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Record for Club Year Ending

Name Age Year in This Project

Year in 4-H Club Work Name of 4-H Club

BE SURE TO:

  • Start your record as soon as you start on your project; keep it up to date.
  • Keep this record in your record book cover.
  • Ask your leader, parent, junior leader, or farm advisor to help you if you have questions.

Name of Horse

Breed Color Age

HORSE PROJECT OBJECTIVES

OBJECTIVES: Encourage 4-H Youth to . . .

  • Develop leadership, initiative, self-reliance, sportsmanship, and other desirable traits of character.
  • Develop and appreciation of horseback riding as a healthy and wholesome form of recreation.
  • Learn skill in horsemanship and an understanding of the business of breeding, raising and training horses.
  • Increase knowledge of safety precautions to prevent injury to themselves, others, and their mounts.
  • Promote greater love for animals and a humane attitude toward them.
  • Be better prepared for citizenship responsibilities through working in groups and supporting community horse projects and activities.

Veterinary Record

Coggins Test Parasite Control VaccinationsGeneral IllnessInjuryPhysical Exam Other

Date * Treatment Cost

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Total Cost of Veterinary Services $

*If treated for illness or injury, please describe

What type of medication was used for deworming, how was it administered and what parasites did it help control?

What vaccinations were given, what did they immunize your horse against, and how long should they be effective?

Horse Activities

  1. Crafts* Public Speaking * Horse Demonstration * Horse Bowl * Horse Judging

Date / Activity / Level of Competition* / Placing or Award
  1. Trail Rides * Drill Team * Parades * Others

Date / Activity / Level of Competition* / Placing or Award
  1. Horsemanship Camps * Judging Clinics * Short Courses * Field Trips * Films or Books

Date / Activity / Material Learned

* ( C – CountyA – ArenaS –StateR – RegionalN – National)

Farrier Record

Date / Trim / Shoe / Reset / Cost
$
$
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Total Cost of Farrier Services $ ______

What size shoe does your horse wear? ______

Did your horse gravel or experience thrush, hoof wall cracks, or any other foot problems? ______If so, explain the problem and how it was treated. ______

List the various tools of the farrier and the purpose of each.

Tool / Purpose

Feeding Record

Grain / Hay
Month / Kind / Amt. (lb.) / Cost / Kind / Amt. (lb.) / Cost
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep

Total Cost:Grain $______Hay $ ______

Pasture / Bedding / Boarding
Month / Kind / Cost / Kind / Cost / Cost
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep

Total Cost:Pasture $ ______Bedding $ ______Boarding $ ______

Equipment Inventory

Item / Purchase Price / Expected to last how many years / *Equipment cost
per year
Saddles
Bridles
Saddle Blanket
Saddle Pad
Halter
Lunge Line
Running Martingale
Bitting Ring
Tail Set
Harness
Winter Blanket
Cooler
Hoof Pick
Brush
Currycomb
Mane-tail Comb
Sweat Scrapper
Shedding Blade
Sponge
Leg Wraps
Bucket
Feed Tub
Clippers
Hay Net
Girth
Splint Boots
Quarter Boots
Ribbons
Cart
Trailer
Supplies
Other

Total Equipment Cost This Year $ ______

(* Divide purchase price by the number of years item is expected to last.)

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