- Salary
- Depends on Experience
- Work Type
- Temporary
- Work Time
- Full-time; Part-time
- Live-In
- Live-In Optional
- Bring Own Horse
- Training Available
- Non-Smoker
- Job No
- 360193
- Status
- Looking
- Updated
- 11/14/2024
- Expires
- in 11 days
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I have a small mixed yard and am looking for help with all aspects of the Riding School/ Young stock/
Competition Horses and ponies. Usual yard duties. Catching, Tacking and Grooming Ponies. Assisting Pupils. Prior to, during and after lessons. Tack Cleaning. Holding horses for Farrier/ Vet and for Clipping. For experienced Riders, you will also get to ride. Help needed handling and training foals to lead, and some handling and leading of yearlings, and two year olds. Assist in the early breaking of 2 , 3yr olds. If capable you could be riding some young competition Ponies/ Horses. Note. I have mostly have Ponies and smaller horses and young horses. There will be more riding available for those under 60kg.
You do need to be fit and strong enough to Pike in Hay and clean stables and capable of emptying a full wheelbarrow. Other duties will involve sweeping, racking up leaves. Powerhosing. Cleaning and tidying.
Required Key Skills
Riding First-Aid Handling Youngstock Schooling Lunging Plaiting ExercisingRequired Expertise
Riding School Trekking Working with children HackingAccommodation
Appartment. One bedroom. ( Two beds.) TV, Radio. Kitchenette. Bathroom. Food supplied.
Job Benefits
This is a great opportunity to gain a diverse knowledge of the operation of a small scale riding school, and also learn about the training and producing of horses from Birth to Competition level. Suitable for a foreign student hoping for improve their English. Suitable for Veterinary students to gain more Equestrian experience Several photos and videos of my horses can be seen on Facebook, Valley View Equestrian Centre , Gooseberry Hill Horses, Janet Burke and on my Daughters page Zara Burke Ott
- Employer No
- 360192
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/valley.centre/
- Location
- Mallow, Cork, Ireland
Equestrian Employer Details
AIRE (Associationof Irish Riding Riding Establishments) Approved Equestrian Centre. Open since May 1995. Mixed enterprise. Offering Riding lessons, Trekking, Pony Camps. We also have competition horses and Ponies for Show jumping and Eventing, brood mares, foals and young stock. Facilities. outdoor 30 x 60 Arena. showJumps. Schooling bank and small cross country fences. Lots of hacking on small country roads, farm roadways, and through fields. Based in a rural area. Accomodation is in a shared Apartment. One bedroom, Two single beds. Kitchenette. Bathroom. Food is supplied.