H! My name is Sean Byrne. I am 16 years old and
from Maddenstown Co. Kildare. I have been riding horses for about 6 years. I
started Showjumping 5 years ago and I am hunting about 3 years also. I have
been involved with Racehorses for 2 years and I currently work for Jessica
Harrington. I have wanted to be a jockey from a young age. I always loved
watching horseracing on the TV.
A
typical morning at RACE for me is waking up at 7.30am and go for breakfast. I
go down to the barn for 8 am. We muck
out 2 horses and then we tack up our first lot, we head out to ride them on
RACE gallops and then we walk them off and wash their legs. Then we bring them
back to their stable and groom them. At 10 am we go up for tea and we finish
that at 10.30 am. We then tack up our 2nd
lot. For our 2nd lot we could be schooling or going up Maddenstown gallops.
After that we would skip out, hay, sweep the barn and then feed the horses.
A typical morning on my work placement with John Oxx
would be getting up at 5.35 am and heading for breakfast. I have to be on the
RACE bus for about 6 am and when I get into work I take my horse off the walker
and tack it up and ride out. We usually go for tea break at 9:30 and then at 10
am we tack up our 3rd lot and ride our last 3 lots. I usually finish up at 1 pm.
Sean
was placed with John Oxx on 20th November 2017
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