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Ralph Bain - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
The Business of Horses was started in 1994 as a service to our client owners who wanted to have their own horse businesses. We are a hands-on company whose purpose is to help owners succeed with in the horse industry. We teach you how to set up your business, what you can expense or depreciate, how to create a market for your business and many other things.
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- The Business of Horses - Combating a Recession
[Pets:Horses] We are in an economic downturn or to put it more bluntly - a recession! So, how do you combat this?
- The Business of Horses - Depreciation
[Pets:Horses] I have said many times that if you are a breeder, you need to be a business. One of the reasons is that a business can deduct the expenses of raising horses including feed, vet care, stud fees, marketing costs, training fees and all the other necessary expenses of raising and selling your horses. The most important reason though is that you can buy and depreciate your stallion and mares over a period of time.
- The Business of Horses - How Much is a Pedigree Worth?
[Pets:Horses] Often we hear from a seller that his horse has so and so in its background and that the horse is worth more money because of that. But is that really true? All horses come with a pedigree, whether they are good or bad but when we sell that animal, who is on that pedigree helps determine the price that we can ask for the horse.
- The Horse Market
[Pets:Horses] The war stories abound in this time of a severe downturn in the horse market brought about by the closure of the kill plants in the U. S. and the passage of bills by the Congress and the states that limit what you can or can not do with your horses. BUT-there is still a market for horses if you will do several things. This writer has written for several years that this was going to happen and made suggestions about what you should do to combat this.
- The Business of Horses - Deductions of Expenses
[Recreation-and-Sports:Equestrian] I am of the opinion that if you are breeding, training or boarding horses that you should be a business. That does not mean that you can't have a not-for-profit business such as training horses in your spare time, boarding horses in your empty stalls, or breeding mares or stallions each year.
- The Business of Horses - Promoting Your Stallion
[Business:Marketing] How to put your stallion in front of the public
- The Business of Horses - Developing a Market Presence
[Business:Marketing] Make your business know to potential customers
- The Business of Horses - Costs, Overhead, Profit Margins
[Business] Discusses Controlling costs and overhead. How to arrive at a decent profit margin
- The Business of Horses - More War Stories
[Pets:Horses] I buy and sell horses on the Internet. In this time of electronic technology, most of us use every tool that we can in order to maintain our business. And with increasing frequency, there is someone who is determined to acquire assets without paying for them in the coin of the realm.
- The Business of Horses - So You Want to be Involved in the Horse Industry?
[Business:Careers-Employment] Over the years, everybody that applied for employment with me wanted to become a trainer. They wanted to ride horses when what I really needed were stall cleaners, grooms, bookkeepers, groundskeepers, etc. How to use your background to help you secure employment in the horse industry
- The Business of Horses - Foundation Horses
[Pets:Horses] Discusses where foundation bloodlines came from
- The Business of Horses - Selling on Contract
[Pets:Horses] I have received several inquiries about selling on contract from horse owners who need to get rid of their surplus and still want to make a profit or at least break even. In this time of slow market conditions, supply greater than demand and many horse breeders who are dispersing their stock, one should be looking for different ways to market their product. Offering to sell on contract may work for you if you act in a business-like manner and do your research.
- The Business of Horses - Marketing
[Business:Marketing] What do you think of when someone says marketing your product? Sales? Marketing a product or service entails much more. How to market your horse or horse related services
- The Business of Horses - Profit Motive
[Business:Marketing] Profit motive according to the IRS is the intent to make money with your business venture within a reasonable time. And for some, they want to enhance their lives, gain independence, and have control over their future and to enjoy the horse and the lifestyle that accompanies that enjoyment.
- The Business of Horses - But is He Stallion Material?
[Pets:Horses] An owner, who had among his many businesses, a barn full of young, untrained stallions, hired a young trainer. Why you may want to geld a stallion.
- The Business of Horses - Horse Shows or How to Have More Fun With Your Horse
[Recreation-and-Sports:Equestrian] Have you discovered that the price of getting to a horse show plus the expenses of being there is on par with the national debt? How to have more fun showing your horses.
- The Business of Horses - Preserving Your Assets
[Business:Management] We as horse people have a love for the animal and the lifestyle that goes with that animal. This article describes how to structure your horse business and protect your assets
- The Business of Horses - Establishing Value
[Business:Management] Discusses how to establish value of your horse business in order to secure loans. It is important to realize that your most valuable asset is the facility.
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