Summary
Joe Tickle Racing is a small, family-run dual-purpose racing yard based at Lower Ford on the Devon downs, training horses both on the Flat and over jumps.
What you will do at work
Daily jobs will include:
- Riding thoroughbreds/ young horses
- Exercising on the gallops
- Turning in and out
- Picking out feet/rugging up
- Grooming/tacking up
- Tack cleaning
- Bathing/show prep
- Lunging/long reining
- Holding for farrier/vet/dentist
- Accompanying horses to races
This position is for someone that already has good experience of riding thoroughbreds/young horses.
Training
- You will be working towards the Level 2 Racing apprenticeship qualification, and all training will be provided on-site during your paid working hours
- Your day-to-day mentoring will be with your employer, and a combination of online and in-person monthly sessions will be held with your Haddon Training Trainer Coach
Requirements and skills
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Presentation skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Passion for Horses
Qualifications
- GCSE English (4 and Above) – desired
- GCSE Maths (4 and Above) – desired
About this employer
Joe and Danielle Tickle and has 16 licensed stables, alongside two isolation boxes and nine point-to-point boxes. Facilities include carpet, sand and grass gallops, a horse walker, sand schooling area, starting stalls, practice hurdles and fences, and approximately 10 acres providing all-year turnout.
After this apprenticeship
- There is also the possibility of progressing on to the Level 3 Senior Racing Groom apprenticeship for the right candidate
Things to consider
- On-site accommodation is available