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A Close Look At A Racehorse Trainer

By Tammie Caldwell


A Racehorse is under specialized care of a tutor. The job description of a racehorse trainer is a package of activities. This includes managing exercise and feeding schedule. Training the horse to get used to human handling. A professional and experienced trainer is required for this job.

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.

A look at practitioner in this field highlights a common day of a coach, who shared her daily program at her job. She is supposed to be in her work station by half past six early in the morning, the board informs them the horse they will riding that day by seven in the morning. Each horse is scheduled for fewer than three canters. This is courtesy of the rating of the racehorse. The morning stable session is over by noon and the second session commences by three oclock in the evening. This session activities comprises of, feeding the horse, grooming the horses the session ends by half past six before dark.

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.

Secondly, the job is physically taxing; the job is muscular, from bending, climbing, riding on a horse bark, the running thrill. The horse tutor is tasked with feeding, cleanliness program and grooming of all the horses under their care. This is usually a source of fatigue and why this job is termed as physically demanding.

This job makes the race horse trainer vulnerable to injuries. A horse is sometimes aggressive or defiant animal. The trainer may get a bite, vulnerable to the electric kicks, or being stepped on. This job has been rated to be prone to injuries and death as compared to other jobs in related contexts. A tired horse, ill or a horse on heat is hard to handle.

A racehorse training is a challenging assignment, this made harder and daunting when handling mishandled or injured horse. They are usually unresponsive to commands. This calls for high creativity, carefulness and patience. The horses are slow, defiant and unpredictable animals.




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