AN 345 - Western Horse Industry

3 Credits
Outline Effective Date: 2025 Winter Version #2
Revised: Dec 18, 2024 Approved: Jan 3, 2025

Lecture Hours: 42 Lab Hours: 56

Course Description:
This course provides students with a view on some of the markets, opportunities and pitfalls within the horse industry; as well as skills for fitting, marketing horses and operating an equine business. In the lab portion students work as a team to train horses for the purpose of resale in conjunction with AN 366 Student Managed Farm Livestock II.

Rationale:
This course is required for the Equine Science major of the Animal Science Technology program. AN 345 provides students with the public relations, customer service and management skills which allow them to flourish within their niche in the horse industry.

Prerequisites: AN 132, AN 341, AN 343
Corequisites: AN 366

Course Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to

describe how to plan and market an equine event.
outline how to fit and market horses for sale.
write out a bill of sale.
discuss the horse meat industry in Canada and write out an EID.
discuss contracts found within the equine industry, as well as infer what their options are should the need arise to collect payment for services rendered.
work in a team environment to train, fit and market stock horses.

Required Resource Materials:
None

Optional Resource Materials:
None

Conduct of Course:
This course consists of 42 hours of lecture and 56 hours of lab. Lecture is delivered in the classroom with the use of PowerPoints, videos and assignments. The lab component is conducted in the Equine Centre and used to further develop practical riding competencies which coincide with the skills required to handle cattle, competently fit, show or sell horses. Planned seminars, field trips or other activities may occur outside of scheduled class times.

The lecture time involves note taking, videos, guest lectures and discussions. The lab portion involves individual or group work with assigned livestock to complete required tasks. Labs are 4 hours per week with lecture as needed. Additional riding times and instruction are available through AN366 Student Managed Farm-Livestock II. Students are required to keep a notebook and pen in their locker at the arena for note taking. All working of project horses outside of class time must be done with a buddy system for safety reasons, never advancing past what the instructor has directed. The Stable Management portion consists of a regular Monday organizational meeting and daily chore times as directed in the handout, “Horse Unit Policies”. Any deviation from the chore schedule needs to be approved by the instructor. Alteration of the chore schedule for the group should be done as a group at the Monday meetings.

Content of Course:

Unit 1	Equine Event Planning and Management
Unit 2	Fitting Horses
Unit 3	Sale Management
Unit 4	Business and Sale Ethics in the Equine Industry
Unit 5	Animal Keepers Act
Unit 6	Customer Service and Relationship Management
Unit 7	Canadian Meat Horse Industry
Unit 8	Contracts

Course Assessments:

Quizzes and Assignments	30%
Lab	20%
Midterm	20%
Final Exam	30%

Official final grades will be available on My Lakeland. Grades posted in D2L should be considered interim grades.
“Lakeland College is committed to the highest academic standards. Students are expected to be familiar with Lakeland College policies and to abide by these policies. Violations of these policies are considered to be serious and may result in suspension or expulsion from the College.”

Course Pass Requirements:
A minimum grade of D (50%) (1.00) is required to pass this course.

Letter	F	D	D+	C-	C	C+	B-	B	B+	A-	A	A+
Percent Range	0-49	50-52	53-56	57-59	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80-84	85-89	90-94	95-100
Points	0.00	1.00	1.30	1.70	2.00	2.30	2.70	3.00	3.30	3.70	4.00	4.00

Students must maintain a cumulative grade of C (GPA - Grade Point Average of 2.00) in order to qualify to graduate.

Every effort has been made to ensure that information in this course outline is accurate at the time of publication. Lakeland College reserves the right to change courses if it becomes necessary so that course content remains relevant.

In such cases, the instructor will give students clear and timely notice of changes.

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