Being a Certified Professional Stable Manager is career enhancing and life enriching. Certification means you have successfully completed a series of courses and acquired the specialized knowledge it implies.
Knowledge applied to a purpose is true power; and those who possess the knowledge have the power to make significant contributions to benefit the owners of horses boarded at stables catering to pleasure riders and/or show competition riders.
Certification is an academic record of your achievement. Certification grants you the right to put PsM (professional stable manager) after your name.
Earning “certification” as a professional stable manager requires the completion of 10 designated courses. Students will receive a “certificate of achievement” for each course completed as well as any “elective” courses completed. Click here to see sample of course certificate of achievement.
Required Courses:
You must complete all of the following courses, plus two electives to be awarded Certification
- Stable Management $275.00
- Equine Nutrition for Maximum Performance $275.00
- Legal Aspects of Horse Management $275.00
- Equine Health and Disease Management $275.00
- Equine Massage $275.00
- Bits, Saddle Fitting and Hoof Balance $275.00
- Understanding Equine Behavior $275.00
- Preparation for Competition $275.00
- The Business of Making Money With Horses $275.00
- Fit to Ride (weight loss guide) $275.00
Elective Courses: choose two (2) electives to meet requirements for Certification
- Conformation and Selection for Performance $275.00
- Showmanship in Hand $275.00
- Training Performance Horses $275.00
- Instructor Role & Responsibility $275.00
- Teaching Techniques $275.00
- Equine Dressage $275.00
- Equine Photography $275.00
- Equine Reproduction $275.00
- Rev Up Your Dressage Scores $275.00
- Ride Competitive Trail To Win $275.00
- Stallion Management $275.00
- Train For Trail $275.00
- Train For Western Riding $275.00
To meet the faculty teaching the courses in this program, click here.
And now students can earn discounts on equine insurance for each course certificate they hold, thereby offsetting the cost of their entire education. In addition, students can save hundreds of dollar$ with Gateway computer discounts offered only to students enrolled in approved college programs. (Click here for insurance/computer discount details)
Once all required courses for the Professional Stable Manager Certification have been successfully completed, Equine Studies Institute, the world’s leading provider of online equine study curriculum for colleges and universities, will award your Certified Professional Stable Manager certificate. Click here for certificate sample.
Students may begin courses at any time and may take one or more courses at the same time.
ESI equine courses have a completion deadline of one (1) year from the time of enrollment in a specific course. The student may petition for an extension. Requests for extensions must be submitted in writing (email is accepted – info@equinestudiesinstitute.org). Extension requests will be reviewed on a case by case basis.
It is suggested students register and take the courses in the sequence listed above, but it is not mandatory. Students may begin a course whenever they choose and may get assistance from their instructors by e-mail at any time. Students study the lesson material and then submit assignments and quizzes online. Instructors grade the work and return comments by e-mail. If the student’s work is satisfactory, the student will then receive the next lesson link, usually within 5-7 business days.
The curriculum in this program is designed to be practical and applicable to all equestrian disciplines. The focus is always on the eventual success of the individual student.
To change your life, establish yourself as a professional, and assure your financial future, begin earning your Certification as a Professional Stable Manager today. Sign up here.