{"id":18,"date":"2017-02-15T17:17:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T17:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racingacademy.ie\/cms\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2024-07-04T12:45:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T11:45:46","slug":"international-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/racingacademy.ie\/cms\/international-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERNATIONAL COURSES"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-18\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-18-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-18-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-18-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-18-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><img class=\"size-full wp-image-26\" style=\"width: 100%; height: inherit;\" src=\"http:\/\/racingacademy.ie\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/intl_courses.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-18-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"sidepads panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-18-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-18-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-18-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"><h3 class=\"widget-title\">INTERNATIONAL COURSES<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>All our International Courses are tailor made to maximise learning and educational opportunities for visiting students. International student courses range in duration from a week to months at a time. The small geographic size of our island and the willingness of the Irish racing and breeding community to welcome our International students behind the scenes enables us to provide amazing experiences as well as world-class training.<\/p>\n\r\n<div class=\"slider_3\">\r\n\t\t<ul id=\"slider_3\" class=\"huge-it-slider\" data-autoplay=\"0\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"group\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/racingacademy.ie\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_6616.jpg\" alt=\"Trainees from the AFASEC (Apprentice school) in Cabries, near Marseille, France \"\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"huge-it-caption slider-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Trainees from the AFASEC (Apprentice school) in Cabries, near Marseille, France <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"group\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img 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Education, Work Experience and Extra Curricular Activities available to International Students include:<br \/>\n\u2022 Practical racehorse exercise riding and stable management training with RACE Instructors<br \/>\n\u2022 Racehorse Simulator Training -\u00a0including the use of Dartfish technology<br \/>\n\u2022 Fitness Training and fitness education in our gym and sports hall with Jockey fitness coach, Wayne Midleton<br \/>\n\u2022 English Language classes for all levels<br \/>\n\u2022 Race-riding skills coaching with RACE Instructors<br \/>\n\u2022 Apprentice jockey coaching and development<br \/>\n\u2022 Work-placements with local Curragh racehorse trainers with opportunities to ride work where students satisfy our Instructors and Trainers standards.<\/p>\n<p>Work-placements for visiting international jump jockeys have in the past extended to schooling sessions with leading Jump trainers around the country, including Champion trainer, Willie Mullins.<\/p>\n<p>Tours and Visits in the past have included:<br \/>\n\u2022 Attending Race Meetings<br \/>\n\u2022 Irish National Stud<br \/>\n\u2022 Kildangan Stud<br \/>\n\u2022 Coolmore Stud and Ballydoyle Racing Stables<br \/>\n\u2022 Day trips to Dublin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-18-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"sidepads panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-18-2\" ><div id=\"pgc-18-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-18-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-18-2-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All our International Courses are tailor made to maximise learning and educational opportunities for visiting students. International student courses range in duration from a week to months at a time. 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