EMPLOYMENT
Please note our 2024 Season is filled
Roles Open for the 2025 Season:
For all positions, on-property housing is included and the option to bring your horse is highly encouraged. While this is seasonal work, the barn manager is expected to be on-island from beginning of May to mid/end of October. These positions are physically demanding, but are designed for the person hoping to gain experience professional in the horse industry, or those wanting to take a summer to enjoy everything Mackinac Island has to offer while working around their first loves - horses!
Barn Manager
Role Requirments:
Managing horse care and performing daily tasks including cleaning stalls and paddocks, overseeing nutrition plans for all horses on property, overseeing employees, building feed and chore schedules, performing first-aid for horses, overseeing farrier and vet care, working closely with our grain and hay providers as well as our clients.
Please note that this job is a labor-intensive job, and you are expected to have a strong knowledge of horse care.
If intrested, please send your resume to info@mackinachorses.org
Assistant Trainer
Role Requirments:
Teaching lower-level lessons, assisting in teaching our upper-level lessons, overseeing the training of our school horses. teaching in our camps, and coaching in our on-property shows.
This is a fantastic role for someone intrested in the horse industry, or entering the journey of becoming a professional. Our director and head trainer has been trained from a wide range of trainers in Dressage and Eventing, so her training process is English based, with heavy roots in traditional training and bodymachanics.
Interships
Internships are available for anyone, but specifically college students who are looking to fill their summer requirments. Outside equestrian knowledge is encouraged, but not required.