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  • EQS 122: Yearling Breaking and Management

    3.00 Credits
    Henderson Community College

    Hours: 3 Course ID: 005498 Introduces the basics of managing and training weanling and yearling racehorses including conformation movement, pedigree analysis; pre-purchase examinations and practical application of pressure-release techniques of breaking and training young racehorses. Prerequisite: EQS 121 and permission of instructor. Lecture: 1 credit (15 contact hours). Laboratory: 2 credits (90 contact hours). Component: Laboratory, Lecture
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  • EQS 123: Breaking and Prepping Two-Year Olds

    3.00 Credits
    Henderson Community College

    Hours: 3 Course ID: 005499 Covers basics of managing racehorses through their yearling to 2-year old transition. Includes acquiring yearlings and/or two-year olds, breaking, prepping for in-training sales and/or racing, concepts of nutrition for growing equine athletes, cardiovascular conditioning, muscle fitness, sale presentation and injuries of two-year olds in race training. Prerequisite: EQS 122 or permission of instructor. Lecture: 1 credit (15 contact hours). Laboratory: 2 credits (60 contact hours). Component: Lecture
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  • EQS 130: Introduction to the Racing Industry

    2.00 Credits
    Henderson Community College

    Hours: 3 Course ID: 005354 Introduces students to racing industry organizations, personnel, facilites and the rules of racing. Lecture: 2 credits (30 contact hours). Laboratory: 1 credit (30 contact hours). Component: Laboratory, Lecture
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  • EQS 200: Lameness in Racehorses

    3.00 Credits
    Henderson Community College

    Hours: 3 Course ID: 005500 Expands on basic equine anatomy with emphasis on normal function of front and rear legs and methods of evaluating deviations from normal function presented as lameness in racehorses. Also discusses response to injury, forms of therapy and training methods for horses returning from injury. Prerequisite: EQS 110 or permission of instructor. Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in EQS 110. Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours). Component: Lecture
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  • EQS 202: Racing Stable Operations I

    3.00 Credits
    Henderson Community College

    Hours: 3 Course ID: 005501 Continues the experience of daily caring for a racehorse in training and adds development of a racing stable training routine and participation in the daily exercise and training of racehorses. Prerequisite: EQS 103 and Permission of Instructor. Lecture: 1 credit (15 contact hours). Laboratory: 2 credits (60 contact hours). Component: Laboratory, Lecture
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  • EQS 203: Racing Stable Operations II

    3.00 Credits
    Henderson Community College

    Hours: 3 Course ID: 005502 Continues racing stable practices begun in EQS 202 adding additional concepts of managing a racing stable including supervision and instruction of hotwalkers and beginning grooms while participating in daily exercise and training of racehorses. Prerequisite: EQS 202 and permission of instructor. Lecture: 1 credit (15 contact hours). Laboratory: 2 credits (60 contact hours). Component: Laboratory, Lecture
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  • EQS 212: Racehorse Riding Principles

    3.00 Credits
    Henderson Community College

    Hours: 3 Course ID: 005503 Builds on basic skills learned in EQS 113 and adds principles of riding racehorses on a training track in company of other horses and riders, teaching horses to pass others, working in company, proper use of riding crop and breaking from a starting gate. Prerequisite: EQS 113 and permission of instructor. Lecture: 1 credit (15 contact hours). Laboratory: 2 credits (90 contact hours). Component: Laboratory, Lecture
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  • EQS 213: Racehorse Riding Techniques

    3.00 Credits
    Henderson Community College

    Hours: 3 Course ID: 005504 Teaches advanced fundamentals of race riding. In this final riding course in the jockey pathway students breeze racehorses alone and in company, learn techniques of riding at each point in a race, get approved to break horses from a starting gate and practice race riding skills in training races. Prerequisite: EQS 212 and permission of instructor. Lecture: 1 credit (15 contact hours). Laboratory: 2 credits (90 contact hours). Component: Laboratory, Lecture
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  • EQS 215: Life Skills for Jockeys

    3.00 Credits
    Henderson Community College

    Hours: 3 Course ID: 005505 Prepares student for life as a professional jockey. Includes integration of principles of nutrition into an eating plan that will maintain weight and health. Introduces concepts of practical financial management insurance and retirement planning on a jockey's salary. Ties together basic riding skills with interpersonal skills necessary for a successful life as a professional jockey. Prerequisite: EQS 212 and permission of instructor. Corequisite: EQS 212. Lecture: 3 credits (45 contact hours). Component: Lecture
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  • EQS 222: Training Methods I

    3.00 Credits
    Henderson Community College

    Hours: 3 Course ID: 005506 Examines techniques of training racehorses and compares effectiveness of different racehorse training methods including interval training, Quarter Horse training, steeplechase training and standard Thoroughbred training. Includes shoeing, veterinary examinations of racehorses and alternatives to training on a dirt oval. Prerequisite: EQS 123 or permission of instructor. Lecture: 1 credit (15 contact hours). Laboratory: 2 credits (60 contact hours). Component: Laboratory, Lecture
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