Please click the tabs to view the varying apprenticeship pathways open to Haddon Training apprentices
Take this route if you wish to ride horses as part of your apprenticeship. This can be across any discipline.
At Level 3 you will cover such things as understanding and preparing horses for work/competition, understand and fit a range of specific saddlery and equipment for different work requirements, exercise a variety of horses using the scale of training and appropriate exercises connected to this, competently ride over a course of show jumps and cross-country fences and learn the importance of following owner’s, employer’s and manager’s instructions for schooling or exercising.
The non-riding pathway is for those who want to gain in-depth horse care knowledge and at the same time develop skills to organise and manage a yard and business.
By the end of your apprenticeship, you should be competent in such things as understanding and implementing equine maintenance programmes, promoting the business through various channels, plan and organise events/activities, deliver and monitor customer care and needs, budgeting and record-keeping as well as completing several non-ridden exercises to aid in horse rehab and fitness work.
You can complete this pathway with a competition horse or thoroughbred horse stud.
Your apprenticeship will include understanding of equine reproduction, understanding various methods of natural and non-natural covering methods, preparing and assisting with foaling as well as understanding of to care for mares and neonates, including fostering and how to manage an emergency foaling situation and weaning methods. You will also learn about Pedigrees, stud contracts, Codes of Practice, veterinary certificates and the importance of accurate, confidential recording in a global industry.
This route is for those with an interest in providing care for racehorses both at home and at the races, whilst gaining a greater understanding of the racing industry. Within this pathway, there are two further options of riding and non-riding.
More information can be found on links Racing England or Racehorse Care Wales.
- Pathways
Please click the tabs to view the varying apprenticeship pathways open to Haddon Training apprentices
- Riding
Take this route if you wish to ride horses as part of your apprenticeship. This can be across any discipline.
At Level 3 you will cover such things as understanding and preparing horses for work/competition, understand and fit a range of specific saddlery and equipment for different work requirements, exercise a variety of horses using the scale of training and appropriate exercises connected to this, competently ride over a course of show jumps and cross-country fences and learn the importance of following owner’s, employer’s and manager’s instructions for schooling or exercising. - Non-riding
The non-riding pathway is for those who want to gain in-depth horse care knowledge and at the same time develop skills to organise and manage a yard and business.
By the end of your apprenticeship, you should be competent in such things as understanding and implementing equine maintenance programmes, promoting the business through various channels, plan and organise events/activities, deliver and monitor customer care and needs, budgeting and record-keeping as well as completing several non-ridden exercises to aid in horse rehab and fitness work. - Breeding
You can complete this pathway with a competition horse or thoroughbred horse stud.
Your apprenticeship will include understanding of equine reproduction, understanding various methods of natural and non-natural covering methods, preparing and assisting with foaling as well as understanding of to care for mares and neonates, including fostering and how to manage an emergency foaling situation and weaning methods. You will also learn about Pedigrees, stud contracts, Codes of Practice, veterinary certificates and the importance of accurate, confidential recording in a global industry. - Racing
This route is for those with an interest in providing care for racehorses both at home and at the races, whilst gaining a greater understanding of the racing industry. Within this pathway, there are two further options of riding and non-riding.
More information can be found on links Racing England or Racehorse Care Wales.
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