Working Student Position Where You Ride, Learn And Take Care Of The Horses!
C Square Farm, Nottingham, Pennsylvania, USA- Type
- Salary
- Depends on Experience
- Work Type
- Temporary; Permanent
- Work Time
- Full-time; Part-time
- Live-In
- Live-In Optional
- Bring Own Horse
- Training Available
- Non-Smoker
- Job No
- 332546
- Status
- Looking
- Posted
- 3/30/2022
- Updated
- 3/30/2022
- Expires
- in 1 month
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Available in May, an apprentice position with one of the top sales and eventing barns in the US. If you are looking to improve your riding and become more confident with your own horse competing and additionally, learn how to present, show and sell horses in order to support your riding then we have the opportunity for you!
We have a super team right now with 3 fabulous working students and we are looking to add a 4th!
Five-star eventer Courtney Cooper of CSquareFarm.com and ExcelStarSporthorses.com has an opening in her working student program starting. Opportunity to bring and train on your own horse or ours, stipend offered depending on level of experience, housing and board of horse. Applicant must be willing to travel to Aiken SC for the winter months. This is a position with room for growth and opportunity—you will get out of it what you put in.
Applicants must be ready to work as part of a team where everyone works towards fulfilling goals. This is a position where the majority of your time is spent riding, grooming, tacking, and taking care of the horses, usually there is limited stall mucking.
Board, Housing and A Stipend are possible.
Requirements
Minimum skills required: training-level dressage and jump 2’6” courses confidently. We can expand your knowledge from there.
Required Key Skills
- Riding
- Driving license
- Equine First-Aid
- Handling Youngstock
- Schooling
- Lunging
- Bandaging
- Plaiting
- Clipping
- Trim/Pull
- Exercising
- People Skills
Accommodation
Housing in a new, beautiful, and fully furnished apartment complete with WiFi, dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave, television, and more.
Job Benefits
Possible benefits include: brand new apartment with WiFi, board for one horse, lessons, stipend, free shipping to events, one day off per week, winters in Aiken, many different horses to ride including sales horses and recent imports from Ireland, and learning about breeding, training, and sales at a top eventing facility. Our working students also get plenty of opportunities to compete and ride themselves, especially if they bring a horse.
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- Employer No
- 100852
- Name
- C Square Farm
- Website
- http://www.csquarefarm.com
- Location
- Nottingham, Pennsylvania, USA
- Facility Type
We are an active training and sales farm in Nottingham, Pennsylvania and Aiken, South Carolina.
Courtney is a 5* level competitor with a busy training stable of both her own and other horses to compete. In addition to a competitive sales and training program domestically, (CSquareFarm.com) Courtney also breeds her own horses and imports from overseas, importing between 35-55 horses per year (ExcelStarSportHorses.com).
The Pennsylvania farm is 20 acres with housing for 19 horses and staff housing with Wifi, central heat and air conditioning and lovely views.
The Aiken farm is also 20 acres with housing for staff and horses, and camper hook ups. We have spacious turnouts, unlimited hacking, a beautiful cross country field and a large (250 x 250) GGT arena.
