Working Student/ Apprentice

Searching for a working student or apprentice for a professional dressage training and breeding operation located in Hutto, Texas! Cadence Ranch is home to head trainer Christine Calao (USDF Gold) and assistant trainer Andrea Adkins (USDF Silver).

We strive to create strong, healthy, and happy athletes in our horses and clients. We take the well-being of the horse very seriously and want to help our horse and rider combinations grow and blossom to their greatest potential!

First off, what we can offer YOU!

• Housing in 2br 1ba apartment
• Board for 1 horse if needed
• 1 private lesson minimum a day on your horse or ours
• access to several school masters from 3rd level to GP
• many riding opportunities depending on your skill set (helping start youngsters and keeping school horses in tune)
• goal setting and planning!! We want to help you achieve your goals!
• showing and clinic opportunities!
• stipend negotiable depending on your needs!

Now, what we need from you! Including but not limited to :

• hours currently M-F 4 : 30am- roughly 4pm.
• feed / water / hay
• very light stall cleaning (most horses live outside)
• medication distribution
• bringing horses in to be ridden
• grooming and tacking up horses
• taking horses after they are ridden to be cooled off
• keep tack / kitchen / bathroom / barn area clean
• help farrier / vet / chiropractor / body worker
• clean pastures as needed
• help with organization and show preparedness

It is really important to us to find the right fit so please reach out if you have questions! We would especially love to have someone looking to become a professional in the sport horse industry that we can help grow their experience and skills.

We believe it is important to give back to the community as we were given the same or lesser opportunities and want to pass that forward.

Please send your resume and a link to a riding video to lvega.dressage@gmail.com

Requirements

Good communication skills are a must and the ability to be self sufficient and motivated. We don’t want to micromanage our staff but if you don’t understand something please voice that so we can avoid confusion.

Required Key Skills

• Riding
• Lunging
• Natural Horsemanship
• People Skills

Required Expertise

Dressage

Accommodation

Housing in a 2b 1ba apartment and board for 1 horse in training.

Job Benefits

a weekly stipend negotiable depending on your needs.