Why Being Little Can Be Useful In A Big Way

I have talked about jobs for little people  before, but I neglected one major one, and I intend to cover that today.

Everybody wants to be employed (or at least they should if they want to live). Some jobs have specific requirements such as the way a person should dress or even act, but you probably have never thought of a job having a height or weight requirement unless you were looking into modeling or athletics.

Honestly if this job hadn't been pointed out to me, I probably would have never even given it a thought, because I don't really have much interest in this field. It's not a bad field of work, but I didn't grow up around it, so I don't really have a connection to it.

Horse Jockeys have a height and weight requirement in order to actually compete. These people have  to be absolutely tiny! According to horsejobs.ca, a horse jockey has to be approximately 110 lbs, and on average they are between 5'2 and 5'4. That's the height requirement for the professional jockeys. If you are an apprentice training to be a professional Jockey, you have to be 105 lbs or less. 

There's a reason to these requirements. The horse and rider have to essentially work as one. When the rider is smaller, the horse has an easier time doing tricks like jumping fences, and coming around tight corners. If the riders weren't so small the horse wouldn't be able to do these tricks, because of the extra weight. 

To me that's nuts. If you are a vertically impaired person, and you are fairly light weight, I would definitely recommend this job for you. That is as long as you like horses. Some short people aren't overly fond of large animals, so if you are one of those people, I wouldn't go for it. 

This job takes some serious dedication, so if you are considering going for it, because you are small enough, just remember that this is a lot more intense than the pony ride at the fair. Just like all athletes, Jockeys have regular practice to keep them in shape, so they will be prepared to compete.

Each Jockey has to know their horse, and be able to control it all the time. If the horse doesn't pick up what the rider intents on doing, it could get pretty ugly, especially when they are doing jumping tricks. If this is of interest to you, and you fit the requirements, I would say go for it, because there's probably not as much competition in this field, as another field might be.

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