Plan the education and trial preparation for Melton Mirage
You are the driving stablehand at the Melton harness stables.
What is going on
Melton Mirage is a two-year-old filly nominated for her first race on 3 October 2026. She has been jogging well after gear adjustments, and a physiotherapy review is due in two weeks. Tanya Okoro wants a written three-week program of jog work and fast work, a trial date, and a gear inspection of the harness and sulky before the trial. A sulky wheel struck the rail on 2 September and was replaced, so the gear inspection needs to be careful. Gear must be declared correctly for the first start and the filly must be handled quietly through the barrier and mobile start procedure.
Subject: Melton Mirage education and trial plan
Melton Mirage is nominated for her first start on 3 October and needs a written jog work and fast work plan for the next three weeks. Look at her entries in the Trackwork and Stable Roster and the physiotherapy note in the Treatment and Medication Log, then draft the plan with gear, distances and the trial date. Check the harness and sulky against the gear inspection points and record any fault in the Incident and Hazard Register. I will review the plan with you on Friday after fast work.
Your brief
Prepare a three-week jog work and fast work plan for Melton Mirage in the Trackwork and Stable Roster, complete a harness and sulky inspection, record any fault in the Incident and Hazard Register, and confirm the gear declaration for the 3 October nomination.
Work through it
You do not need to do it all. Doing a few of these will show you what the work is like. Your ticks and notes stay on this device.
What someone in this role would produce
- Three-week training program with the first week entered in the roster
- Completed gear inspection record
- Incident and Hazard Register entries for any faults
- Updated race entry with gear declaration
Printing this is a record of what you explored. It is not a certificate or a qualification.