Rollin
Well-Known Member
If you work in a yard in return for training what sort of treatment reward do you get?
I will explain. In France I employ a stable jockey who spent two years as an apprentice on a TB training yard. It has proved to be an excellent working relationship.
Recently I also employed and Equine Studies student who is supposed to work Sunday mornings and two Monday mornings a month. He is at college two weeks out of four but has a Patron/Trainer for two weeks out of four.
I have found he works 8 hours a day for no pay, in return for grass livery. He is not getting the practical tuition he was promised.
If he were working the same hours for me, he would be earning 3 x his the value of his grass livery, with social security payments and getting his lunch provided too.
I will explain. In France I employ a stable jockey who spent two years as an apprentice on a TB training yard. It has proved to be an excellent working relationship.
Recently I also employed and Equine Studies student who is supposed to work Sunday mornings and two Monday mornings a month. He is at college two weeks out of four but has a Patron/Trainer for two weeks out of four.
I have found he works 8 hours a day for no pay, in return for grass livery. He is not getting the practical tuition he was promised.
If he were working the same hours for me, he would be earning 3 x his the value of his grass livery, with social security payments and getting his lunch provided too.