Author: Gary Stockton
Planning Unit: Boone County CES
Major Program: Equine
Plan of Work: Unrelated to a specified County Plan of Work
Outcome: Initial Outcome
Many horse owners are unaware of proper conditioning and exercise needed for their horses to be a top notch athlete and several injuries have occurred because of this. After request from the NKY Horse Network for help in educating horse owners, I planned and conducted a program called "Conditioning and exercising your horse athlete". I worked with a local horse conditioning facilities and we invited horse owners and 4-H horse project youth to attend. Many of the participates stated that they had no knowledge of the issues that could occur with their horses when they are not properly conditioned.
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