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Long story short, I want to go to racing school but at present am too heavy. Diet is now happening etc etc but for the meantime am off for a two year level 3 course at College.
Dilemma is-I'm 17 and obviously when I finish I'll be 19. Told by racing school they have limited places for 19+ students on the 9 week course which i want to do...
so if i don't get a place on that course would i still be able to get on to a racing yard what do you think ? I'm hoping that as I would have no previous experience with racehorses they would accept me on the course but if not i'm not sure what to do ... :confused:

my plan was: college-9 week course at brs-level 3 course at brs-foundation degree in equine science. if i don't get on the 9 weeker i don't know what i'll do!
 
If you go to racing school and finish the course they guarantee you a place with a racing yard. Dont know otherwise unless you approach the yards yourself. They like to know you can handle good horses my friend worked on a weekend at a point to point yard before she started racing school. She also did her work experience from school at a point to point yard.
 
I had never set foot in the racing school or in a racing yard before I worked in one. I left school at 16 and had pretty much always ridden Native ponies, mostly Shetlands and my 13.2hh Fell pony. I had never sat on anything bigger for more than 5 mins in my life. I just phoned up the trainer nearest to me and asked if I could have a job. I went for an interview a week later and was punted up on the yard donkey in the school and then told to come back at the end of June when the horses would be starting to come back into work. It was that easy.

So no, the racing school isn't the be all and end all. It's more for people who have either never ridden before or want to gain more experience with such animals before heading out into the big wide world of racing. There are also many, many jobs within racing yards that don't necessarily have you riding the horses though that does help.
 
you can most definately get a job in racing without having been to the racing school! I would think that the majority of people in racing didnt go to a school to learn!
Also if the BRS are being cagey with their places try
http://www.northernracingcollege.co.uk/
supposed to be really friendly and a little less pretentious....
ETA, if you go for the northen one, let me know and i can claim £50 for recommending you!!! ;)
 
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EKW said:
I had never set foot in the racing school or in a racing yard before I worked in one. I left school at 16 and had pretty much always ridden Native ponies, mostly Shetlands and my 13.2hh Fell pony. I had never sat on anything bigger for more than 5 mins in my life. I just phoned up the trainer nearest to me and asked if I could have a job. I went for an interview a week later and was punted up on the yard donkey in the school and then told to come back at the end of June when the horses would be starting to come back into work. It was that easy.

So no, the racing school isn't the be all and end all. It's more for people who have either never ridden before or want to gain more experience with such animals before heading out into the big wide world of racing. There are also many, many jobs within racing yards that don't necessarily have you riding the horses though that does help.
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Racing school is brilliant for those that want to progress in the racing industry as my friend had got a good place with a major trainer and has already gone over to america to race and she is only 18. Its not just for those who dont have the experience as she had tonnes of it.
 
okay thanks everyone, hmm well finger's crossed i'll get on the course i'd be applying a month before my birthday aiming for a course after my one at college ends so a young 19...and i'll really express how i think the course'll benefit me...because it will!
If not i hope i can still do level 3 there and the foundation degree they now offer :o
 
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