Financing Your Equestrian Activities: Sponsorships & Scholarships [Paperback]

Suzanne K. B. Fraser (Author)

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About the Author

Suzy Fraser is an author and dressage rider based in New Hampshire. She has been involved with horses since age 4, received her BHSAI from the Talland School of Equitation, and is a USDF bronze medalist.

Suzy is the editor of several horse-related newsletters and writes articles for various equine publications. She trains and competes the sponsored Danish Warmblood gelding,

Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Equissentials Press (January 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965490009
• ISBN-13: 978-0965490009
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #954,222 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No Matter the Discipline . . ., May 9, 2000

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This review is from: Financing Your Equestrian Activities: Sponsorships & Scholarships (Paperback)

. . . in which you participate, horses are an expensive endeavor!

Curious about the possibilities of seeking sponsorship for myself and my husband (we ride endurance and dressage), I read this book cover to cover.

Learning about the "real" financial situations of famous equestrians and the lengths they went to to receive the financial backing they needed to succeed was a real eye-opener. Both encouraging and no-nonsense, Ms. Fraser opens the reader's eyes to the creativity and hard work required to gain and maintain sponsorship.

This would be a great book for athletes from other disciplines as well, as the world of sponsorship becomes big-dollar!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Get This Book If You're Independently Wealthy!, December 16, 2006

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Patricia Reszetylo (Grand Rapids, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Financing Your Equestrian Activities: Sponsorships & Scholarships (Paperback)

"Financing Your Equestrian Activities" is well written, and is filled with a plethora of case histories, some of people I knew of, and others who were completely off my radar. It shared a wide variety of kinds of horse people, which gave me quite a few ideas of my own about how I should go about doing my own fundraising.

The first part of the book is about how to actually go about doing it - what different kinds of sponsors want out of the arrangement, and how to approach the different types, as well as where to find them.

The second part has the case histories.

This book should be required reading for any none-independently- wealthy horseman who wants to compete at anything more than just local shows, and especially for those who are ambitious and wish to compete at high levels.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good...could have more info, August 10, 2002

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Jennifer E. Lee "Avid Reader" (PA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Financing Your Equestrian Activities: Sponsorships & Scholarships (Paperback)

I was very pleased with this book, but I thought it could have a bit more info on how to submit your proposal to companies and how to get contact info for the people you need to know. Overall it is a very good book and one well worth having. I suppose it would be a whole different book on how to meet the right people to finance your equestrian activities!!