My trainer went back and got her Accounting (then CPA) degree - even though she was training in Europe and riding with some of the best in the world. It is VERY useful in the horse business since it is a business, and MANY trainers probably wish their partner could do their taxes and make better business decisions based on budget.
So forget a horse school - you can learn more by doing - and get an accounting degree then seek a job where you can apply the accounting to a horse business while learning more about horses. You'd be surprised at the # of horse people who would hire you based on a CPA versus someone with more "horse time". Just make certain when you interveiw that you expect to be "mentored" in parts of the horse business just like you will help mentor the current business owner on what is smart, and what is not smart, for business purposes.
Then this will eventually carry over so that you can start up your own horse business, plus you'll have a reputation that you were a business partner with BNT "X".
Great fallback is as the economy continues to go south you will always have a fallback position (accounting) since horses are a "nice to have" not like accounting which is a "need to have" - at least for big businesses and for doing taxes.
So forget a horse school - you can learn more by doing - and get an accounting degree then seek a job where you can apply the accounting to a horse business while learning more about horses. You'd be surprised at the # of horse people who would hire you based on a CPA versus someone with more "horse time". Just make certain when you interveiw that you expect to be "mentored" in parts of the horse business just like you will help mentor the current business owner on what is smart, and what is not smart, for business purposes.
Then this will eventually carry over so that you can start up your own horse business, plus you'll have a reputation that you were a business partner with BNT "X".
Great fallback is as the economy continues to go south you will always have a fallback position (accounting) since horses are a "nice to have" not like accounting which is a "need to have" - at least for big businesses and for doing taxes.
