Young Horse Trainer And Competition RiderGloucestershire
The Job
- Job No:
- 21921
- Status:
- Expired
- Title:
- Young Horse Trainer And Competition Rider
- Type:
- Rider-Dressage
- Work type:
- Full Time
- Salary:
- neg
- Live In:
- Bring own horse:
- Training available:
- Posted:
- 01 Jan 12
- Updated:
- 01 Jan 12
The Yard
- Yard No:
- 1053747
- Name:
- Hawtins Stud
- Location:
- Gloucester, Gloucestershire
- Website
- Type:
- Breeding/Foaling, Dressage, Stud
Job Description
Hawtins Stud is a large Hanoverian dressage stud. Our focus is on training and competing our young horses to produce them for sale and a long-term career. Our horses are known for their excellent movement, temperament and rideability. The primary focus of this role is on training and competing the stud’s horses. Our horses go to their first competition early in their fourth year for their development. They only go out when they are ready and will be well-behaved. We also take part in the various young horse classes as an education for the horses and to promote the stud. The horses also compete in the conventional BD competitions with the aim of qualifying for the regional championships to demonstrate their ability and potential. We retain some horses in the stud to train and compete to higher levels. This gives the riders an opportunity to develop their skills and it is good marketing for the stud as it raises our profile.
Requirements
Applicants for this role must have good experience in training and competing young dressage horses and progressing them through the levels
Required Skills
Riding; Schooling; Lunging; Bandaging; Plaiting; Trim/Pull; Sole Charge; Competing.
Required Expertise
Dressage.
Accommodation
Accomodation is in a detached well-maintained and centrally heated cottage. Sorry no pets. The yard and cottage are no-smoking areas.
Benefits
Attractive salary, high quality accomodation, regular training and livery of one horse if applicable.
The Facility
Large, recently built indoor complex with stables, tack room, wash bays, pits for muck and haylage trailers, staff room and viewing gallery, laundry room and 20m x 60m indoor school. Separate, but linked unit with boxes for mares and foals.
Additional yard with a further eight stables including four foaling boxes.
Large oval horse walker, large fenced lunge arena, winter wood chip turnout pen and a 20m x 60m outdoor arena. Nearby turnout paddocks for stabled horses.
Five large purpose-built barns with linked, outdoor woodchip pens for winter housing of mares and youngstock.
100 acres with woodland.
We do not stand any stallions and it is very different to working on a thoroughbred racing stud. Members of the team are not expected to take part in watching mares due to foal or assisting in foaling.