Apprentice Program

There are two parts to being successful in the horse industry.  In a recent address to the AQHA Youth Congress, one of the nation's top trainers emphasized that apprenticing under a trainer was the only way to really become successful in the horse industry.  But he cautioned young riders that learning the business side was just as important as learning to train horses and that he had struggled for many years with the business end of training.

Apprentice programs have been around since the Middle ages ~ probably before that.  Today even big business and most colleges and universities encourage students to work free, or for small salaries, to gain valuable experience that will lead to ultimate success in their fields.  Most training barns have apprentices, though their programs are not formally organized and often very hard to get into.  Apprentices often work for many years under a trainer before going out on their own and they still wouldn't have the business experience.

Much of the success of Hidden Creek is because Kandi Sterling not only has years of experience with some of the top trainers in the country, a win record of her own, and an extremely successful horse business, but she also is a UCLA graduate and has an MBA and years of marketing and business management experience.  The big news is that SHE IS WILLING TO SHARE THAT KNOWLEDGE WITH OTHERS.

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