Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for trackwork
- Confirm and clarify exercise instructions with trainer
- Assess and control risks associated with trackwork activity
- Warm up and cool down horses according to trainer instruction and individual horse exercise requirements
- Handle horses safely and ethically, and monitor horse welfare during and after exercise
- Exercise horses in pacework
- Exercise horses for fast work
- Care for horses post-exercise
- Carry out post-exercise care of horses and gear according to stable procedures
- Report horse response to trackwork to trainer
- Confirm and clarify exercise instructions with trainer
- Assess and control risks associated with trackwork activity
- Warm up and cool down horses according to trainer instruction and individual horse exercise requirements
- Handle horses safely and ethically, and monitor horse welfare during and after exercise