AN EQUINE QUALIFICATION

KYREWOOD EQUESTRIAN CENTRE NEW ZEALAND

GAIN AN EDUCATION WHICH WILL QUALIFY YOU

FOR WORK IN THE EXCITING RACING OR EQUESTRIAN INDUSTRIES

What better place than New Zealand to come to for an education and a qualification centred around horses?

Our country has so much to offer the international student, and in Palmerston North (known as New Zealand's Knowledge City because of the wealth of tertiary education on offer) there is the opportunity to pursue a career in the equine industry and gain a qualification which is recognised world wide.

Take a look at the website: www.kyrewood.co.nz and you will find information about one of the country's leading equine training establishment, the Kyrewood Equestrian Centre Ltd New Zealand. Kyrewood is accredited to the N.Z. Qualifications Authority (NZQA), and therefore the Certificate courses on offer are issued by this government body. NZQA certificates are acknowledged and accepted all over the world.

Kyrewood was the first Private Training Establishment in New Zealand to be accredited to teach and assess equine certificates. Since 1997 its roll has increased steadily with both New Zealand and International students. They have come from Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, America and Mauritius, and after gaining their certificates many have returned to their own country to pursue employment in the equine industry.

Kyrewood has been purpose-built as a training centre. Its facilities are first class and cater for training in both the racing and equestrian sectors. The main property consists of 100 acres of flat land, incorporating dressage and showjumping arenas and a cross-country course, all designed to train both riders and teachers in the three major riding disciplines. For those students anxious to find employment in the racing industry a 1000metre training track and an eight-horse walking machine provide valuable "hands on" experience. Five stables and a total of twenty two tie-up stalls cater for the large range of horses owned by Kyrewood. There are over fifty horses and ponies on the property, ranging from the very quiet ones for teaching the beginner riders, through well-performed competition horses for the competitive riders, and retired racehorses who, after successful racing careers have found their niche teaching prospective jockeys in the art of race and trackwork riding. Add to these a range of broodmares and foals, yearlings and other youngstock as yet untrained, and the opportunities are limitless when it comes to training the prospective horseperson.

For international students the most popular and suitable course to begin with is Stable Practice. It is not necessary for the student to have any prior knowledge or experience of riding or horsemanagement before coming to Kyrewood. Subjects covered include catching, grooming and saddling a horse, feeding, stabling, riding, learning about the horse's body systems, shoeing and some lifeskill units. Elective units allow the student to specialize in either the sporthorse or racing industry.

Kyrewood's Directors, Fred and Pauline Gorton, both have a lifetime of experience in many areas of the horse world, as competitors, teachers and administrators. Of particular interest to them is the racing industry, where they have owned and trained a small team of gallopers. They have also provided the early education for several prominent jockeys. Larry Cassidy, one of Australia's leading riders, and closer to home the Awapuni jockey Bruce Herd both started their early riding days at Kyrewood.

Learning on a quiet, well mannered horse (who lost interest in going fast once he retired from the racing scene) makes for a much more enjoyable riding experience than meeting the racecourse and the racehorse all at once, and for the first time. A quiet canter around Kyrewood's private training track is much easier on the nerves when you are beginning to learn the art of racetrack riding.

The teaching staff at Kyrewood is headed by Senara Caddy. Born in Cornwall, England, Senara came to Kyrewood with an extensive background in equine teaching in one of Britain's leading agricultural establishments, Duchy College. Senara holds her BHSII, and her bright and cheerful personality together with her wealth of knowledge and experience make her a very popular tutor. She gets results, and after all, that is the name of the game!

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