Horse Management question

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Originally Posted by IrishofNDMan

I will be enrolling at Michigan State University in the fall (tough decision for since I am a huge Notre Dame fan, but had to do it) and my current Major is Education. Well, in Michigan that isn't a very good thing to go into now. I have been looking at new things and see that MSU has a Horse Management program. If I could really do this and find a good job doing so, I would absolutely love it. Anyone have any info they could give me on Horse Management that would be great.

The horse managers I know I have great jobs , they are the owners liasons , they go around and check up on things and report back.
Usually to get in this position you have to know owners in the buisness and have a pretty good knowledge of horses and their care. My best advice is to see if you can find a trainer to learn from , watch the horses train , see how the trainer interacts with their owners and go from there. Big outfits are the one's that need managers and the job usually requires you to be able to travel and also to be able to go and look at young horses at the sales and report back. A good knowledge of horses and breeding is fundamental.