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Racehorse Trainer resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what racehorse trainers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most racehorse trainers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Racehorse Trainer with extensive experience conditioning thoroughbreds for peak racing performance. Skilled in planning individual training programs, managing stable operations and ensuring compliance with Racing Australia rules. Combines hands-on horse care with strong leadership of stable staff and clear communication with owners.
Key skills
- Animal care and handling
- Operations management
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Ardex
- Prism
- Xero
- Microsoft Excel
- Racing Australia horse records
- People leadership
- Safety and compliance awareness
Experience: example bullet points
- Developed and monitored individual training programs for a stable of 25 horses, adjusting workloads to maintain fitness and soundness across a full preparation.
- Supervised trackwork for up to 20 horses each morning, assessing gait and recovery to reduce injury interruptions.
- Managed feeding and stabling routines with a team of 8 stable staff, ensuring health checks and records were completed on schedule.
- Entered horses in races and coordinated race day logistics, including transport, gear and strapping, for metropolitan and country meetings.
- Prepared and managed stable budgets using Xero and Excel, tracking expenses and forecasting costs for owners.
- Maintained Racing Australia horse records and compliance documentation, ensuring all nominations and swabs were handled correctly.
Education
Typical entry is through a Certificate III or IV in Racing, a Diploma of Racing, or considerable hands-on stable experience, combined with a Trainer's licence from the relevant state racing authority.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Racing Australia
- state racing authority
- Trainer's licence
- trackwork
- barrier trials
- stewards
- handicapper
- swab
- Ardex
- Prism
- Xero
- Microsoft Excel
- horse records
- stable management
- race day logistics
- animal welfare
- WHS
- biosecurity
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.