dressage. |
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| • Care of Grooming Tools – Maximize the working life of your brushes, clippers and other grooming tools by learning how to properly clean and store them. Instructor: Leslie Potter holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Equestrian Science from William Woods University. She has competed with Morgans, Saddlebreds and Arabians as well as in hunters and dressage. |
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| • Everyday Grooming – Learn easy methods to help with your every day grooming routine. Instructor: Elizabeth Moyer is a horse owner and lifelong equestrian. She is the editor of Horse Illustrated magazine, Horses USA and HorseChannel.com and author of Horse Illustrated Simple Solutions ™ books on equine grooming and safety (BowTie Press). |
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| • Body Clipping Basics – Find out what the pros do to get a perfect body-clipping result every time. Instructor: Cindy Hale enjoyed a lengthy competitive career in hunters and hunt-seat equitation. She’s a popular judge at local and county-rated English horse shows.
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| • Winter Bathing Alternatives – What do you do when it’s too cold to bathe? Learn several techniques for cleaning your horse in winter, including spot cleaning and a hot towel treatment. Instructor: Jennifer Nice has logged more than 7,000 miles in endurance competition. Her notable accomplishments include three Tevis Cup finishes and two Virginia City 100 wins.
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| • Care of Long Manes and Tails – Find out how to grow and maintain long, luxurious manes and tails. Instructor: Kim Abbott is a Senior Associate Editor at Horse Illustrated magazine. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in equine studies with a concentration in communications from Centenary College in Hackettstown, N.J., in 2005. |
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| • Sport Horse Styling – Learn how to prepare your horse for sport horse competition. Instructor: Holly Werner Caccamise spent nearly a year as a professional eventing groom, getting hundreds of opportunities to work on her braiding technique. She currently events at Novice level. Megan Moore trains and coaches out of her Team CEO Eventing farm in Georgetown, Ky. She has produced numerous horses from scratch to the upper levels of eventing, and has her bronze medal in dressage. She placed 4th in the 2005 year-end USEA Gold Cup standings for the Advanced level. |
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| • Equine Skin Care – Learn about some of the most common equine skin problems. Find out how to treat, identify and prevent these ailments. Instructor: Dr. Anna O’Brien is a large animal veterinarian in Maryland. From miniature horses to zebras, she has tackled anything equine in nature with a few cows, goats, sheep, pigs, llamas, and alpacas thrown in for good measure.
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| • Grooming Safety – Maintain a safe grooming area, learn how to safely restrain your horse for grooming and find out how to introduce a horse to new grooming tools. Instructor: Elizabeth Moyer is a horse owner and lifelong equestrian. She is the editor of Horse Illustrated magazine, Horses USA and HorseChannel.com and author of Horse Illustrated Simple Solutions™ books on equine grooming and safety (BowTie Press).
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I did the grooming. I need more. Liked it a ton!
love this!!! XD and just think i am in college and i am only a freshman in high school!! XD
I finished and got an A+ on the quiz! If only we had things like this at school!
This is SO awesome! I wish this were really REAL!
Are you supposed to get a badge on your profile when you’ve passed the course?
I’m only 11 and i”m doing this. I think this is fun. Finally a school that teaches u about horses
way better than school!
hahaha now I can say I’m in college…and I’m only 13!!
I’m only 9 and i’m in collage
Well, I told my parents about my courses, and me getting 100% on every test, and because of my bad grades at school, they were surprised at how enthusiastic I am about it. I think they might want a full time horse school, so I look good enough for a college scholarship! But hey, I’m only 12!
I enjoyed the test and did get one wrong answer, which I am not sure why I but the wrong reply down, when I knew as soon as I did it, it was wrong.
These are great fun!! Thanks! I wish ReptileChannel had these….. oh well. :/
I’m always looking for new ways to improve my horse knowledge. This is a great idea!
i am so enjoying this
Oh, I thought I was done after finishing the first test. I will have to try to keep up.
This will be great. I have an Appy mare and I would love to show off her spotted coat to it’s best ability.
I was not advanced after completing all the courses
I did not get advanced ether after completing the courses. And I finished in one night!!!
this is soooo fun!!!!!!
When do the next courses become available?
yeah, when do the next courses show up?? it said there would be new ones every month but none are showing up. (?)
There will be a new class available at the beginning of each month. Stay tuned…
This is long! It’s great learning!
This is cool, but I wish there were more classes
This is so awesome….especially that its going on during Show Season
Would love to learn specifics for Thoroughbred race horses–have an argument over this with co-workers!!
Its August now, but still not seeing 2nd semester…..I took all the classes and got 100% on all quizes in july for the first semester…
Where’s the @nd Semester classes!!!!
Ready for the 2nd semester
For a new person to riding, Session 100 was great.
This will give me confidance in bathing and brading and to know that pulling the mane hairs do not hurt the horse as much as I throught it would.
does horse grooming college cost you any money????
Thanks for making learning fun! I especially liked the braiding video.
Did session 2 start? I’m still only seeing the 100 course available.
Morgan, No, it doesn’t. It gives you points towards your account, though!!
do you have to be a certain age to goin the college??
what days of the week would it take up??
Micayla, all you need to do is join Club Horse and sign up for Horse Health/Grooming College. You read the articles and answer the quizzes every month–at your own pace.
Jessica, I think that session 100 is the first and current session. It contains several courses that are updated each month.
Does this completly free? becaus eI would love to do it if it is.
I love grooming my horse domingo bacause i know it feels good! p.s especially after lofts of cantering!
The last class links do not work.
Great tips for a beginner like myself!
I love these classes
what are the charts?
are the classes for any one??? like teens???
– Liz
Yes, anyone can do the classes.
Does it cost anything?
It is for anyone. Even Teens. It does not cost anything, only the store costs anything 🙂
I was enrolled in the horse groming college and up to date on all my classes now all my grades are gone. Can someone please restore what I had completed on my account.
I was all up to date and mine is gone too. Seems to be a common problem. Has happened to me many times. I don’t get it.
The grades disappear when they are tabulating totals and making up the diplomas and whatnot, should reappear soon- has happened that way on doc and cat channel, as well as for the health college
I was enrolled in the grooming college and have not been able to sign back in. I thought that I had completed all the classes. Now I am not sure. What might I have done wrong?
I have completed the Grooming college and now I cant enroll in the Health College, WHY?? And it says I dont have a diplolma in the grooming college and my test scores are not being fixed after I fix them like in the ‘meet the dean’ video told me you could do.
Hi, Abigail.
There are still two more months of Grooming College to go. The diplomas will be available in June after the session has ended.
If you have any other questions or problems, please send us a note using the form at HorseChannel.com/Contact
Thanks!
hi im new is it too late to register to do this? i really want to but can only see the class schedule i cant register? =[
I’m pretty sure that you can enroll in the horse colleges at any time. You need to get a horse channel account first. Try that and go from there rob.
When can the course be enrolled to? Are there set dates? And do you have to be a member of HorseChannel.com? I saw the add in Horse Illustrated magazine and am extremely interested in adding this education to my career path.
Carolyn~
Yes you do need to be a member. And you don’t get a credit for this. 🙂 It’s just here so that you can learn about horse grooming and health.Everything is yours for the taking, there are no set dates, just go where you want to!
I am starting this tomorrow! Excited!
thanks for this feature! I learned a lot.
one more class! one more class! then on to #2!