training barn handler

O Centro de Treinamento é liderado por um Treinador e um Treinador Assistente que tomam todas as decisões sobre o regime de treinamento de cada cavalo diariamente, juntamente com conselhos veterinários às vezes. Os Cavaleiros de Exercício ("Cavaleiros") exercitam os cavalos diariamente, incluindo montar e quebrar cada cavalo diariamente. Os Treinadores e Cavaleiros são assistidos pelos Manipuladores designados para o Celeiro de Treinamento ("Manipuladores") durante a temporada de descanso. Os Manipuladores ajudam os Treinadores e Cavaleiros no desempenho de suas funções, incluindo segurar os cavalos quando os cavaleiros se levantam, caminhar junto com os cavalos durante o processo de quebra do solo, ajudar os Cavaleiros a prender os cavalos e caminhar ao lado deles quando eles estão sendo apresentados à roda de caminhada e andar atrás dos cavalos quando eles entram no lago de natação. Em todos os momentos, o Treinador, Treinador Assistente ou Cavaleiro está treinando o cavalo, não os Manipuladores. A necessidade de Treinadores durante este período de tempo deve-se principalmente ao aumento do número de cavalos que são novos para cada um desses processos, e os Treinadores e Treinadores Assistentes não são capazes de introduzir essas coisas sem o apoio de pessoas extras, um conjunto extra de mãos. Once the horses are accustomed to being ridden, walking on the wheel, and entering the swim pond, the Training Team is typically able to perform those duties without extra assistance from the Handlers. At all times, the Handlers report daily to and are under the direction and control of the Trainer or Assistant Trainer. Other than such tasks as feeding the horses, cleaning stalls, cleaning water troughs, and bathing the horses at regular intervals, the Handlers do not have any authority or control to make independent decisions about tasks to perform.

Handler Job Duties

Daily routine and skill set required:

1. Feed three times per day.

2. Bring horses in from paddocks from night turn out, and continuously switch in and out from paddocks throughout the day. Isso precisa ser feito enquanto se certifica de não colocar potros perto de potros e, portanto, causando qualquer número de problemas.

3. Limpe as baias e mantenha-as escolhidas ao longo do dia.

4. Lixívia e baldes de água limpa.

5. Certifique-se de manter a alfafa nas baias o tempo todo.

6. Quebre os cavalos que vêm dos campos conforme as instruções dos Treinadores.

7. Be able to accompany horses on the full ground breaking process including bridling, tacking, lunging, and driving horses.

8. Once horses have completed the ground breaking process, Handlers will get horses ready for riders each day, bring them to the riders and leg up the riders; when the horse is finished being ridden, the Handler will then hot walk (this is where the horse is walked until it is cooled down and offered water). They will then give the horse a bath and put them on the eurociser or walking wheel to cool out and dry off.

9. All horses that are at the farm on lay-up, and therefore not being ridden, will get bathed each day after their paddock time.

10. On work days, meaning when the horses are asked to run faster than a normal gallop, the Handler will need to apply ice bandages and hot walk with continuous reapplying of the ice during the horses cool out as instructed by the Trainer.

11. All horses are groomed (this includes being brushed with a curry comb and brush, picking and painting their hooves with kopertox and oil, and putting a conditioning spray in their manes and tails) and checked for any lameness or injury every day and the Handler must be present while the Veterinarian or Vet Tech conduct exams, administer medicine, and perform treatments as needed.

12. Handlers will need to be able to hold horses while they stand in ice buckets and be able to apply poultice to legs post work or as necessary.