Reddit mentions of Complete Horse Riding Manual

If you hang around long enough, someone will put you to work :)

You can start with non horse things like sweeping and changing lightbulbs in the barn as well as handyman (woman) type jobs. Once the other staff/cleaners/horse people see that you are interested and willing to learn, they will start to ask you to help with other things. Once you learn the ropes, you can start to do turn out (taking the horses from the stalls to the paddocks or field and back) which is a great way to learn how to handle a variety of horses and also help with feeding.

Someone with a good attitude and who is willing to learn is far preferable to someone who has a bit of experience but is snotty or hard to work with.

Regardless of where you choose to ride, horses need to eat and they poop a lot (about 40-50lbs a day), so there is always work to do.

You can pick up a ton from reading How to Ride type manuals and Pony Club books, even older ones (the one I used a bunch was published in the 1950s in the UK). And ask all the questions, watch people and what they do and try to learn as much as you can!

You can look for these in your local library if you are interested:

https://www.amazon.ca/Ultimate-Horse-Rider-step-step/dp/0754830357/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1540873380&sr=1-11&keywords=How+to+Ride+horses

https://www.amazon.ca/Complete-Riding-Manual-William-Micklem/dp/0756690587

Horse Health Care by Cherry Hill

Any Pony Club type publications.

Also I think the kids these days use youtube videos on how to do horse things so that might be a good resource (just remember that anyone can post there including people who know just enough to get themselves into trouble).

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