stablekeeping

Near-synonyms: hostlership, horsekeeping

Stablekeeping is the coordination of day-to-day tasks involved in keeping a barn running smoothly. Whether you're caring for one horse or fifty, whether you have your own barn or are working in someone's stable, the ideas in this book can help improve the safety, efficiency, and atmosphere of your stable environment. Ultimately, good stablekeeping will minimize repair, feed, and veterinary bills and provide a safe and healthy living environment for horses as well as a pleasant workplace for the horses' people.

2012, Cherry Hill, Richard Klimesh, “Preface”, in Stablekeeping: A Visual Guide to Safe and Healthy Horsekeeping, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page v