Stable Managers | The British Horse Society

This qualification will only be delivered to learners that have started the qualification and need to complete. This will be reviewed regularly and an end-date to the qualification announced soon.

You will need to demonstrate competence in managerial practices and understand how to efficiently run an equestrian establishment. Stable Managers also seeks to assess your competence in conveying your knowledge to others.

What’s covered in this section?

In this section, you will be assessed on:

Feeding and fittening of horses and competence in handling fit horses
Veterinary, saddlery and practical coaching skills
Business management and presentation skills
Your ability to assess static and dynamic conformation of horses and action for purchase
Your ability to assess conformation of breeding stock and evaluate grassland management
Your coaching practice and ability to advise a BHS Stage 4 Senior Coach in Complete Horsemanship in their teaching of horse conformation

Section 3 - Presentations and Business Management (Page 9 of syllabus) will be delivered via video call assessment.

Entry requirements

A minimum age of 18 years
BHS Stage 4 Senior Care (Unit 1) and BHS Stage 4 Senior Management (Unit 2)
BHS Gold membership – Membership discounts apply for learners who are training for or taking BHS qualifications 
International students should be either International Full or International E-Members

What will you be assessed on?

You will be assessed on the following subject matter:

Feeding and fittening
Veterinary, saddlery and practical coaching skills
Presentations and business management 
Static and dynamic assessment of conformation and action for purchase
Static assessment of conformation of breeding stock, coaching conformation and grassland management

You will be assessed on the following learning outcomes:

Show practical competence when handling a variety of horses
Show practiced efficiency when working on a stable yard
Show developed interpersonal skills in a discussion situation
Show developed knowledge across the range of subject matter
Show understanding of practical application of knowledge 
Show ability to give clear instructions to assistants
Show ability to present knowledge to educate others
Show developed coaching skills across a range of practical stable management topics
Show awareness of personal limitations and ability to develop

Download the full assessment criteria to review the learning outcomes in more detail (see pages 3 - 12).

How will you be assessed?

Sections 1, 2, 4a and 4b will be up to a four hour criteria based assessment at a BHS Assessment Centre
Section 3 will be assessed via video call assessment. We recommend you have an up-to-date web browser and have 10Mb download and 5Mb upload speed to work well. We recommend going to www.speedtest.net and running a quick test to understand how good your connection is. If you have poor connection on the day of the assessment the assessor may stop your assessment and you would risk losing your fee. 
The video assessment will be led by a BHS Assessor
Upon booking your assessment you will be emailed instructions for how to join the video assessment

Additional training information

Please note the following:

You cannot take Performance Coach (BHSI) assessments at a centre you currently work in or have worked in in the last 12 months.
You cannot take Performance Coach (BHSI) assessments at a centre that you have regularly trained at in the last six months- a maximum of one days trainings every two month is allowed (please note this has been relaxed to a maximum of one days training every month during the Covid period).

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