Job Description
Private Show Hunter facility in
Position entails providing full care for up to eight show hunter prospects. Daily responsibilities include managing a small staff, which will assist with feeding, turnout, mucking, grooming and keeping the barn, arenas and paddocks maintained. Barn manager will also be asked to oversee the starting of green prospects and school/train green and green-broke horses on the flat.
Other responsibilities include, ordering feed, bedding and supplies, scheduling and supervising farrier, chiropractor and dental appointments, and shipping horses to the clinic for veterinarian appointments. The position also requires routine health maintenance to include, icing, cold hosing, polticing, wrapping, worming, administering IM and IV shots, administering medications and minor injury care.
Barn manager will also be asked to ship horses to shows, prep horses for shows, arrange for braiding appointments (at A shows) and act as a show groom. Most shows are within a 75 minute drive (one way).
Although is it not a requirement of the job, the qualified barn manager will have the opportunity to school investment horses over fences at home and show green horses at local shows (all expenses paid).
Experience Required
Experience as a hunter/jumper
show groom or hunter/jumper show barn manager or equivalent is
required.
Organization skills and
the desire to run a small barn "soup to nuts" are key. The ability
to recognize and address early signs of lameness or muscle soreness
is indispensable. Ability to recognize early signs of equine
distress, such as colic, dehydration, etc., and take appropriate action is invaluable.
Experience body
clipping,
trailering
horses and operating a tractor (raking arenas and emptying manure
spreader) is highly desirable.
Facility
Private facility situated on 37 acres includes an eight-stall center aisle barn with auto waters, a 2-bedroom manager's apartment, an 84 x 214 indoor arena, a 140 x 250 outdoor arena, 11 grass turnout paddocks with automatic waterers and eight sacrifice paddocks with automatic waterers.
Hours
During non-show days, barn manager will generally be asked to work from approximately 8:00AM to 5:00PM (with a one hour lunch) Tuesday through Sunday. Mondays off. Candidates will be asked to accommodate important appointments such as veterinary calls, farrier visits and other necessary appointments if they fall outside the hours outlined above, although this is uncommon.
Salary and Benefits
We are a private facility and
all the horses are owned by us. Quality, reliable help is a
priority and we understand we need to be competitive in order to
attract high quality people. Salary will be competitive and
commensurate with experience.
Two vehicles are available for farm business. However, we will reimburse the candidate for any farm-related mileage put on his/her personal vehicle at the IRS standard mileage rate.
Qualified candidates will have the opportunity to show our horses at "B", "C" and schooling shows (if desired), with all expenses paid.
One and one half weeks (9 days) paid vacation days in the first year. Three weeks (18 days) paid vacation days per year thereafter.
Opportunity to participate in profits generated in the purchase and sale of horses.
Some very modest
health care coverage included.
Housing
The barn manager position comes with an all-expenses paid unfurnished apartment located above the barn. The apartment has two bedrooms, a laundry room, a full bath, wood floors, eat-in kitchen with granite countertops, wireless internet service, cable television, central air conditioning, hot water baseboard heat, a spacious living room and over 1200 square feet of living area. The second bedroom in the apartment may be offered to another staff member at a future date.
One small/medium dog or a cat is welcome.
Thank you for your time,
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