Position title
Assistant Breeding Manager
Description

Valley Equine is seeking a knowledgeable and detail-oriented Assistant Mare Breeding Manager to join our team. We are looking for someone with a strong understanding of the equine industry and reproductive management who thrives in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate can effectively balance multiple priorities while remaining organized, composed, and professional when working with clients, veterinarians, and staff. Working directly alongside the Mare Breeding Manager, this role plays an important part in supporting daily breeding operations and delivering a high standard of care and service.

Responsibilities

During Breeding Season:

  • Daily Palpations: This position works as a personal assistant to assigned veterinarians while at the stocks. This includes but is not limited to entering all palpations into Wise Option, updating breeding cards, administering shots to mares, organization of mares within the barns, ordering outside semen for onsite mares, and communicating with customers with results on breeding’s, flushes, and lab reports is a daily.
  • Organization of Flush Mares: The breeding manager is responsible for the organization of all flush mares. This includes updating the daily flush board, notifying ET facilities of ovulations, communicating with clients when the mare ovulates, ET Date, and results through Wise Option and/or phone call. Once the results of the flush are established, the breeding manager will communicate this with the ET facilities and arrange transportation, and update the flush log in Wise Option and the spreadsheet.
  • Animal Welfare: This position is responsible for overseeing the animal welfare and health of all mares on-site. This includes overseeing feeding requirements, coordinating general care and health management and communicating with customers and veterinarians on the health of mares.
  • Lab Work: All coggins/health papers, labs and progesterone tests will be overseen and recorded appropriately by this position.

 

During Off Season:

  • During the “Breeding Off Season”, secondary responsibilities include helping with yearling sale prep for the NRCHA Snaffle Bit, NCHA Futurity, and Triangle Sales.
Qualifications
  • Computer experience is required - Wise Option 6 and Microsoft Excel experience is preferred
  • Equine reproduction knowledge is required
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Must be able to draw blood, give IM/IV shots
  • Problem solve and adaptability in a fast-paced environment
Employment Type
Full-time
Job Location
21351 N. US Hwy 377, Stephenville, TX, 76401, USA

To apply, email careers@valleyequinerepro.com with a cover letter, resume, and references.