Kentucky Equine Management Internship

This is a reminder that the deadline for the upcoming Spring 2011 session of the Kentucky Equine Management Internship (KEMI) is fast approaching. Applications for our Spring 2011 session must be postmarked by October 31, 2010. Actual attendance dates for the Spring 2011 are January 10 - June 10, 2011.

The KEMI program offers paid internship opportunities to college students who are interested in careers in the horse industry.

Since our program began in 2000, we've hosted over 400 interns on farms in Central Kentucky. Interns spend 22 weeks living and working and learning about the management of horses on large commercial farms. Those students that come during our spring program (mid-January through mid-June) work hands-on with mares and foals and are exposed to live cover breeding and foaling.
We also have a Fall session (mid-July thorough mid-December) in which interns work with sales yearlings, sales mares and sales weanlings and a few (2-6) interns with exceptional riding skills are chosen to help "break" yearlings.

During each session, KEMI hosts weekly informative lectures on topics of current interest to the horse industry. Interns are also given the opportunity to go to the racetrack and observe horses in training. We introduce them to many equine professionals: farm managers, nutritionists, veterinarians, trainers, etc. We require them to write several referenced papers, give an oral presentation and produce a portfolio of their experience in the program. Assistance with job placement after the internship is also provided.

Please pass this information along to any of your students who may be interested in the KEMI program. They can also check out our website: www.kemi.org for more information.

Application form.

Leslie Janecka
Kentucky Equine Management Internship
P.O. Box 910628
Lexington, KY 40591
Phone: 859-277-2512
Fax: 859-277-2753
www.kemi.org