A Dissect At Racehorse Trainer

By Tammie Caldwell


Racehorse is under a care of an experienced instructor. His duties are varied activities, which include but not limited to horse management, exercising and feeding program. This is also to make the horses friendly with human users. A racing horse requires professional racehorse trainer.

The horse coach, will also select from the options the best race for the horse to engage. This field has gained popularity and gained appreciation over time. The tutor earns bountifully from races won and consultancy fees. However the job comes with its challenges.

Life experience of a racehorse coach, would give a glimpse of a trainers job and life. According to her, she is in job latest by half past six each morning. She will go ahead to mucking off her five horses. The board will give direction on the horses schedules for that day. Each horse will takes to three canters, which is based on the individual horse quality level. The mid morning episode ends by noon and resumes by three in the afternoon. The horses will be groomed, hay fed and mucking of the horses. This goes on to half to seven in the evening as sunsets.

Racehorse training needs no specific training to venture this lucrative fun filled field profession. For anyone above nineteen years no need college training. For underage enthusiasts it is compulsory for admission into a college to acquire a Level two diploma. The normal horse riding is a prerequisite for this job but riding racehorses is complex in terms of technicalities and styles. The training requires teamwork but individual racing is critical to enhance abrupt decision making when needed. Passion and dedication are critical in the field; the job has been defined tagged as taxing, a trainer needs to work on weekends and long hours.

Apart from this career being admirable, fun filled and breath taking experiences it is not void of associated disadvantages, which includes; low salary, a report from Bureau of Labor Statistics, a trainer in the USA earns sixteen thousand dollars for new entrant and fifty three thousand dollars for a whole year.

The next associated disadvantage to this job the, Physical demand for this job, this job is physical by nature, the job requires climbing, bending, running and riding on the horse back. The hardy part is also in grooming the horses, feeding and cleaning the stalls.

The third shortcoming of this job is the risks of associated injuries; the horses are either frightened or aggressive animal. The horse is large to a trainer, hence causing an injury with minimal effort. When provoked the horse turns violent, the instructor risks being bitten, being kicked or being tramped on. This is why it has been concluded the expertise in the field, run highest risk to injury and death than workers in other varied industries.

The ever-changing design of this job is a disadvantage by itself. This is an unpredictable job, handling different animals, under different conditions and with different states of health makes it more complex. The state of the animal will dictate its behavior and is responsible of unruly nature of these animals.




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