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Working Student

Janet Konyer, Fergus, Ontario, Canada

Salary
Depends on Experience
Work Type
Temporary
Work Time
Part-time
Live-In
Live-In Required
Bring Own Horse
Training Available
Non-Smoker
Dates
from 01 August 2025
Job No
406190
Status
Looking
Updated
20/02/2025
Expires
in 2 days
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1,235

Help with daily chores, grooming, tacking and riding. Riding will be supervised and instruction available. Riders will advance their riding skills and horsemanship. Opportunity to learn about breeding, shadowing all aspects (ultrasound, insemination, semen storage and handling), foaling and young horse managment. Be part of a team environment, we all work together and help each other. Learn skills such as starting horses and preparing for competition. Opportunity to compete available as well.
We would like our working students to commit to at least 2 months, as there is a big training commitment on our part.

Requirements

Applicants are required to be competent around horses and competent riders. A willingness to learn and a good team member. We are a family run farm and work very closely with our working students who are welcomed as part of our family.

Required Key Skills
Riding Handling Youngstock Lunging
Required Expertise
Dressage Show Jumping Flatwork Hacking
Accommodation

A private room in our home. Meals are included and access to the kitchen at all times. We do have some dogs as pets, and cats that live in the barn. If cooking is an interest, you are welcome to help with meal preparation. And to help with the vegetable gardens. Laundry available.

Job Benefits

A broad education for not only a rider but stable management and breeding operation. Opportunity to ride some more advanced horses and also training and working with young horses in training towards advanced work. Rider with have the unique privilege of working daily with a Grand Prix rider and access to horses in various levels of training. Limitless opportunity for your riding skills to grow! We work hard and we have fun as well. Lots of hacking available. We will ensure that you see Niagara Falls (1.5 hour away) and also arrange a trip to see Toronto as well. Inclusion in family trips and opportunity to experience local culture. We have a large vegetable garden, swimming close by, lake and pool, lots of BBQs in the summer weather. At shows we have our own camper trailer for those who wish to stay on the show grounds.

Employer No
406189
Location
Fergus, Ontario, Canada
Dressage Eventing Private Breeding/Foaling Training
Equestrian Employer Details

Private, family (Blair and Janet, children Ben 19, Allison 17 and Eve 15) run stable with small breeding component (4 foals annually) and we also stand the stallion, Feinrich. Our focus is on dressage, but all of our young horses jump and hack. We have bred, raised and trained our horses to the Grand Prix level of dressage. Currently, there are several young horses in training and development. We work together starting and training our horses.
Our farm is located on 93 acres near picturesque Belwood, Ontario. In our downtime we enjoy swimming, relaxing, BBQs and harvesting from our vegetable garden. In the summer we harvest hay. In the winter we enjoy snowmobiling and making soup and bread. Students are welcomed as part of our family. We take an interest in their education as a rider and trainer. Many return home after their time with us to positions teaching or training at home. Most students return and become lifelong friends.

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