Auslander
Well-Known Member
I am beginning to wonder if this is genuine. If it is, you are quite rudely dismissing everyone who is suggesting that you may get closer to your goal if you invest some time in learning the basics, and making it very clear that you are not remotely interested in the opinions of a forum full of people who can actually ride/look after horses, so have valuable advice for you. Quite apart from what people on here have told you, you have been told by the trainer, the head lad, and a senior rider at the yard you are hindering helping at that your goals are not achievable, yet persist in thinking that you will do what you set out to do, just because you want to.
I appreciate your passion for racehorses, and I can see why you aren't interested in other horses - but if you want to establish yourself as a useful member of a professional yard, you need to put the grunt work in first in a place where they are set up for training novices. If you had time to commit to joining a racing school, and learning the trade there, then it would be a different story - many raw novices do it that way. You don't though, so to do what you set out to do, you need to take on board that you are highly unlikely to get the horse management and riding skills you need by spending a few days a week at a professional racing yard, where they do not have the time, the inclination, or any incentive to train you from scratch. You'll shovel a lot of shit, and scrub a lot of water buckets, but as for the interesting stuff - I doubt it.
I have worked in racing btw - so I do know how racing yards operate. They don't have the time to nanny people - they want staff who work fast, work hard, and don't need to be constantly monitored/trained. I would also question the wisdom of suggesting better ways to do things to the management of a racing yard! Whether there is a better way or not, it's not going to endear you to them - racing folk have been doing things their way for a very long time, and don't generally take kindly to being told they should be doing things differently by someone who is completely clueless about the industry.
I appreciate your passion for racehorses, and I can see why you aren't interested in other horses - but if you want to establish yourself as a useful member of a professional yard, you need to put the grunt work in first in a place where they are set up for training novices. If you had time to commit to joining a racing school, and learning the trade there, then it would be a different story - many raw novices do it that way. You don't though, so to do what you set out to do, you need to take on board that you are highly unlikely to get the horse management and riding skills you need by spending a few days a week at a professional racing yard, where they do not have the time, the inclination, or any incentive to train you from scratch. You'll shovel a lot of shit, and scrub a lot of water buckets, but as for the interesting stuff - I doubt it.
I have worked in racing btw - so I do know how racing yards operate. They don't have the time to nanny people - they want staff who work fast, work hard, and don't need to be constantly monitored/trained. I would also question the wisdom of suggesting better ways to do things to the management of a racing yard! Whether there is a better way or not, it's not going to endear you to them - racing folk have been doing things their way for a very long time, and don't generally take kindly to being told they should be doing things differently by someone who is completely clueless about the industry.
