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Equine Business Analysis

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This week I continued to learn about the financial ups and downs of the equine business. In class we have always talked about how in the winter there are going to be less people taking riding lessons because it is cold, snowing, the roads are bad etc. In addition we have also talked about how having horses that are “free loaders” can greatly reduce the amount of income you make. For example, at Hollywood equine there are currently 21 horses. 2 of these horses and 1 pony are “free loaders”, meaning they are not used for lessons or leased and they are owned by Heather so there is no board being paid for them either. In total they eat 6qt of hay stretcher a day, 2qt fiber max a day, and 2qt senior a day. For grain alone this comes to about …show more content…

For example, shows are a great place to promote horses, as well as videos on Youtube, people who have bought horses from you in the past might not be looking for a new horse right now but probably knows of someone who does, and you can not under estimate the power of connections. There has been many times where students of Heathers are looking for summer camp and she refers them to the camp I work at which is just down the road and in turn when we have campers looking for year round lessons, looking to lease, buy, or board a horse we refer them to Heather. This connection has also affected me personally. I got my internship due to my bosses at camp knowing Heather, knowing she was looking for some help running her facility, and my bosses at camp knew that I was looking for an internship so they contacted her on my behalf, apparently gave me a great recommendation, and then gave me Heather’s information so that I could contact her myself. I hope to gain some more connections by working with Heather and hopefully have one of the connections lead to a job after

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