Kitanya
Trenton, New Jersey, USA
About
- Jobseeker No
- 405377
- Status
- Looking
- Gender/Working Couple
- Female
- Age
- 35
- Location
- Trenton, New Jersey, 08690, USA
- Nationality
- USA
- Marital Status
- Married
- Occupation
- Barn Staff/Manager
- Height
- 1.62m = 5' 3"
- Weight
- 89 kgs = 14 st 0 lb
- Smoke
- Drive
Preferences
- Live-In Position
- Bring Own Horse
- Locations
- (New Jersey: Trenton, 30 miles)
- Work Types
- Permanent
- Work Times
- Full-time
- Notice Required
- 1 week(s)
- Minimum Pay
- from $20 hour
- Salary
- 60,000
Qualifications
No. Just hands-on learning over the past 4 years.
Duties of Current Occupation
Old Country Farm - Barn Manager Jan 2025 - Present
A&E Show Stables - Volunteer Oct 2021 - Present
The Village Farm - Barn Staff Sept - Nov 2024
Equi-Sport, LLC - Barn Manager | Head Groom Oct - Nov 2024
Equine Work Experience
- Feed horses.
- Muck out stalls.
- Turn out horses to paddocks.
- Maintain clean, neat, and hazard-free animal areas to protect individual health and wellbeing.
- Put on and remove fly protection in the summer and blankets in the winter.
- Track metrics such as overall health, behaviors, and diet to isolate and address concerns.
- Treat minor horse injuries.
- Follow exercise training programs laid out by the trainer, exercising horses through walk, trot, and canter gates.
- Assist with competition prep including packing, loading, grooming, tacking, and schedules.
- Tack horses, and make ready for scheduled lessons and training.
- Maintain and perform simple repairs on tack.
- Administer PEMF muscle therapy - BEMER, ActivoMed, and Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES)
- Pre and Post-natal care for mares and foals
Specialities
- Work with vendors, venues, lessons, boarders
- Manage a team of 50
- Financials e.g. budgets, invoices, bookkeeping
- Inventory tracking and replenishment
- 10+ years experience of customer service, office management
- 4 years of equine experience
- Able to lift/carry 50 lbs
- Effective problem solver
- Can work individually or as a team
- Install, customize Barn Management software
- Work with mares (in foal), geldings
- Can operate farm machinery
Type of Ride Work
I ride Western on Quarter Horses in rodeo events such as barrels and poles. I have worked through naughty behaviors with a horse, including bucking, not standing at a mounting block, picking up incorrect leads, and anxiety around certain tasks. I have ground-handled other breeds, including Appys, Standardbreds, Draft Cross, Arabian Cross, Warmbloods, and ponies.
Competition Details
Have a Masters in Festival Production which utilizes all of the same skill sets as equine competitions including time management, logistics, emergency planning, interpersonal skills, business management skills, technology skills, and physical and mental stamina.
I compete in Barrel Racing as a novice - am not a part of any organizations.