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Certificate Program in Equestrian Stable Management

Participate in this course to earn yourself the qualification as an equestrian stable manager – take on higher responsibilities in the equestrian business by gaining professional skills!

  • Learn from world-class equine specialists and renowned business professors

  • Acquire knowledge at high didactic and academic level combined with practical skills

  • Enable an efficient and innovative work structure to manage the challenges of today’s equestrian stables

Choose your track!

The 6-month FUNDAMENTALS MODULE – Your Essence of Professionalism

Begin your transformation with our 6-month core module, which provides you with the essential knowledge for immediate success. We offer you a unique, highly condensed blend of Management and Horse Performance:

  • Management Focus: Learn Business Management through Finance, Project Management, and Human Resources.

  • Horse Performance Focus: Gain cutting edge expertise in Modern Training Management, Licensing, Transport and Logistics.

  • Get to know other international participants and build your own network.

  • Program fee: 4.900 €

  • After six months, once you have completed the Fundamentals Module, you gain access to further modules, and either the Executive Track or the Operative Track.

Operative Track

Organizing the stable activities and coordinating the interface with the office

Choose between two tailored options to complete your Operative Track:

  • 800h Internship + Project Paper OR

  • Two elective modules + Project Paper

  • Program fee: On request

Executive Track

Leading and optimizing the stable overseeing all strategic management processes

  • Two elective modules

  • Extension modules in Marketing & Branding and Strategic Stable Planning

  • Program fee: On request

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Requirements

All participants should meet the following requirements:

  • Be at least 18 years old

  • Have strong spoken and written English skills

  • Share a true passion for horses

  • Demonstrate reliability and a strong sense of responsibility

Become an Equestrian Stable Manager now!

If you want to be one of the best, you need to learn from the best, and there is no better place than Aachen to do that.

Eleonora Lanini, Executive Track

Attending the program has been an immensely rewarding experience. Kicking off the course with an on-site event at the prestigious CHIO Aachen venue has set a fantastic tone for the following sessions. Delving into the topics of finance and bookkeeping was particularly significant for me. The lecturers took the time to respond to all questions thoroughly going above and beyond by consulting with other experts to provide the most comprehensive answers. Overall, the program is an excellent resource, equipping me with the knowledge and skills to fine-tune our existing systems and enhance our stable’s operations.

Steffie Hornig, Executive Track

I am really very positively surprised at what great experts we have in the lectures – it’s really fun to get all this exciting knowledge. I really think that more attention should be paid to the program. Especially because of the many new contacts we made, which you wouldn’t get to without previous experience. I look forward to seeing you again in Aachen!

Saskia Klingel, Operative Track

The Equestrian Stable Management program gives you a good inside how every department of stable management works!  A good theoretical substantiation behind the practical for my daily business! Finally a good education for the Equestrian world.

Ann Verschore, Executive Track

For the first three months of the program I’ve collected all the theoretical knowledge that has been provided to me through experienced experts and lecturers that I for sure will be needing in the future as a stable manager. The program is challenging, educational and mostly fun. It’s filled with interesting insights into some of the most prestigious and world class stables.

Chanjanok Klara Ruecker, Operative Track

Excellent academic content powered by RWTH University and the CHIO Aachen CAMPUS

The program is designed by specialists from both science and practice. This enables the exchange about professional solutions for the fulfilment of complex tasks in the equestrian world.

Online teaching

Benefit from flexible learning with on-demand videos and study material. Meet the other participants and lecturers for online sessions to apply and discuss the acquired knowledge. Gain exclusive insights into the partner stables and network with equestrian business experts and companies.

On-site event

A true program highlight: join us at CHIO Aachen for exclusive insights, inspiring workshops, and an atmosphere you won’t forget!

Your degree

Upon completion of the program, you receive a Certificate of Participation issued by RWTH International Academy and CHIO Aachen CAMPUS.

Exclusive partner network

Explore our partner network to find a perfect fit for your practical phase.

When I am in the ring, it is down to me and my horse alone. But there is so much work that goes on behind the scenes. The entire team plays a totally decisive role in every victory I achieve.

Henrik von Eckermann, Patron of the program

It is important that we train young people to make the right choice when selecting trucks, aircraft, and equipment. Like that we take equestrian sport, including welfare, to a higher level.

Filip Vande Cappelle, Lecturer in Horse Transport & Logistics

As I have a horse background myself, this course is not only great to teach from an academic perspective but enables me to meet interesting people from the field myself.

Lisa Klinkenberg, Lecturer in Human Resource Management

RWTH and CHIO are leaders in their respective fields. It is something special that such a high-quality cooperation has come about, and it is a pleasure to work with people at such a high level. Of course, the participants in the program also benefit from this expertise.

Isabelle von Medinger, Lecturer in Strategic Stable Planning and Supervisor of Project Work

The programs comprehensive approach encompasses various disciplines essential to the role of a stable manager.

Dr. Tatiana Vinardell, Lecturer in Modern Training Management

The participants learned to realize how their daily business work reflects into their company numbers. Translating bookkeeping into the horse world, that was the key to motivate the participants!

Martin Wallraff, Lecturer in Finance Management

There were very interactive sessions in which the participants also asked their own practical questions, so that the practical relevance of the contents got even greater.  Above all, this led to the participants having well-founded discussions with each other, which promoted both team spirit and professional expertise.

Dr. Holger Ketteniß, Lecturer in Finance Management

What I particularly appreciate about the program is its comprehensive approach to equestrian stable management, combining practical skills with specialized marketing knowledge. This holistic curriculum ensures that participants are well-rounded professionals, ready to excel and innovate in the equestrian industry.

Prof. Stefanie Paluch, Lecturer in Marketing & Branding

I want to motivate more riders, grooms and owners to train correct in function of the welfare of the horse. A correctly trained horse is more loadable, healthier and happier. Injury prevention is the key aspect in the future of equestrian sport.

Wim van Driessche, Lecturer in Modern Training Management

It is a great honour and pleasure for us to be a partner company of the new certificate program. The modern challenges for a professional and structured management of an international show stable are very complex, especially in terms of logistical, commercial and equestrian requirements, with the health and fitness of the horses always being the top priority.

Andrew Hoy, Partner Stable

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