{"id":1985,"date":"2026-06-18T13:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingacademy.ie\/cms\/?p=1985"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:16:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:16:55","slug":"rider-improvement-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingacademy.ie\/cms\/rider-improvement-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Rider Improvement Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Course outline<\/h2>\n<p>The aim of the course is to support those who would like to gain experience or seek employment as a work rider in a racing yard.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Develop Core Race Riding Competencies<\/li>\n<li>Enhance Horse Handling and Behaviour Awareness<\/li>\n<li>Promote Safety, Communication, and Professional Practice<\/li>\n<li>Prepare Participants for Employment as Work Riders<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Course duration<\/h2>\n<p>This course is delivered 2 afternoons per week over a 4-week period.<\/p>\n<h2>Who can apply<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Age 16+<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Competent equestrian riders from non-racing disciplines, including:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Pony club riders<\/li>\n<li>Hunting \/ trekking riders<\/li>\n<li>Showjumpers<\/li>\n<li>Eventers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Riders with good to very good flatwork skills who have little or no experience riding racehorses<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>New entrants to the racing industry,<\/strong> including:\n<ul>\n<li>Stable staff with limited ridden experience of racehorses<\/li>\n<li>Yard assistants wishing to progress into riding roles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Equine students or graduates <\/strong>(e.g. equine science, horsemanship programmes) seeking a pathway into racing<\/li>\n<li><strong>Individuals returning to riding who wish to enter the racing workforce<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Course dates<\/h2>\n<p><b>Assessment Dates:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday, 6th October (Afternoon)<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, 7th October (Afternoon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Course Dates:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Week 1 &#8211; 13th &amp; 15th October<\/li>\n<li>Week 2 &#8211; 20th &amp; 22nd October<\/li>\n<li>Week 3 &#8211; 3rd &amp; 5th November<\/li>\n<li>Week 4 &#8211; 10th &amp; 12th November<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">*All dates must be attended<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Course fee<\/h2>\n<p>The fee for the course is set at \u20ac200.00 per person.<\/p>\n<h2>How to apply<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/1Nctv49MTam9JbYc8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">APPLY HERE!<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>*PLACES ARE LIMITED<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course outline The aim of the course is to support those who would like to gain experience or seek employment as a work rider in a racing yard. Develop Core Race Riding Competencies Enhance Horse Handling and Behaviour Awareness Promote<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/racingacademy.ie\/cms\/rider-improvement-course\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[35,36,37,38],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingacademy.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingacademy.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingacademy.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingacademy.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingacademy.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1985"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/racingacademy.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2053,"href":"https:\/\/racingacademy.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1985\/revisions\/2053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingacademy.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingacademy.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingacademy.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingacademy.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}