Luis Toro
Newton,NJ
Summary
I am a Naturalized Citizen of the USA, and bi-lingual in English and Spanish.
For me, horses and their care is a way of life, not just a job.
After a period of time doing specialized work for a non-profit, I have come back to my love of horses and their care.
While I am happy with my present position, I am ultimately seeking a live-in caretaker situation that will allow me to emphasize my skills in grooming, clipping, sales prep, and handling of horses.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Horse Farm Worker
Willsway Equestrian Center
Goshen, NY
03.2024 - Current
- Achieved optimal facility conditions through effective management of feeding, stall cleaning and buckets.
- Developed and maintained personal communication with borders and provided special handling, diets, and hand walking for their horses when requested. Provided my cell phone number to text me with special requests.
- Communicated borders concerns and/or requests to Spanish speaking workers to ensure proper execution
- Maintained arenas and repaired fencing.
- Ensured borders were provided with safe pathways through snow removal and rock salt distribution throughout the day during bad weather.
- Provided specialized care for senior horses and layups, ensuring medical and dietary needs were seen to, often without being asked.
- Observed changes in behavior that may signify the onset of illness or adverse interaction between particular horses and brought to the immediate attention of my supervisor.
- Provided essential overnight care and support to ensure safety during weather emergencies.
Preservation Removal Specialist
Renovation Angel
Fairfield, NJ
05.2006 - 02.2024
- Provided strategic and skilled removal of luxury kitchen cabinets, appliances, granite and marble countertops, sinks and faucets,high-end furniture, lighting, art and antiques for a recycling non-profit organization.
- Careful carting out of these materials were performed in luxury high rise buildings and residences across the USA. Expert packing into company and commercial transport vehicles was then executed to ensure safe transport for the materials for resale.
- Proceeds were donated to charity.
Thoroughbred Farm Manager
Skytop Farms
Roscoe, NY
05.2003 - 09.2006
- Full charge management of 23 Thoroughbreds: mares; foals and yearlings
- Management of staff schedule and performance of daily duties
- Feeding and turn outs
- Hygienic scrubbing of stalls and buckets
- Barn and pasture maintenance including tractor work and brush hogging
- Administering of medications, supplements, injections and worming
- Assist vet and farrier
- Grooming and mane pulling
- Handle horses coming from the track, and difficult behaviors
Skills
- Show level grooming
- Clipping, mane and tail care
- Wound care
- Administering of medication, assistance to vet and farrier
- Perceptive observation of behavior
- Interpersonal communication skills with my employers, co-workers and borders
Languages
English and Spanish
Timeline
Horse Farm Worker
Willsway Equestrian Center
03.2024 - Current
Preservation Removal Specialist
Renovation Angel
05.2006 - 02.2024
Thoroughbred Farm Manager
Skytop Farms
05.2003 - 09.2006