Manager Assistant
Resume:
Cassandra E. Sweeney
Spring Valley WI 54767
Education_________________________________________________________________
*/**-*/** ******* Woods University, Fulton, MO
B.S. Equestrian Science
9/06-5/10 UW- River Falls, River Falls, WI
(Transferred to UWRF in 2006)
B.S. Animal Science
Key Classes taken: Principles of Nutrition, Animal Physiology, Physiology of Reproduction, Animal Breeding, Animal
Health, Farm Management, Advanced Horsemanship, Colts in Training, Advanced Nutrition
Work experience______________________________________________________-______
Arcola Farm 5/10 - Present Stillwater, Minnesota
Assistant
Duties consist of daily care of the farm’s horses, breaking out young colts to ride, exercise seasoned show horses,
cleaning stalls and attending shows during the show season.
Pittman Dairy 09/09-5/10 Plumb City, Wisconsin
Farm Hand
Milk 70 cows in a herringbone parlor, feed and bed calves and heifers, mix total mixed rations for lactating cows, use
the skid steer and tractors for various farm maintenance tasks.
West Wind Stables LLC 04/10-6/10 Eau Clair, Wisconsin
Assistant Trainer
Exercise horses in training under Jennifer Colman; teach beginner and intermediate level riders riding lessons in the
area of speed events.
Blue Hills Lippitt Morgans 05/01/00 to 08/01/05 Exeland, Wisconsin
Barn Manager
Responsibilities included daily care of all horses on the property which included brood mares, foals and studs. Duties
consisted of daily monitoring of pregnant mares, assistance during live cover breeding, starting the farm‘s young
stock, body clipping, bathing, and preparing horses for their show ring experience.
Spritwind Equestrian Adventures 05/12/08 to 08/2/08 Exeland, Wisconsin
Stable Manager/Guide
Primary responsibilities were to practice animal husbandry. Also groomed, tacked up horses in preparation for guided
trail rides which I lead.
Henk Dairy 09/01/04 to 12/30/08 Birchwood Wisconsin
Farm Hand
Duties consisted of milking 95 cows, cleaning of the milk house, barn and parlor. Responsible for feeding heifers and
calves. Assisted with field work in the spring.
Extracurricular Activities_______________________________________________________
Member of the University of Wisconsin River-Falls Horse Judging Team
Competed as a representative of the University of Wisconsin River-Falls in an intercollegiate judging competition at
the World Paint Show in Forth Worth, Texas in 2007, also competed at the Quarter Horse Congress in Columbus, Ohio
and Quarter Horse World Show in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 2009.
Alpha Chi Omega
Participated in various community service projects such as fundraising for St. Jude Children’s Hospital and
organizing clothing drive for battered women’s shelter.
Volunteer at Barron Co. Humane Society
Walked shelter dogs during the summers of 2004-2008.
Volunteer at the Barniberkie Ski Race in Hayward WI
Staring line attendant during the race.
University of Wisconsin River-Falls Rodeo Team
Team member in 2006-2007. Competed in inter collegiate rodeos in the event of Barrel Racing along with partaking
fundraising campaigns for the annual University of Wisconsin River-Falls rodeo.
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