How do i find a horse racing trainer to take me on as a apprentice and will he take me if ive never riden bfor

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How do i find a horse racing trainer to take me on as a apprentice and will he take me if ive never riden bfor

Answer 1

Either contact the British Racing School here in Newmarket, or the Northern Racing College in Doncaster:

http://www.brs.org.uk/Home/index.php

http://www.northernracingcollege.co.uk/

Both schools run NVQ courses in aspects of the racing industry, including training as a work rider with a view to becoming a jockey.

The other way is to simply write to trainers and ask if they would be prepared to take you on.  Some trainers like to take on people with little or no riding experience as it means they can teach them to do things properly.  A lot of people that can already ride before they join a stable have a lot of bad habits!

Contact the National Trainers Federation for contact details of trainers: http://www.racehorsetrainers.org/homepag...

Good luck!

Answer 2

have you had anything to do with horses before?

you would at least be expected to have some idea how to behave around a horse,

and have some idea how to groom, muck out , tack up, pick feet out,

usually they would expect you to have some natural flair for riding, even if your technique is not the best.

its a competative world out there in the horse world with so many horse lovers!

i suggest that you contact your local riding schools and offer your services ( for free) and brush up on dealing with horses.  you need to have experience dealing with lots of different horses,  they aren't all so sweet natured! and learn tricks on looking after horses.

get yourself some riding lessons too.  if you put some work in at the stables,  they may offer you cheaper or free lessons.

then when you feel you've had some experience, you'll need to push yourself at as many different trainers as you can find!!

work very hard, and you may get lucky!!!!!!!!!

good luck!!!

Answer 3

try contacting british racing school based in newmarket. complete a nine week course and they will place you with a trainer. if good enough maybe one will take you on as an apprentice jockey. darryl holland had never ridden before brs and look how well hes doing!

Answer 4

your best bet would be to go to a racing school first alot of the big trainers like to see that in a rider....good luck...

Answer 5

If I were you I'd check into going to a jockey school or I would do what most jockeys do go to work for a trainer as a groom or hot walker and work your way up.  Before you learn how to ride you must learn how to handle a horse from the ground up.  Besides no trainer is going to hire someone as an apprentice jockey who has never rode.  Though however once you get your foot in the door and show a trainer how well you can handle a horse from the ground and express an interest in wanting to learn how to ride. A trainer will probably be more than willing to teach you to ride.  They will probably start you off on the pony horse then slowly start letting you ride some of the older race horses.  You probably have to spend a few or several years as a exercise rider to gain the confidence and improve your riding skills before becoming an apprentice jockey.  Besides the track stewards would have to watch you ride before even approving you for an apprentice jockey license and if you don't know how to ride they will not approve you.  Most of the jockeys that get their apprentice license at 16 are usually from racing families.  Which mean they grew up around the sport and started learning how to ride since they were 8 or 9 years old.

Answer 6

Go to the track and ask around to see which trainers are reasonable and reputable.   Then offer to volunteer your help in anyway you can, as an opportunity to learn.  If they can't without liability being an issue, ask if you can sign on as an unpaid apprentice until you prove yourself worthy of a salary.

Answer 7

I would suggest that you contact one of the racing schools for advice and if you have not been round horse's i would maybe go on a stable visit and see if this is the life that you want.

Answer 8

Nathen M. you keep making the same mistake, it matters where you live, there are different rules and procedures in different countries and also one could say from track to track. For instance in the U.S. each track is governed by three stewards of that track and they are required to interpret the laws at their discretion. Each individual track is its own government that is loosely tied to rest of the tracks and the laws that govern racing, but the final word is up to those three individual stewards.

SO it is very important to let us know you horse skills, not just your riding skills and Where you live. You will get better information and suggestions this way. It is a not an easy occupation to enter in to and you are not making it any easier on yourself.

Next day: Well Nathen, if you live in the U.S. you can take racehorse's advice, as it is completely correct, if you live across the big pond head to Miss Newman's advice, she always has excellent answers and from what I can gather from following her answers, I feel that she is either from the U.K. or has had experience there. Good luck...

Answer 9

I'd say learn how to handle horses first. No trainer in their right mind would let you handle a frisky 2-3 yr old without having worked with horses before. They're just too big and precious to be messed with like that.

Also, I wouldn't want to work with you as a jockey, I wouldn't let someone who doesn't know how to ride -tell me how to ride. Get what I mean?

Anyways, get to know horses intimately. Go to a stable where you'd like to work someday that has a reputable, honest, and successful trainer. Ask to work as a mucker and then as a groom. Work your way up to the top. Take the money you earn, live, and get lessons-even if you have to go elsewhere on the side, just to have lessons.

Good luck. My advice to you: Never turn your back on a horse.