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1) Type of entry (Standard or Team): At the beginning of the application, Trainers must indicate if the application is a Standard entry (one Trainer accepted) or a Team entry. Teams will be required to declare at least two team members in addition to the captain at the point of application submission.
2) Primary and secondary discipline: It is important for the RRP management to know in which discipline(s) the Trainer has experience, but this designation does not restrict the Trainer’s choice of discipline(s) for the Thoroughbred Makeover. The RRP requires Trainers to choose their discipline(s) six weeks before the Thoroughbred Makeover event based on a combination of their own skills and the talents demonstrated by their horses during the training process leading up to the event.
3) Competition highlights in primary discipline (600 characters maximum): This information is important as a means of evaluating Trainer experience and talent. Lack of competition experience does not disqualify a Trainer from consideration if other evidence exists that the Trainer has the skills to succeed (see Video section below). Trainers are also encouraged to provide their USEF (or similar governing body) number, if applicable.
4) Narrative describing skills and experience (600 characters maximum): This is an opportunity for Trainers to share information other than competition experience that might assist the RRP in its evaluation.
5) Video links: Trainers are encouraged to provide video links as evidence of their riding skills. This is required for first-year applicants whose competition experience does not adequately reflect their riding ability. Videos should meet the following criteria:
a. At least three minutes in length and of sufficient quality that the Trainer is clearly visible for the duration of the video. Collage videos of still shots are not acceptable.
b. Trainers should ride a broke horse at the walk, trot, and canter (please do not ride Makeover prospects for this video). Additional discipline-specific skills should also be demonstrated as applicable, such as stick and ball, liberty, bridleless, barrel patterns, dressage test, cattle work, etc.
c. If a jumping discipline is selected as a Trainer’s area of expertise, a video of the Trainer riding a course of at least 2’6” must be included.
6) Affiliations: Trainers are asked to describe their relationship to farms and organizations that share the RRP’s commitment to Thoroughbreds.
7) References *Required: Trainers must provide the names of two people who are familiar with the Trainer’s work with horses, along
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