Experience with Horses

Since leaving education my passion and work experience has led me to having a carer in racing, where I have gained two qualifications within racing. Conditional Jockey Category B in 2004 and NVQ Level in Racehorse Care and Management both with the British Racing School Newmarket. I am accomplished in many equine disciplines and am a skilled horse rider that has also rode both amateur races and under professional codes.

I have worked at many racing yards gaining a wealth of experience as Head Lad for yards, Stable Attendant and as a Conditional Jockey, I was responsible for supervising the running of small yards and leading a proactive, enthusiastic, dedicated team of stable attendants ensuring all stable duties were completed to a high standard and ensured they were done by ensuring effective time management of the yard was always adhered too.

Through my work with horses I have represented yards, owners, trainers with ensuring they are kept up to dates about their horses performance, training and entertaining owners at events.

I have also gained many years of experience through riding for owners who owned hunters to hunt them for them and ensure their horses are kept fit throughout the year for the hunt season and have also been actively involved in being a Hunt Master and owning my horse who I hunt and participate in cross country with regularly.

Through private arrangements I also exercise and bring people’s horses back into work and support young children to ride.

 

Key Skills

 

I also have extensive experience and proficient skills of,

• Injury monitoring/prevention.
• Swimming horses/ water treadmill.
• Worming programmes.
• Rehab/ Bringing horses back to work
• Riding work
• Schooling
• Breaking in youngster’s
• Lunging
• Free schooling
• Schooling horses to jump
• Hunting
• Point to point races
• Supporting young people to learn to ride
• Plaiting/Clipping
• Traveling horses in a trailer and 3.5 Tonne horsebox
• Horse Frist Aid
• Rider First Aid
• Owning horses
• Yard/Gallops/School maintenance
• Feed and bedding stock control
• Equine record keeping
• Staff mentoring/inductions/supervisions
• Administering horse treatment and veterinary care
• Handling stallions, youngsters, different sized horses/ponies
• Grazing management

 

 

 

 

Strengths and Weaknesses

• What do you most enjoy about working with horses?

“I find working with horses incredibly rewarding as it makes me feel I have a sense of connection with horses and the sense of accomplishment when I see what they have achieved with my input, by finding joy in the physical and mental challenges working with horses bring”.

• Is there anything you’d like to improve?

“I am actively learning new disciplines of riding and techniques to my riding to improve my flat work as it is one of the most important things horses need to learn to be balanced for them to become a effective jumper”.

 

• Why should employers consider you above any other job seeker?

“I possess a combination of many years of skills working with horses that has led me to be an accomplished rider/ handler / yard supervisor in many areas but also because I am a reflective learner who is passionate about the passion and joy horses bring to people and to the equine sporting world. I am proactive, hard working and willing learning to learn new skills and be part of a dedicated, strong passionate team that can share their knowledge with others and yet friendly and approachable with high standards in all I do”.

 

Requirements

• What would you like to do or gain in your next job?

“I would like to increase my knowledge and practical experience in Show Jumping and Youngstock training, to advance my skills and become a more senior team player or specialised in a specific senior role”.

 

• Do you need accommodation?

I own my own home with my partner therefore do not need accommodation, however would consider accommodation should a role become a option further away.

 

• Do you have any special requirements for any animals you wish to bring with you?

Yes, two dogs and 1x 17.2 horse that will require a field for day time turnout all year round and a stable for night times all year round.

 

• Do you have any ongoing commitments?

Only my family and owning my animals.

 

• Do you have any holidays booked that an employer needs to know of?

Only around Christmas 2025