Finals Week is Over!

Yesterday was the last day of finals. I have been so impressed with the students in my classes. Stable Mgt. class did great on their final written exam which really tests their knowledge base. Basic Riding Instruction students showed lots of improvement in their teaching skills. Students in Basic Riding Instruction Lab. developed and refined the skills learned in the class with a full semester of teaching. The reviews I received from the students they taught were very positive with comments such as, “I’d love to continue riding with __________ as my instructor.”


The last two exams for my classes were Stable Mgt. Lab and Introduction to the Management of Equine Operations. The Lab is required to present one of the horses they have been caring for all semester in hand; groomed including braids or banding and super clean. This final was on Wednesday which happened to be a cold and miserable day. The poor weather did not stop the students from turning out their horses immaculately. Students who have never braided before did beautiful hunter braids, the bridles were clean and shiny and the horses looked amazing. Some of the retirees that were presented (Peter, Nick and Romo) had a new spring in their step as they were jogged up as part of the evaluation.

My final exam was back in the classroom where the Introduction to the Management of Equine Operations were doing oral presentations to two horse people who are clueless about business. Liz Dulski and I role played and were impressed by the depth of knowledge that the Therapeutic Horsemanship majors showed having only taken this one business class. They were very thorough covering everything from how to set up a business and manage liability to marketing and creative promotional ideas. The students obviously spent a lot of time preparing for their final and their hard work certainly paid off!

Peter clearly enjoying having his hair done by Tabby Russell

Count looking amazing with Amber Nocilo

Will and Kristen Randall banded and ready to go!