[QUOTE=Barnfairy;4041410]
That’s assuming there is some grass to graze upon…mighty slim pickins in East Boston.[/QUOTE]
Very true!
Try nonexistant. We had one owner who would come in in the summertime with big plastic totes filled to the brim with grass from home. She was pretty regular with it too. Always brought as much as she could so that everyone could get some. Nice lady.
Try nonexistant.
Well, there was one little patch somewhere not too far from barn 21…the day I picked up Rasor D, he was being, um, resistant about loading…and suddenly out of nowhere three grooms descended upon us to help, one with a handful of Actual Green Grass…but that was probably it. One mouthful. Anyone else who wanted to “graze” that day was $hi+ out of luck. :lol:
Another thing - pay attention to the habits/behavior of the horses you groom and keep and eye out for any changes. When someone gets sick and the vet comes around, they’re going to ask that horse’s groom about how it’s been acting, eating, etc while they figure out what’s wrong.
And I know that this isn’t the track yet and you’re just asking for help, but everyone here is very correct in saying that you’re going to have trouble handling the track if you think they’re being too harsh. No one’s going to go out of their way to be nice to you because you’re new, they’re going to expect you to get the job done. If you don’t get it done, don’t get it done fast enough, or don’t get it done right, you’re going to get yelled at. They’re going to expect you to then fix it, not to get upset about how they phrased it.
[QUOTE=lizajane09;4042416]
No one’s going to go out of their way to be nice to you because you’re new, they’re going to expect you to get the job done. If you don’t get it done, don’t get it done fast enough, or don’t get it done right, you’re going to get yelled at. They’re going to expect you to then fix it, not to get upset about how they phrased it.[/QUOTE]
Quite probably true in the USA… an unfortunate thing, but mind, an ongoing commonly supported tradition of grade school behavior at the track, which ensures that anyone of quality hoping to make the race track job a career of any standard, or for any length of time, will as soon as possible quit - or seek outfits of better quality standards; and at the worst, will succomb to, and ultimately submissively accept the many differences between this behavior towards workers versus that which the rest of the civilized world experiences. Say for example those employed at the drive in window asking “do you want fries with that?” Not impuning their work efforts in any way, just pointing out that any American in that job, would expect basic courtesy, particularly from those training them in their new position.
Anyway, rather unfortunate, in my humble opinion, that our new would be groom should expect much less than basic courtesy & basic human respect at the “mini-third world” continuing to exist at many tracks in the US, but anyway…
To the OP, just hold yourself the the highest common standard of conduct you have learned thus far in the “real world”; and if your track employer can handle that, you are ahead of the game; if not, say good bye politely as you can and leave them to founder in the third world simulation game they insist on, and know you are better off moving on…
Submitted with acknowledgment of, and all respect to, those many outfits I know that are working against the tide of this outdated behavior,
Arcadien
