Horse Stud Manager Year round Position available for a person very experienced with all aspects of Horse stud work to a long established Warmblood and Performance Horse Stud. Duties and Responsibilities will include the following

• During foaling time Foaling down of mares wearing monitors and or being watched on foal watch and being on call to assist after hours with foaling down as needed and with pre and post natal care of mare and newborn foal.
• Assist Vets with setting up mares to breed to chilled and frozen semen. *Training maiden mares to stand quietly in horse breeding crush safely for the Vet.
• Year round helping owner of farm oversee daily care and supervision of horses , including breeding, feeding, farrier, worming, vacinations, doing Vet prescribed treatments and medication, care of injury, appropriate rugging and nutritional program for each horse.
• Weaning foals.
• Doing ground work education with young foals teaching them to lead , pick up feet, wear rugs, further in hand age appropriate work with weanlings and pre breakers.
• Property maintenance year round including fence and shelter repairs, fallen tree removal, Harrowing pasture, mowing driveway and lawn, Puting out round bales with tractor.
• Ensuring a fun productive safe and healthy work place.
• Calling out Vet to a health emergency or injury needing Vet assistance.

• A bachelor degree in Horse Stud Management or in absence of a Uni degree must have documented minimum of 5 years professional experience working on a horse stud in this role like this one advertised.
• In edition to Bachelor Degree must have a minimum of 2 years professional experience working on a horse stud in a role like this one advertised.
• Provide high level of horse care, adequate monitoring for injury and illness, tailored feeding and handling specific to pregnant mares and foals and young horses.
• Proven ability to handle foals and wean them, teach them to lead, pick up feet for farrier to trim them, wear rugs, load onto a float or truck safely.
• Have experience managing other staff to create a functioning happy safe team and breeding operation.
• Bring a sound knowledge of the safe operation of all Stud farm equipment, Utes, Buggys, Tractors, Horse crush, Mowers and PPE to be used with all equipment.
• Ensure safe handling of all horses is put into practice at the workplace by all workers.
• Excellent communication skills to delegate work to other staff, communicate with Vets, Farriers, Horse Trainers, Trades attending any farm or barn maintenance and be able to keep records for each horse updated and plan a weekly schedule of tasks and appointments and oversea all duties of other staff have been completed properly and in timely manner.

Fully furnished private cottage accommodation provided on the farm.

Beautiful surroundings and horses to work with on established property breeding only small number 6 to 10 foals a year. Fully Furnishes Cottage with internet. Use of a car.