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| Keith training on RACE Gallops |
My name is Keith Donohoe. I am from Ashbourne County Meath I am 17 years old. I started riding horses when I was 7 or 8 years old at home on my own ponies. I started to work in Broadmeadows Equestrian Centre as a part of work experience for school. I started to work there on a Saturday and Sunday and the odd Sunday I would compete in showjumping events. I was doing that for a year then I stopped and Martin Mooney took me on and showed me the ropes of racing and got me on the right road. I always wanted to be a Jockey and go far in the Racing Industry. I heard about RACE and asked at home could I go to RACE. Mam and Dad said I could if I got in.
I got into RACE after all and so I am here now. The few months I had being riding down the barn with the instructors, we started to ride on the gallops and started jumping the fences in the indoor and out in the field. We got to ride out with ear pieces so the instructors could tell us what to do and what to work on, like your style or if you need to fix anything, so that was a big help for me.
We would start in the barn at 8 o’clock and we would muck out 2 horses each, then we would tack up our first lot ride it out and come back untack and brush them over and go for tea and then go and ride two more lots after tea then we finish down the barn at 12.30 pm and go get lunch and start school at 2 o’clock and finish at 5o’clock so we have a long day!
I got placed out with Dermot weld in his bottom yard. I like being out in his yard because all the people in the yard look after you. On the weekends I ride out for Dermot McLaughlin and David Dunne. I like riding out for them and hope to go full time with one of them after my year in RACE and hopefully the trainer gives me a chance to get my National Hunt Licence so that I can chase my dream.
Keith was place with Dermot Weld on 28th November 2016
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