PAID WORKING STUDENT POSITION

Paid working student position offering the opportunity to train under an advanced level event rider. Position includes lessons, cross country schooling, an education on the business side, and to be immersed in the two horse capitals of the world… how fun is that?! A positive, upbeat person who is self motivated, responsible, and loves horses. Someone who enjoys the opportunity for a career in horses where they are appreciated, with opportunity for growth, and a good bit of fun while we’re at it. Opportunity to learn and grow while improving in your riding and developing as a horseman.

We are so proud of our working student program and its graduates, having produced young professionals up through the 5* level of eventing, and featured in Practical Horseman Magazine. We strive to give our working students an incredible amount of opportunities to learn, grow, develop their own careers, and reach their professional goals. It’s a symbiotic relationship where the working students help us in the production of quality young horses and we help them with educational opportunities immersed in some of the most incredible venues the US has to offer, like the Kentucky Horse Park, the World Equestrian Center, and all the amazing eventing venues in Ocala. It’s college for equestrians! And we’re immensely proud that our working students have often historically stayed much longer than their 6-12 month initial commitments—-many have stayed for up to 6 years, and many have returned for non consecutive repeat terms! We pride ourselves on the fact that it must be a good place to work if they keep coming back.

•Normal barn routine of feeding horses and bring in/ turn out
•Grooming and tacking horses,

•Normal show barn activities like packing/unpacking the trailer for horse shows, organizing the tack room, pulling manes, etc.
​•No stall cleaning in KY except for Sundays.

Working students need to be at least 18 years old, be competent handling/leading young horses, and love to work with horses, and be legal to work in the US. If you have more of a riding background than that, great—-we can provide so many amazing opportunities! In a perfect world we’d love someone who is already eventing—-we have so many riding opportunities to share!
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We ask for a 6-month to 1-year commitment —We’re very proud of the fact that many of our WS have returned for repeat years with us and/or extended to stay much longer than they originally signed up for!

•7am Team brings in horses from night turnout, feeds. •8/8:30 Riding list starts for the day. Tack, untack, groom, spray off horses.

•1:00 Lesson or training ride on your horse or your sponsored horse

•2:00 Accomplish a barn task for the day—-could be packing or unpacking for a show, organizing tack room, pulling manes, etc. Normal professional show barn tasks.
•~3:30 afternoon feed and turnout

•Finished at roughly 5:30

We’re so proud that we’ve helped so many riders achieve their goals and their dreams over the years…. Numerous riders came to us having never evented, and stayed longer than they originally intended, making it to the upper levels of the sport with huge success! We’ve had many working student grads go on to the Intermediate and Advanced Levels of the sport with great success. We’ve produced Area Champions as well as National Champions, and we’ve had a lot of fun doing it!

•Gorgeous brand new housing with utilities paid—housing is private in KY and shared in Florida

•Board for one horse, or compete one of ours with a sponsored ride where we pay your show bills!

•weekly stipend

•Opportunity to compete and school in incredible places

•Opportunity to advance your own riding while immersing yourself in everything that the two horse capitals have to offer: Kentucky and Ocala FL!

•Lessons and training from advanced level event rider with prolific background of successfully producing riders and horses up the levels from scratch, having produced numerous riders to become successful professionals.
​•Endless opportunities to compete, train, expand your experience and knowledge, and have a great time doing it. The experience of a lifetime to chase your goals and dreams!