JOB OPENINGS
Working Student or Rider
Job Description: Tempel Lipizzans is seeking an aspiring rider to join our team in the role of Working Student or Rider in our year-round training program. This student will be motivated, ambitious, a team player and willing to work hard. Job responsibilities include riding horses of all ages and levels, daily lessons from our training staff, grooming and tacking up horses, general horse care and maintenance, riding in public and private performances, and actively learning all aspects of classical riding and training.
Our training program is focused on the progression of the Lipizzans through a classical training system that culminates each year in public exhibitions. The candidate will need to work well in a team environment where all riders work towards a common goal. A willingness to learn about the classical system is a must.
During the summer months the Tempel Lipizzans opens its stable doors to the public with exhibitions set to music on the art of classical riding; public performances are 90 minutes long and take place on Tempel Farms where the Lipizzans are born, bred and trained. The off-season months are spent advancing the horses to the next level, educating through behind the scenes tours and participating in clinics and competition when beneficial to the program.
Position Requirements:
To Apply: Send resume, cover letter, three professional references and a video of your riding to info@tempellipizzans.com.
Job Description: Tempel Lipizzans is seeking an aspiring rider to join our team in the role of Working Student or Rider in our year-round training program. This student will be motivated, ambitious, a team player and willing to work hard. Job responsibilities include riding horses of all ages and levels, daily lessons from our training staff, grooming and tacking up horses, general horse care and maintenance, riding in public and private performances, and actively learning all aspects of classical riding and training.
Our training program is focused on the progression of the Lipizzans through a classical training system that culminates each year in public exhibitions. The candidate will need to work well in a team environment where all riders work towards a common goal. A willingness to learn about the classical system is a must.
During the summer months the Tempel Lipizzans opens its stable doors to the public with exhibitions set to music on the art of classical riding; public performances are 90 minutes long and take place on Tempel Farms where the Lipizzans are born, bred and trained. The off-season months are spent advancing the horses to the next level, educating through behind the scenes tours and participating in clinics and competition when beneficial to the program.
Position Requirements:
- Have worked previously as a working student or groom
- Driven by an educational curiosity for riding, training and horsemanship
- Collaborative and cooperative learner
- Have competed through 2nd level
- Stallion handling experience
- Have received your bronze medals through the USDF
- Daily oversight and lessons by experienced trainers in riding and training
- Opportunities to learn the work in hand and the airs above the ground
- Riding opportunities with world renowned clinicians
- Opportunities to compete on Lipizzans (based on merit)
- Housing for rider and horse may be available on the property
To Apply: Send resume, cover letter, three professional references and a video of your riding to info@tempellipizzans.com.
