getting a job at a track

Originally Posted by dellinger63

depends how cute you are. I've noticed Pletcher, Lukas etc have stumbled onto some very good looking grooms and assistants. I'd suggest a pushup bra, tight jeans and a willingness to learn might be all that is needed.

That does work.

Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

Huh...I might have to try that one. LOL!

No really, I probably won't have to. I'm going to the new jockey academy in Kentucky, and with it comes an internship. I hope that makes my start in racing easier...well, it should.

KRIM, what is the cost for this school? Is this the one McCarron is running at the Horse Park? How long is the schooling? I am a little skeptical of it, so you will need to keep us posted about it.

I have a friend who is in the business in Lexington, KY. He told me to tell you that the best way to get into the business if you have zero experience is through the program at Central Florida Community College. He said it is easier to get a good job in Ocala,FL where he sometimes works than in Lexington, KY, where it is very competitive.

Here is the link to the program. You might want to look into it. I often wished I worked on a farm instead of working in an office in NY.

http://www.gocfcc.com/programs/equine_studies.htm

There is also a certificate program.

http://www.gocfcc.com/programs/equinecert.htm

[paisjpq]

if you want in on a farm in KY--learning how to prep yearlings or starting yearlings etc. which can segway into a track job if that is what you want--look into the Kentucky Equine Management Internship (www.KEMI.org ) --no other program except perhaps Darley's Flying Start will give you as much opportunity to work and make valuable contacts in the Lexington area.

[videogirl10]

i am 25. i do not have experience with racehorses but i have ridden my whole life. i do know there is a difference. i would just like to get into the business somehow, and i do not mind working at a farm. i wouldn't care to just muck out stalls, just so i can be around the track/farm. i live in southwest va now, so there isn't really anything close by...if there is, can anyone give me a heads up....

oh off topic, does anyone know david doane...he is a breeder that lives in jonesborough, tn. i think in 2000, he bred the NY 2 year old of the year...le grande dansier (sp?) does anyone know where that horse is or has heard of david. i think he was going to breed his mare back to skip away the next year, but i lost touch.

thanks everyone for their help!

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Originally Posted by Buffymommy

OH You must take pics and fill us in on how things are going when you get a chance. You must be so excited! When do you go?

If I get accepted, I will go after I graduate from my current college next May, and move to Kentucky during the summer, and then start the classes in the fall of next year. It is going to be so awesome! It is all I can do to keep myself from taking off this fall!

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by videogirl10

i am 25. i do not have experience with racehorses but i have ridden my whole life. i do know there is a difference. i would just like to get into the business somehow, and i do not mind working at a farm. i wouldn't care to just muck out stalls, just so i can be around the track/farm. i live in southwest va now, so there isn't really anything close by...if there is, can anyone give me a heads up....

oh off topic, does anyone know david doane...he is a breeder that lives in jonesborough, tn. i think in 2000, he bred the NY 2 year old of the year...le grande dansier (sp?) does anyone know where that horse is or has heard of david. i think he was going to breed his mare back to skip away the next year, but i lost touch.

thanks everyone for their help!

Le Grande Danseur was by Citidancer. He now stands in New Mexico for $1,500. Not sure about David Doane, although he would be 84 years old now, wouldn't he? I remember he was in his late 70's or early 80's.

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Originally Posted by Blue Eyes

KRIM, what is the cost for this school? Is this the one McCarron is running at the Horse Park? How long is the schooling? I am a little skeptical of it, so you will need to keep us posted about it.

Yes, McCarron is the one. It looks very legit. I am going to give it a year to get started before I attend to make sure it is everything that I think it is going to be. If not, I'm heading off to the racehorse program in Louisville. You will spend 18 months in the class, and a year in an internship. They have a great website up that tells you everything you need to know. I contacted them yesterday about it, and asked them to send me as much information as possible on it. They sure look like they are doing everything right. Check out the curriculum, and the frequently asked questions section.
Oh yeah, it costs 3300 to 3600 per semester, which I think is fair based on the cost of the facility we will be using, and the costs of keeping up the horses.

We will spend six days a week, eight hours a day learning how to take care of and ride Thoroughbreds.

One hour-mechanical horse
three hours-chores
one hour-exercising two racehorses
three hours-classroom work

They are trying to simulate exactly how it will be when working under a real trainer. Personally, I think the school is going to be great and is really going to work. Why wouldn't it work? It has worked in every other country.

http://nara.kctcs.edu/index.cfm

[Suffolk Shippers]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

depends how cute you are. I've noticed Pletcher, Lukas etc have stumbled onto some very good looking grooms and assistants. I'd suggest a pushup bra, tight jeans and a willingness to learn might be all that is needed.

Lucas is like the 68 yr old science teacher you had in high school who sat all the hot chicks up front and "accidently" dropped his pencil...

[1st_Saturday_in_May]

Originally Posted by Suffolk Shippers

Lucas is like the 68 yr old science teacher you had in high school who sat all the hot chicks up front and "accidently" dropped his pencil...

LOL, I had the thirty year old social studies teacher in 7th grade who just had to always have the window open during the cold of winter and he just so happened to have all of the "developed" girls sitting right by the window...hmmmm

[videogirl10]

i am sure david is up there in age. he was quite old when i met him, my mom showed dalmatians and knew them through that...they were really nice, and had a great start it seemed in breeding...i am not sure what they have had since then.

[disappearingdan_akaplaya]

Originally Posted by videogirl10

i would definatly love that. i will keep you updated. what do you do at the track?

i own a racehorse and i help pick out horses to claim for some of my trainers other clients

[DiscreetCat=Monster]

Show a little SKIN!!! That the only chance in the corporate thoroughbred world you got LMAO!!!!

[GPK]

Originally Posted by BOMBTHREAT

I graduated from Kecoughtan in 1990. Played football against Kirby and Slade in 1989. I was born in Hampton.

I went to Bethel my 10th grade year before going to Tabb. Never knew Terry that well, but Chris was a friend and hands down the nicest guy you will ever meet. Even after all those years with the Patriots he will still come home and be the same old Chris.

Do you go to the Hampton OTB much? I'm undecided between there or actually going to New Kent and watch them live.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by BOMBTHREAT

I graduated from Kecoughtan in 1990. Played football against Kirby and Slade in 1989. I was born in Hampton.

You play any baseball growing up? I was in the Northampton Little League.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by BOMBTHREAT

I graduated from Kecoughtan in 1990, played football against Kirby and Slade in 1989. Born in Hampton.

There an echo in here???

[GPK]

Originally Posted by BOMBTHREAT

Phoebus little league. I go to the Hampton OTB from time to time - it's so much easier than going to New Kent. You just have to put up with being surrounded by scum all day at the OTB. I have a couple of young kids so lots of days I end up playing online.

At least you didn't graduate from Phoebus...lol

Im a non smoker, so the best thing they ever did was enclose that non-smoking section at the OTB. I have spent many an hour in that OTB.

What area you living in now?

[GPK]

Originally Posted by BOMBTHREAT

Newport News - I work for a consulting company in Oyster Point. I have spent many - many an hour at the OTB there.

Closed that place down many of nights...me and Julie the bartender.

Moving back to the Grafton area at the start of July.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Suffolk Shippers

Lucas is like the 68 yr old science teacher you had in high school who sat all the hot chicks up front and "accidently" dropped his pencil...

I think NZ is hotter...

[GPK]

Originally Posted by BOMBTHREAT

Julie went to school at Phoebus with my older brother, i know her too.

Julie is a trip...

Maybe we can meet up there sometime.