Today my guest is author, Christine Meunier, who talks to us about working with horses.
Today I have the great privilege of providing you with a guest
post on my recently released novel Horse Country – A World of Horses. A big push behind writing this novel was that
many people seem to love the idea of pursuing a career with horses, but feel or
get told that it isn’t viable.
Horse Country is written to show how much fun in can be to work in
the horse industry – almost anywhere around the world – and how travel is an
option, as well as the development of amazing contacts and the chance to learn
to much about a great animal. Horse Country aptly
shows:
o
the
seasons on a stud and associated work that can be expected for anyone working
with horses for breeding
o
the
equestrian world from an instructor’s point of view in a busy metropolitan
riding school.
o
how
a horse crazy teenager can pursue education with horses, resulting in a full
time career
If you know of someone that is horse crazy and would love to learn
more about them and working with them, perhaps you’d like to consider
encouraging them with a copy of this book!
Horses are an incredible animal that you can never stop learning
about. They’re also one that will always
require people to work with and look after them. There are definitely job and career
opportunities with horses, particularly in the racing and performance
industries.
The joys of writing with regards to horses, is that it is always
worth writing about what you know. This
has been a possibility for me, combining two things that I dearly love.
Christine
Meunier considers herself introduced to the wonderful world of horses at the
late age of 13 when her parents agreed to lease a horse for her. She
started experiencing horses via books from a young age and continues to do so,
but recognizes that horses cannot be learnt solely from books.
She
has been studying horses from age 16, starting with the Certificate II in Horse
Studies and is currently undertaking her Bachelor of Equine Science via
distance education.
Christine
has worked at numerous thoroughbred studs in Australia
as well as overseas in Ireland
She
then gained experience in a couple of Melbourne based horse riding schools,
instructing at a basic level before heading off overseas again, this time to
South Africa to spend hours in the saddle of endurance and trail horses on the
Wild Coast.
Particularly
passionate about the world of breeding horses, she teaches equine studies
focused on breeding, at a TAFE, Victoria ,
Australia
She
also writes a blog about equine education which you can view at
http://equus-blog.com/
You can find her online at:
Thanks so much for this, Jamie!
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