how much does a stable person get paid?

Racing has a wage structure, you can get the exact figures on the BHA website but under 18's get paid the least and it goes up by age/position and how long you work in the industry.

If pay really bothers you then take my advice and don't work in horse racing, there are plenty of others on here who would back that up
 
To add, as dabdab said racing is the only horse sport that has a min wage and wage structure, but by god don't think you still get paid enough to earn a decent living as you don't, you earn a basic living but not decent
 
Am I the only one who thinks I was better off when i worked with horses, Worked on a racing yard about 10 years ago and got around £200 a week, plus accommodation, with all bills paid. The only thing I had to pay was my phone bill. Now I have a proper job as my nan used to say, i do earn more but by the time i've paid rent and bills and everything else I have less than I would have done when i worked there.
 
Having your accommodation taken care of and even bills if you are lucky, it can work out better than some jobs, but it depends on what your alternative plans would be really! I've worked in some office jobs where there is scope for progression and going up the payscale MUCH more quickly than you would get in horsey jobs but it did mostly sap away at my soul :-) I am at uni now.
 
I worked in a racing yard in oz and got over 700 dollars a week and you get more if you go racing or to trials. Rent was like 180 a week tho :eek: and i also got taxed loads as i hadnt been in oz for 6 months but usually if you say your planning on being there for 6 months youl get normal tax rate
However work was 5 and half days a week. 6 mornings of 4am - about 9 or 10 am then afternoon 1-3 or 2-4.
 
snooples said:
I worked in a racing yard in oz and got over 700 dollars a week and you get more if you go racing or to trials. Rent was like 180 a week tho :eek: and i also got taxed loads as i hadnt been in oz for 6 months but usually if you say your planning on being there for 6 months youl get normal tax rate
However work was 5 and half days a week. 6 mornings of 4am - about 9 or 10 am then afternoon 1-3 or 2-4.
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Lordie, things HAVE improved in racing in Oz. When I was working for one of the top trainers in summer it was 4am - 9.30 am - then 10.00am to 11.30, then 1.30pm to 4 - and 5-6 - 6 days a week. And if you were taking a horse to one of the country tracks, it could EASILY be 4am to 10pm (no extra money!)
 
I am fairly well paid for the job I do in a racing yard. I get paid 1500 a month before tax and insurance and the likes. The youngest in the yard get about 900 a month before tax at al and the highest paid is 1650 before tax.

If you can avoid it - don't work with horses. It's long hours, hard work and no relent for the weather.

I have been doing it for 9 years now and I want out now. Been there, seen it, done it, won it, got the t-shirt, spilled the tears, had the highs, ploughed on through the lows and I don't have a thing to show for it - apart from 3 horses I took home from work because I got too attached to them and gave them a home when they retired!
 
JanetGeorge said:
Lordie, things HAVE improved in racing in Oz. When I was working for one of the top trainers in summer it was 4am - 9.30 am - then 10.00am to 11.30, then 1.30pm to 4 - and 5-6 - 6 days a week. And if you were taking a horse to one of the country tracks, it could EASILY be 4am to 10pm (no extra money!)
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Wow I dont know how you stuck it, I thought mine was hard going! We only got paid for a 38 hour week even though i regualarly did more but at least you got extra pay for racedays or trials.
Saying that the place I worked for was definately up there in the highest paid of all racing yards if not the highest paid so I was lucky I guess!
 
i wonder about this a lot too.

i have a friend who's an event groom for a top rider. for her, going to Badminton and Burleigh are what she lives for and are the highlight of an event groom's career. she works long hours as they all do, winter, summer etc and thats all fine BUT she's a young woman. If she ever decides she wants a family and has a baby that's basically the end of your career with horses as i have never yet a mother with a young baby that would work 7am-8pm (3 day event days) andd live in your employer's accomocation thaat you might be asked to share with additional staff at any minute.

so this all makes me wonder, is full time hands on working with horses really only a 'career' for young or single people?

Even then, so many people i worked with when i was young (pats zimmerframe :D) got sick and fed up of the pay/weather/hours after 5-10 years and got an office job.

its a difficult one. If you love horses, you're young reliable and dedicated (and dont have too many overheads!!) its a great job...just not forever.
 
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