Saturday, March 08, 2014

Working Student

New Perth Farms is looking for a working student for this summer "Prince Edward Island, Canada This is working student position on a Warmblood breeding and training farm located in Prince Edward Island Canada. The successful applicant will have experience starting young horses and working with mares and foals. The duties will include starting young horses under supervision, lunging, grooming and care of saddles and riding equipment. There will be a requirement to assist in general care of all horses but mucking stalls is not included in duties. There are five mares to foal in 2014 , four yearlings, four two year olds and four three year olds which will require age appropriate training. The farm has an outdoor arena but no indoor arena. Training is limited to summer months May to September. This is a great opportunity for a student with limited English wishing to improve his/her English language skills. Accommodation and meals will be provided. There will be free time to visit local sites, beaches etc."

Wednesday, March 05, 2014