Going to HSITP show this weekend

This weekend I will be going to the Horse Shows in the Park event at the Canterbury Equestrian Center in Jonesville, Florida (just to the west of Gainesville).  My daughter is competing.  As will be the pony whose picture you see on this blog.

HITS Ocala Tournament weekend

I am planning to be at the HITS Ocala Tournament this coming Sunday, watching the $50,000 Ring Power Grand Prix.

Florida - 2010 Regular Legislative Session

The Florida 2010 Regular Legislative Session begins Tuesday, March 2, 2010, and is scheduled to end Friday, April 30, 2010. Here are some useful links to follow the Session:

Florida Senate:
http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/index.cfm?Mode=Calendars&Submenu=2&Tab=session&CFID=189370731&CFTOKEN=58811134

Florida House of Represenatives:
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/SEctions/Bills/bills.aspx

You can watch the Legislature's proceedings at this link:
http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Index.cfm?Mode=Video&Submenu=8&Tab=session

Phil

Interesting article in 2/26/10 edition of "The Chronicle of the Horse"

I read an article in the February 26, 2010 edition of The Chronicle of the Horse entitled "Increased Safety Is An Added Benefit to Trainer Certification" (pages 32-33) by Susie Schoellkopf.  As an attorney (and as a parent of a juvenile rider), I found Ms. Schoellkopf's stance towards trainer/rider safety awareness to be both enlightening and common-sense.  I have also been reading "The Checklist Manifesto" by Atul Gawande, which advocates for the use of pre-determined checklists as a risk management device.  I suggest that equine professionals read both the Schoellkopf article and the Gawande book.  Applying this sort of proactive approach will cause equine professionals to make their risk management protocols second-nature so they are always being implemented, while also permitting the professionals to focus on their principal equestrian activities.

Phil

My Twitter feeds

I have two Twitter feeds you may want to visit:

1. http://twitter.com/@TheLawPaddock - This addresses the equine industry and related legal issues

2. http://twitter.com/@PNKEsq - This addresses business law in general

Please feel free to "drop in" to either or both.

Phil

Welcome to my blog

Hello to my new readers.  My name is Phil Kabler, and I am a business lawyer who has spent many years in the world of horses.  (I am also a business law professor at the University of Florida - Warrington College of Business Administration and at Santa Fe College, both located in Gainesville, Florida.)  Currently, I am the proud adopted "parent" of Rosy, a 12 year old Welsh-Connemara mix mare (that is actually her picture on the the blog, not mine...).  My family (including Rosy, of course) go to many horse shows, so I have the pleasure of being around many "horse people".


Since I spend a good deal of my "off time" looking at, reading about, and researching equine industry business and legal issues, I am going to use this blog as a vehicle to share my discoveries.  Please feel free to comment on, question, add-to, and -- overall -- enjoy the postings.

"See" you around!

Phil