Vivid Understanding A 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.

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.

This job requires no formal training, but this applies to over nineteen years. A diploma level two, it is a requirement to be admitted in school to be allowed to practice in this fun filled sector. A basic knowledge of riding horse is not equivalent to racehorse expertise; the difference is on the technicalities, rules and professionalism aspect. The job requires teamwork oriented trainer but must appreciate the individual experience to enable fast decision making during critical hours. The trainer must be passion driven and dedicated to cope with the particular job requirement. This is necessary in long hours working and weekend calls.

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 job also physically demanding, that causes fatigue and exhaustion. The job is physical by the riding on the racing horse bark, running, climbing and bending during the training. Grooming and feeding the horses is also taxing job.

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.

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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