Darren Costello

Worked for a few years traveling with trainers and horses between Kentucky and New York. Worked Fall and winter at Keeneland racetrack, and summers at Saratoga Racetrack.

Trainers include. Ken McPeek, Christophe Clement, Cherie Devaux, Paul Mcentee, Gary Contessa, Jenna Antanucci and Kara Toye.

Job duties include, Working in the warehouse to load trucks with Hay and Feed and then drive to farms and locations to deliver orders.

Worked Seasonally at Margaux Farm. Helped Break babies and ride/ train horses before they went to different racetracks and trainers. Helped with Rehabbing some horses as well. This included handling for the veterinarians, and helped with medications and care of each horse for daily treatments.

Worked as an exercise rider for different thoroughbred trainers. Helped with breaking babies, and worked prepping horses to go to the races. Also helped transport and travel with horses to tracks for racing. Trainers include , Christophe Clement, William Mott, Lisa Lewis, and Gail Cox. When trainers needed an extra hand or when they had some difficult horses, they would call me to assist and help with them.

Working for William Haggas, there were many different daily responsibilities. Job duties included, Feeding, Grooming, Riding and Prepping horses for training and racing. As a Groom, I also had to transport and travel with each horse to races all over the country and to different racetracks. Keeping horses clean and safe was an important part of the job. Daily duties also included applying necessary bandages, and giving any medications orally or topical. Communicating with any of the assistant trainers, and the main trainer was also a frequent and important part of the job.