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Stablehand
Alternative Titles:
Groom, Strapper
Stablehands assist with maintaining and cleaning stables
and handling horses.
Stablehands may perform the following tasks:
- brush and groom, feed, handle and exercise horses and
lead them to their stables
- check horses for lameness, common injuries, ailments and
infections
- give first aid, medication or other treatment to horses
- clean and maintain stables and training equipment
- accompany horses to registered race meetings, gymkhanas
and equestrian events
- exercise horses during track work or equestrian
activities.
Some stablehands who show potential and are light in weight
may become apprentice jockeys.
Stablehands start work early in the morning and may be
required to work on weekends and public holidays. The work
must be done in all kinds of weather. Long hours are usually
involved.
Required Skills - Stablehand
- good health
- capable of hard physical work
- a genuine interest in horses and their care
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