Nick
Blackdown, Dorset, UK
About
- Jobseeker No
- 412892
- Status
- Looking
- Gender/Working Couple
- Male
- Age
- 38
- Location
- Blackdown, Dorset, DT8, UK
- Nationality
- UK
- Marital Status
- Single
- Occupation
- Trek leader, rider, yard work, outdoor maintenance, equine work (ex-apprentice jockey)
- Height
- 1.68m = 5' 6"
- Weight
- 77 kgs = 12 st 1 lb
- Smoke
- Drive
Preferences
- Locations
- (Dorset: Blackdown, 30 miles)
Bio
I worked with racehorses from 2004-2011. I spent the summer of 2025 as a pony trek leader in the highlands of Scotland and I loved working with clients of ages and abilities. I am also a qualified snowboard instructor.Qualifications
Apprentice jockey licence (Jockey Club March 2005) NVQ Level 2 in Racehorse Care (Jockey Club August 2005) Counterbalance Forklift ATT- B1 novice (December 2022) CITB Site Safety Plus. Health and Safety Awareness Certificate (April 2024 St John's Ambulance First Aid Certificate May 2025
Documents
BHS Exams
BHSI (International Instructor)
Duties of Current Occupation
I worked for the summer season as trek leader at Glenshiel Highland Pony Trekking Centre, riding, looking after the horses, tacking up, organising and leading treks, maintenance work. Since September I have worked temporarily at a livery yard.
Equine Work Experience
Pony trek leader in the Highlands of Scotland. Seven years working as an apprentice jockey and work rider, including breaking-in and riding young race horses. Also riding our own and other horses since I was a child.
Specialities
Hard work, team-player, enthusiastic, I like a varied job. I have worked with young horses
Type of Ride Work
I have ridden flat racing horses and steeple chasers. Also trekking ponies, hunters, and cobs. Also breaking and backing young horses.
Competition Details
I won my first ever race in public (at Pontefract) as an apprentice jockey! (And subsequently others too.)