my equine career
My equine career in the spotlight...
Emma Greenland Stud Technician
Q1: What exactly is your job?
I run a stallion and Artificial Inseminsation (AI) centre. We take in other people’s stallions to promote and ‘stand’ for them during the stud season, and also take in mares for AI with either stallions from our centre, or outside stallions. I also have a foaling unit and take in outside mares for foaling too. We take full liveries too and have an equine swimming pool.
Q2: How would you describe what you do on a day to day basis?
Never are two days the same. In the winter obviously things are very different, but in the stud season the in foal mares in the unit get a full check over before being turned out for the day. Our day starts with a list of mares that need ‘trying’, with a teaser stallion, from this we then know what we have on the vet list for swabbing, scanning etc. Also, a vet visits us most days around mid- morning and this helps us
to plan the rest of the day. In the afternoon we do all of our semen collections, either to inseminate on-site or for sending off as chilled semen.
Q3: What is your role and what are your responsibilities?
I have been running Ivy House Stables as my own business for around five years now. Along with all the other daily duties, I deal with the incoming orders for semen, drawing up vet lists, ‘trying’ lists, lab work and paper work, collecting and inseminating, also dealing with mare owners and keeping them informed as to what is going on with their mares at stud. In addition, I take full charge of foaling the mares.
Q4: What qualifications and experience do you need?
I am a DEFRA approved AI technician, but nothing can beat 18 years of experience working with stallions, mares and youngstock.
A curious foal comes to meet human visitors
Q5: What training have you undertaken?
I trained with Tessa Clarke of West Kington Stud on the stallion collecting side of things.
Q6: How did you decide on this particular career?
I don’t think I ever did decide, I just knew it was always what I wanted to do!
Q7: What are the most rewarding aspects of the job?
Foaling a mare…. seeing a happy mare, foal and owner!! Then seeing that foal go on and have a successful career, knowing you were responsible for getting it safely into the world and giving it the best start in life.
A mare and her newly born foal doing well, thanks to expert care
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