Educational Opportunities

Thoughts on Education 2010
As a part of being responsible breeders of Arabian horses Henry and I have decided to be as proactive as possible in assisting other people that are interested in learning about breeding Arabian horses in all facets of this endeavor. One of the ways for us to contribute is by providing links to other sites that contain valuable information, whether or not it is scientific, historical or just plain interesting. Another is to share from our own experiences in regard to the complexity of developing a breeding program, promoting the horses and creating a business. For over twenty years now we have been working at this business and it is time for us to give back. The people who introduced us to this horse gave of their knowledge and time to help us begin our journey and we now will “pay it forward” by sharing of our knowledge.

For the love of a horse...

egyptianarabian.blogspot.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebellar_abiotrophy

www.pyramidsociety.org

Daughters of the Wind: Edouard Al-Dahdah's blog on desert Arabian horses, past and present

Oasis Arabian Magazine
“The best online magazine about the Arabian horse worldwide” see articles by Christie Metz in Volume 3 and 4 of the 2009 (2) “Arabian Strains” and (1) “Charting Arabian Strains”

Charting Arbian Strains in Pedigrees

Evolution of Arabian Strains

Taos Art School
"The Arabian Horse in Art & Life"

Christie Metz was an enthusiastic guest speaker at this innovative class devoted entirely to the Arabian horse held by the Taos Art School in the summer of 2005.

Click here to read more about this great class!

Seminars at Silver Maple Farm

Education is important to us and we always welcome ideas for future seminars and educational events. Take a look at some of our past seminars and remember that complete video sets are available for purchase.

A look at CLUB METZ 1999

Silver Maple Farm, Inc.presents the
1999 "Club Metz"
Seminar Video Series (click here to order)

Christie & Henry Metz provided an outstanding weekend that featured many Arabian industry experts. The weekend was full of entertainment, education, great food and fun was certainly had by all.

The Impressive list of Guest Speakers Included:

  • DR. RICK REDDEN, DVM - Specialist in Equine foot care: Club feet and laminitis
  • DR. GINGER RICH, Ph.D. - Specialist in Equine Nutrition: Feeding the young horse.
  • DR. HANK GENDRON DVM. - Identifying and treating bone abnormalities.
  • DR. MICHELE LEBALNC, DVM - Breeding mares today.
  • MICHAEL BYATT - International judge and trainer: Evaluating foals.
  • JOHN RANNENBERG - Horseman and Trainer: English & Western, Open & Junior horses.
  • ERIC WOLFE - International Judge and Trainer: English & Western, Open & Junior horses.
  • GREG KNOWLES - International Judge and Trainer: Marketing.
  • VIRGINIA GODWIN - Chesapeake Training Center Ltd.: Hunter Pleasure and Show Hack.
  • KRISTI BARR - Dressage
  • CYNTHIA CULBERTSON - Expert in Arabic Culture: Historical Tales of the Desert Horse

 

It didn't matter how you arrived as long as you were there...

The Club Metz Weekend included seminars by many of our industries experts:

The weekend was geared toward education and fellowship, many concerns were address about the state of the Arabian horse industry and ways to promote our breed, and make the whole industry more successful for both the horse and the owners.

There was always time left over at the end of the day for great food, fun and dancing.

Henry & Christie took time to donate the proceeds from the 1998 Seminar "One Hundred and One Tails" to the charities that benefited from those sales. Be sure to check back here soon to purchase the 1999 "Club Metz" weekend on video...

Some of the many guests and speakers that attended...

The 1998 Seminar "One Hundred and One Tails" is now available for purchase.