Bio

Ginger Long's Bio

Ginger Long is a trainer certified by the British Horse Society, clinician, expo exhibitor, an author and demonstrator for Int’l veterinary symposia and publications. She has more than 20 years experience in cross training, horsemanship, teaching and rehabilitation. She can help you reach your lifetime goals with your horse or with one of hers. Equetec is in Prospect Hill, NC, within one hour from the TRIAD & TRIANGLE.

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Clinics Synopsis

Specializing in: Equine Athletic Consulting
• Training, rehabilitation, physical and behavioral problem solving
• Cross training and seat lessons to build weaknesses into strengths
• Comprehensive evaluations, lectures, publications and clinics
• Podiatry, exercise therapy, biomechanics, horse and rider fitness
Horses available for lease and lessons. Working student positions available.
Contact: ginger@equetec.com

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More dressage schooling on Allemande

Schooling Collection on Allemande

Ecco Domani work over fences to improve the
balanced take off, landing and bascule

Stadium jumping Malarkey

Malarkey Dressage

Ground driving Dhurban at 2

Ground work for suppling
Lateral flexion of the neck
EX.1 GET- Ground Exercise Therapy

Working trot poles on a circle to
improve the balance of the trot

Current Endeavors

Equine Athletic Consulting

Equetec provides specific exercise and training programs for horse and rider to reach their performance and fitness goals
Ginger manages, trains and cares for horses including exercise, lay-ups, rehabilitation and daily management
Teaches riders ensuring that each rider is fit, supple and educated well enough to be in working harmony with their horse. Equetec has a gym for training and strengthening riders and school horses for riders to interact and learn. Seat lessons are available to transfer body awareness learned in the gym to riding their horse.
Ginger Long travels to teach clinics, expos and symposiums.
Competes USDF, USEA and NCDCTA when time permits
Projects, cases, publications, seminars, symposiums, wet labs and papers with Dr. Richard A. Mansmann, VMD, PhD, Dr. Kirsten Tillotson, DVM, MS, DACVIM and other qualitified equine professionals.
Provides an overall team solution for horse owners that includes consultation and examination by Ginger Long, trainer, Dr. Richard A. Mansmann, VMD, PhD specializing in sports medicine, Kirsten Tillotson, DVM, MS, DACVIM and many other veterinarians, Mike Stine, farrier specializing in movement and body alignment, Kurt Vom Orde farrier with Equetec podiatry clinic, Tommy Frazier for routine farriery, Ray Morris, Bodywork/massage and saddlework, DDB Customs, David Brooks and saddle fitting and other saddle fitters, human and horse massage therapist. Many other equine professionals are on our team. Please contact us if you want to join our effort to provide the best care and education for our horses.
Work on publishing the Ginger Long “In Pursuit of Harmony” series of educational materials, booklets, CD’s and a video. First Booklet is “Ground Exercise Training For All Horses”, CD will also be available and others to follow over the next year.
"A Horse For Life......
…..economy of motion, positive interaction, longevity."
Do your life goals include a lifetime of learning with horses?

Ginger Long is currently located in Prospect Hill, North Carolina providing instruction, training and rehabilitation but also travels to teach clinics.

In Pursuit of Harmony
After school each day Ginger Long would walk down the street and ride the Farnley Ponies at Cullowhee Spring with Amanda MacKay-Smith. Those were the greatest ponies…..Welsh Ponies. The Farnley and Shenandoah ponies are one of the first bands here in the US. She spent her summers at Farnley breaking in and training ponies. Those were the fun horse shows. The ponies ignited a passion, a spark to pursue her love of horses. Ginger represents all those little girls that didn’t own a horse. She rode the horses no one wanted to ride and learned from them. She respects horses for what they are and the language that they’ve taught her. She absorbed all the information and tools available to increase her ability to work and be successful with horses. Her experiences and travels developed her skill and understanding. Growing up this way, has allowed her the ability to explain things well and help people and their horses. She can help them overcome a variety of problems and weaknesses. Her experiences have allowed her to contribute to the lasting fitness and strength in each horse, young person and adult she encounters. Ginger helps people pursue symmetry and balance, strength and harmony with their horse.

Ginger Long has combined her exceptional horsemanship skills with an innate ability to understand the minds and bodies of both horses and humans, creating successful partnerships between riders and their mounts. Her students have claimed that she has X-ray vision…an amazing ability to see and address the miniscule problems in both horse and rider that are blocking the path to freedom and ease of movement. She communicates the ability to overcome. Overcome fear with confidence and weakness with strength. She has developed techniques that are teachable, so that others may learn the language that connects human and horse. The result is Gingers insight and ability to unite the horse and rider in working harmony. She inspires students to use the tools taught. These tools and techniques are basic to all horses and disciplines. Her techniques begin with groundwork and progress toward the athletic ability and performance goals of each horse and rider. The program includes horsemanship, correct movement, exercise , gymnastics and dressage. These skills are fundamental. Each program is developed and tailored to the needs of the individual case. As needed, a team of equine professionals such as farriers, vets, and saddle fitters are available. With this team approach, Ginger can provide you with a total horse/rider solution. You will gain the insight, understanding and skill to reach your horsemanship and performance goals. The goals of this program are to produce a freer moving, physically and mentally strong horse and thinking, feeling and therefore an effective rider.

Ginger Long is an equine professional who develops successful programs for horses and riders. She is an educator, a clinician, a trainer but mostly she has a genuine love for horses and wants to share her knowledge with others. Currently, Ginger is working on several booklets, CD’s and a video to provide insight into her fascinating partnership with horses. The first booklet titled “Ground Exercise Training For All Horses” is the first of a series unfolding the relationship that can be achieved between horse and rider. These booklets and other study aids, lead you step by step in the pursuit of harmony with your horse.

Past to Present
1980-1986 Trained/Showed Farnley and Shenandoah Welsh Ponies

1985-1987 Quarter Horse and the Appaloosa circuit - English/Western Pleasure, Jumping and Showmanship

1982-1987 4-H President – 4-H Horse Handlers - Competed nationally mounted and un-mounted, public speaking and horseman of the year - local, regional and national awards

· 1988 Graduated Northern Durham High School Academic Diploma - Mu Alpha Theta Honorary Math Society, Computer Club, Future Business Leaders of America, American Field Service and Softball.

1985-1989 Competed with the NCHJA - Awards received at the C and A level shows in various competitions and divisions

1985-1989 worked with a British Dressage trainer with her horses and trained two other mounts that started the pursuit of the Dressage/Combined Training and the Eventing world Awards USEA, USDF and NCDCTA through the various levels if competition

1989 Wellington Riding, in Basingstoke, England and Trained through the equivalent of Intermediate level eventing and fourth level dressage, horsemanship and horse knowledge

1991 Certified By the British Horse Society

1992-1994 Race horse training, backing and getting them fit for the track. This is when the interest in getting horses sound, sane and strong grew. Experience was gained getting those horses back to the track.

Maintained a riding school, teaching and training program while doing the race horses.

·1994-Present Day Training, teaching business which is very successful with students and competition. Primarily dressage and combined training but also horsemanship and some western instruction

Work with USPC clinics, camps, mounted and un-mounted

Compete and coach students through national levels.

Work with natural horsemanship, dressage and CT experts in clinics for personal growth

Experience with Mike Plumb, Shay Walsh, Hokan Thorne, Col. Bayla Budenguay, Lucinda Green, Buck Brannaman, Pat Parelli, Dr. Richard A. Mansmann, Ray Morris, Mike Stine and other qualified equine professionals

1998 Knowledge Alliance Technical Training

2000 Microsoft Certified Engineer

1998 Pacific Computer Technologies – Sales and Service Engineer while training horses, competing and teaching part time.

1998-2000 Nikeo Computer Solutions – hardware, software desktop and network consultation and support while training horses, competing and teaching part time.

2000 – 2001 Merging Nikeo Computer Solutions with Equetec to provide computer related services to the horse industry for education while training horses, competing and teaching part time.

2001 New Farm purchased and construction began in Prospect Hill, NC

2002 Equetec opens at it's new location in Prospect Hill NC

2003 Equetec expands it's services and facility including a full service gym for riders

2004 Paper and Demo invited to be presented at the International Symposium for Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy

2005 Regular Monthly Clinics at more than 5 locations

2005 Partnership with Vanessa Craft of Breezing Hill Farm www.breezinghillfarm.com

2005 December NC Horse Expo 3 successful demonstrations and seminars

2006 added a breeding program with Dutch Warmblood stallion imported in utero. Wrojo to foal his first baby as a three year old in march of 2006.

2006 Made the Equetec video-- still in editing

2006 farm improvements include hot/cold wash rack and arena lights

Additions to the Equetec team are Dr. Kirsten Tillotson of www.tillotsonequine.com, Wrojo, Ecco Domani, Slip, Encore and soon to be Wrojo's Dance.

2006 sponsors include Hurdle Mills Feed and Farm Supply, DDB Customs Saddlery fitting and Repair (County Dealer) and Thinline Pads.

Arena lights and hot water are fully functional now

2006 -present has included many successful rehabs such as fractured withers, epm, neurologic, mild wobbler, fractured pastern joint, club feet, uneven mishaped feet, suspensory injuries and desmitis, collateral ligament injuries, weak, locking stifles, rein lameness, laminitis, abrasions, incesions, punctures, adhesions, scar tissue, sarcoids, multiple behavioral, asymmetic, stiff and weak cases. Multiple performance horses were able to move up to the next level due to strength and suppling exercises provided by Equetec.

2007 Avie's baby will arrive tax week, summer clinic series with multiple professionals coming, Paper presented at the NCSU Veterinary Medicine Symposium in Feb., new clinic locations in Pinehurst and Leasburg, NC.

Avie's Baby Wrojo's Dance, filly has arrived aka Bling Bling. Click here to see her newborn picture and baby pictures collage

New baby by imported Dutch Warmblood, Wrojo bred to my Thoroughbred mare is in the oven and due in May.

We had a great summer series of educational clinics, thanks to everyone that participated and to everyone that helped with lectures and lunch. Great time, learning and good food.

Summer 2007 video was edited but still needs an intro, hopefully it will be completed soon.

We have a few new additions of stray cats, now tamed and a few newly painted jumps.

Baby Kaching's, home bred Dutch warmblood Thoroughbred colt arrival first day pics and First week photos

New Puppies Cosmo and Ender. Click here to see baby pics and pics of the puppies

Currently Equetec provides all the services listed on the services page. Ginger and Gary Long also started a new computer business at their location called Prospect Hill PC for computer/network service, support, security and consultation.

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Sandy Family Slide Show

Sandy family history photo album

Ginger has competed through the levels with her own horses and has used that experience for her customers young horses. Bringing along young horses systematically and meeting the young horse's needs, as well as, the owner's needs is one of Ginger's attributes.
Listed below are just a few of the young horses Ginger has brought along into successful performance for her clients..........

Started with her as a 3 year old Trakehner mare and moved her up through the levels so her owner could also be successful.