FOUR CORNERS EQUINE ACADEMY
A Nonprofit Equal Opportunity Corporation
12629 Hwy 550 Durango, CO 81303 970-385-4063
Welcomes FLC Students & Community Members
Explore an Exciting Career in the Equine Industry
Enrollment is through Fort Lewis College Continuing Education. Credit may be applied toward a two or four year program within the FLC Agricultural Department or single classes may be applied as elective courses for non-agricultural students.
Train with Andalusian and Lipizzan Horses!!
Contact FLC Continuing Education: 247-7385
or
FCEA Director: Jennifer Thurston 385-4063
Work shop Series On Improving Equine Performance
Mrs. Jennifer Thurston, Director: Four Corners Equine Academy (FCEA)
Fee: Individual Section $40 Complete Series $100
This is a 3 section series on how to identify common equine injuries; how to design work/training routines either to rehabilitate or prevent injuries; and finally to construct balanced diets for individual horses. The sections are based on age groups of horses. Each section contains a lecture and field trip. The lectures will be overviews of age pertinent anatomy/physiology and nutrition. The field trips to Weaselskin Equestrian Center will be for `hands on’ diagnostics and discussions of common and alternative therapies. Equestrian center horses will be used for demonstrations of therapeutic exercises. As director of FCEA, Jennifer Thurston is committed to using her 40+ years of competing in dressage, eventing, show jumping, fox hunting, Pony Club, Modern Pentathlon, and breeding of Iberian horses, to achieve the mission of educating horse enthusiasts in holistic equine management.
Section 1: Turning back the clock – working with the older horse.
Thursday : Feb 5th 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Lecture: Anatomy: Muscles, Skeletal, Digestive
Nutrition: Adapting for metabolic changes
Sat: Feb 7th 9:30 am – 12:30 pm.
Field Trip: Ground work and riding exercises for suppling and therapy
Section 2: Dealing with the stress – work and performance in middle aged horses
Thursday: March 19th 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Lecture: Anatomy: Circulatory, neurology, endocrine, digestive
Nutrition: Feeds for energy not hotness.
Sat: March 21th 9:30am -12:30pm
Field Trip: Riding warm-up, stretches, and knowing when your horse is ready for performance or extreme work.
Section 3: Building the foundation - Creating and developing the young horse
Thursday: April 16th 5:50-7:30 pm
Lecture: Anatomy: Genetics, reproduction, and growth points
Nutrition: Feeding to encourage best growth not fastest growth.
Sat: April 18th 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Field Trip: When is a young horse ready? Designing a plan for long term success with your horse.
New for Spring 2009
Equine Lameness and Introduction to Alternative Therapies
3 Credits Interactive Lecture
Lameness is one of the most common problems in horses, and a primary reason why horses fail to perform to their owner's expectations. This course will overview equine anatomy and focus on lameness diagnosis. Emphasis on training methods for avoiding lameness in the working horse will be explored. Students will explore and evaluate approaches to healing beyond "traditional" cures and ways of improving horses' performance without stress. This is a rapidly growing field in the equine industry, corresponding to an increased interest in alternative, non-pharmaceutical treatments for horses. Knowledge gained in this course will enhances the skills of any career area in the horse industry that students may wish to pursue.
Equine Course Descriptions
