Racing careers

Choosing the right course to establish a career with horses *H&H Plus*

A baptism of fire: Entering into the hard graft of working with horses *H&H Plus*

Working with horses is hard graft, so it’s no surprise that the equestrian industry demands some of the toughest initiations. Madeleine Silver talks to those who have taken the plunge

Hot competition: the secrets to bagging a place on top equestrian courses

From racing to horse care, H&H finds out how to bag your place on some of Britain’s most popular equestrian courses

Want to work with elite horses? New bloodstock degree launched

The new degree course focuses specifically on the high-level performance horse industry

Want to work with horses? Find your ideal equine course

A specialist site has been launched to help point students in the right direction

Equine apprenticeships radically redesigned

The equine groom and senior equine groom apprenticeships’ standards were approved this summer

Racing recruitment scheme designed to inspire school leavers

The British Horseracing Education Standards Trust has two new schemes to encourage young people to consider a career in racing

New 'world class' horseracing degree launched

The MBA is designed to "created to cultivate leaders in the racing industry"

Women in Racing launches £2,000 bursary programme

A new bursary programme has been launched to help women trying to make a career in racing

Debate over work riders in UK horseracing

Are racehorse trainers using foreign work riders because home grown jockeys are “too heavy”, or is more a question of pay, as stable staff claim?

Behind-the-scenes racing legend crowned employee of the year

Peter Maughan, who has travelled with the likes of Desert Orchid and Persian Punch, has today won the top accolade at the Stud and Stable Staff Awards

Nominations open for racing's annual Stud and Stable Staff Awards

Trainers and stud owners can now put forward their star employees for the 2009 Stud and Stable Staff Award

Life as a racing secretary

Are you super-organised, good at dealing with people and looking for a job that’s also a way of life? If so, being a racing secretary could be for you

Progress made on racing workforce reforms

The Stable and Stud Staff Steering Group has found that significant steps have been made to improve conditions for those working in racng, but there is still some way to go

Racing celebrates top stable staff

Head groom Roy Barrett has won £10,000 as the BHB's Stable Employee of the Year following an exemplary racing career that spans more than 40 years

Girl power reigns at top racecourse

Lisa Hancock explains how she progressed from a racing-mad teenager to running one of the most prestigious racecourses in the country