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EQUESTRIAN - Sponsored by Brickfields and Froghill Tack
Training for a career
with horses – The facts
Working with horses is not just about teaching and grooming, below we look at
some further areas of employment opportunity within this dynamic industry.
Horse Racing
The Horse Racing Industry is able to offer
a variety of opportunities. Training for a
career in racing is provided at the British
Racing School in Newmarket, and the
Northern Racing College in Doncaster.
Training at both Centres of Excellence
takes the shape of practical-based
learning and includes:
A residential Foundation Course
Foundation Modern Apprenticeship
(FMA) in Racehorse care (Level 2)
Advanced Modern Apprenticeship (AMA)
in Racehorse care and Management (NVQ/
SVQ Level 3)
Key Skills, including Information
Technology and Communication
For further guidance and information
you can contact The British Racing School
via [email protected], or by logging on
to www.brs.org.uk. Alternatively, call
01638 665103.
defective, of making shoes to suit all
provides a good starting point for a
types of work and working conditions,
career.
Farriery
and of devising corrective measures to
Farriery is defined in the Farriers
compensate for faulty limb action.
Registration Act as “any work in
Contact the Farriery Training Council,
Studs are divided into two main
categories: a public stud standing one or
more stallions with brood mares visiting
connection with the preparation or
Sefton House, Adam Court, Newark Road,
them during the stud season, or a private
treatment of the foot of a horse, for the
Peterborough PE1 5PP. Call 01733 319911
stud which will normally specialise in
immediate reception of a shoe thereon,
or log on to www.farrier-reg.gov.uk.
boarding mares and young stock.
shoe to the foot, or the finishing off of
Stud Work
school leavers is that of a Stud Hand, but
such work to the foot.”
The Thoroughbred breeding industry is a
further opportunities include positions
the fitting, by nailing or otherwise, of a
A Farrier is a skilled craftsperson with
The most obvious position available for
major employer with both national and
such as Stallion Handlers, Stud Grooms
a sound knowledge of both theory and
international demand for its product.
and Stud Managers. Studs, especially
practise of the craft, capable of shoeing
For someone who likes horses, but does
larger ones, also require secretarial
all types of feet, whether normal or
not wish to ride, working on a stud farm
support, along with people to maintain
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