Texas 4-H Horse Program
Overview of Resource
Materials
Texas 4-H and Youth Development
CEA Horse Newsletter
• Electronic
• Sent in January, May, and
September
• Section devoted to 4-H horse project
and a calendar of events
• Can find at
http://animalscience.tamu.edu
Texas 4-H and Youth Development
Texas 4-H Horse Show
Rules and Regulations
• Revised annually
• Sent electronically to all CEA offices
• Available on both Animal Science
and 4-H websites
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Youth and Collegiate Horse
Judging Leader Guide
• AS1-2.120 revised 2007
• Available at TCE bookstore in either
book or CD
• Contains lesson plans for leaders and
coaches
• http://tcebookstore.org/pubinfo.cfm?pu
bid=1362 --This is the printed version
• http://tcebookstore.org/pubinfo.cfm?pu
bid=2477 --This is the CD
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Texas 4-H Youth and Collegiate
Horse Judging Manual
• AS3.2.051
• Manual for youth judgers.
• Revised 2007
Texas 4-H and Youth Development
Online Horse Judging
• http://animalscience.tamu.edu/main/
academics/equine/judgingexample.h
tml
• Supports coaches working with
youth judging teams
Texas 4-H and Youth Development
Extension Publications
• Texas 4-H Horse Quiz Bowl Guide –
4-H 3-2.30
• Texas 4-H Horse Quiz Bowl
Supplement - 4-H 3-2.031
Texas 4-H and Youth Development
Texas Horse Owners’
Reference Guide - #SP 69
• Three-ring binder notebook.
• Used as a reference for Quiz Bowl
competition.
• Contains 85 subject matter
publications with materials also for
direct application to feeding,
managing, conditioning and housing
horses used as 4-H horse projects.
• Available for purchase from TCE
Bookstore.
Texas 4-H and Youth Development
Individual Publications
• Available at http://animalscience.tamu.edu
• Selection and Use of Hay and
Processed Roughage in Horse Feeding
– B-5033
• Feeding Young Horses for Sound
Development – B-5043
• Feeding the Arena Performance Horse
– B-6143
• Mature, Senior and Geriatric Horses –
Management, Care & Use – B-6161
Texas 4-H and Youth Development
In Process – for
completion in Spring 2008
• Texas 4-H Horsemanship Leader Guide Will be available in print and CD versions.
• Feeding and Caring for the Yearling 4-H
Futurity Horse
• Feeding and Caring for the Two-year-old 4H Futurity Horse
• Feeding and Caring for the Three-year-old
4-H Futurity Horse
• Best Management Practices for Disease
Prevention in Horses
• Understanding Vital Life Signs in Horses
• Practical Horse Safety
Texas 4-H and Youth Development
Horse Specialists
• Pete G. Gibbs – Extension Horse
Specialist – (979)-845-3579 or
pgibbs@ag.tamu.edu
• Brett D. Scott – Extension Horse
Specialist – (979)-845-1562 or
bdscott@ag.tamu.edu
• Teri J. Antilley – Horse Program
Specialist – (979)-845-1562 or
tjantilley@ag.tamu.edu
Texas 4-H and Youth Development