KATRINA MELANIE GIBBS

• Raceday Controllers are responsible for accurately entering racing and sports data into Tabcorp systems for each event. The primary role involves real-time race information and control services for the wagering business, both nationally and internationally. The Raceday Controller position is a team-based role that operates on a rotating roster, 22 hours a day, 364 days a year. The schedule includes early mornings, nights, weekends, and public holidays, with shifts ranging from 7 a.m. to 5 a.m.

• Be aware and available to perform any task at a moment’s notice
• Monitor races so controllers can accurately back up the close, correctly perform numbers in the run and ptp each race
• Manage multiple tasks simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail
• Take calls from stewards to correctly result and pay each race
• Manage staffs correct amount of break times
• Correctly scratch races for each code
• Link up partners

• General track riding duties
• Riding to time
• Riding with an e trakka
• Riding & educating yearling
• Barrier education

• Raceday Controllers are responsible for accurately entering racing and sports data into Tabcorp systems for each event.The role primarily involves providing real-time race information and control services to the Wagering business, both nationally and internationally.The Raceday Controller position is a team-based role that operates on a rotating roster, 22 hours a day, 364 days a year. This schedule includes early mornings, nights, weekends, and public holidays, with shifts ranging from 7 am to 5 am.

• Traveled to Melbourne with Scallopini & Uncommon James to win Steve's & Matt’s first G1.
• Traveled to Sydney with Uncommon James for the G1 Galaxy & then to Perth for the Quakka.
• Traveled to Melbourne with the spring carnival horses.
• Full track work riding duties including riding with an Arioneo tracker.
• Full stable duties including taking horses to the race's, trials, jump outs & beach.
• Icing horses, massaging horses & making feeds.
• Being directly responsible for the horses when Matt was in Brisbane.
• Liaising with the trainer.

• Traveled to Sydney and Brisbane with Autumn/winter carnival horses.
• In sole care of horses.
• Ability to follow direct instructions from the trainer & report directly back to him.
• Liaising with the vet & recording all treatments, able to IV horses, bandage horses & wrap feet.
• Organization of farriers & correct shoeing.
• Organization of massages & chiropractic procedures.
• Icing of horses.
• Swimming of horses.
• Full track riding duties including the ability to ride to time & assess the horses fitness.
• Full stable duties include correct daily feeding, liaising with the owners, organization of feed, bedding, organization of race day strappers & floats to races.
• Pre race preparation, post race care & treatment.
• Full race day duties including race day saddling, speaking with jockeys pre & post race, recording jockeys comments & relaying the correct feed back directly to the trainer & racing manager.
• Apply correct gear to horses.

• Full track work riding & stable duties including treadmilling horses.
• Working between Hawkesbury & Randwick stables depending on where I was required.

• In full charge of the daily feeding of 70 horses including the making of the daily feeds, monitoring the eating habits & weights of the horse's, feeding to the horses fitness & requirements, ordering the weekly feed, supplement's & hay.
• Reporting directly to the trainer & assistant trainer.
• Managing staff.
• Full track riding & stable hand duties.
• Taking of temperatures.
• Pre & post race day treatments.
• In charge of afternoon shifts & Sundays.
• Understood & followed oral & written directions.
• Demonstrated leadership by making improvements to work processes & helping to train others.
• Prioritized & organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals.
• Collaborated with others to discuss new opportunities.
• Maintained updated knowledge through continuing education and advanced training.

• Full track riding duties including riding with an E Trakka, education of young horses, barrier education, jump outs & schooling of horses. Treamilling horses.

• Full stable duties & swimming horses.
• Trial & Race attendance.
• Pre and post race day care.

• Full track riding duties.
• Traveled horses to Brisbane for the winter carnival.
• Sole charge of the travelling horses & all duties required.

• Full foreperson, track riding & stable duties.
• Managing of staff.
• Full Race day duties.
• Liaising with owners, vets and farriers
• In sole charge of an 18 horse stable when required.

• Full Forepersons/ Traveling forepersons, Track riding & stable duties.
• Full feeding duties.

• Full track riding duties - riding trials & jump outs.
• Making of feeds & horses correct nutrition.
• Race day & trail attendance.
• Travelling horses to Malaysia to race.
• Quarantine duties.

• Full track riding & stable duties.
• Trail & race day attendance.
• Travelling interstate with carnival horses.

• Stable security, pre race preparation & saddling race day.
• Full track work riding & stable duties.
• Swimming of horses.
• Schooling of horses.

• Night manager.
• Bair maid.
• Making of cocktails, serving of drinks
• Poker machine hostess, changing of money, eft-pos.
• Responsible service of alcohol.
• Responsible service of gambling.

Full track riding duties - schooling of jumpers & getting jumping tickets,

• Driving harness horses.
• Breaking in of horses.
• Handling of weanling's.
• Lived on property & responsible for all livestock on property.
• Race & trail day attendance.

• Full track riding & stable hand duties.

• Traveled to Melbourne & Adelaide from New Zealand with seven race horses.
• Solely responsible for the care & training of these horses whilst there.

• Full track riding duties.
• Education of young horses, riding breakers.
• Traveled horses to Melbourne for Cup Carnival.

• Full track riding & stable hand duties, race & trial attendance.
• Handling of Stallions.
• Full Traveling foreman duties.
• Part time cleaner of bathrooms & offices.

• Assisted children with daily activities, such as dressing, bathing, & feeding.
• Monitored the children's playtime to ensure safety & wellbeing.
• Transported children to school, extracurricular activities, & appointments when needed.
• Maintained discipline in accordance with parents' instructions while being sensitive to each child’s individual needs.
• Performed light housekeeping duties related to childcare such as laundry or meal preparation.
• Gave medication to children as directed by parents or guardians.
• Communicated regularly with families regarding daily events and any concerns that may arise.
• Provided assistance with homework assignments when required.
• Taught children to ride ponies.
• Taking of business calls when Mr Ormond was out of the house/office.
• The house had 52 rooms and is the largest single storey wooden house in the southern hemisphere.

• Full track riding & stable duties, race and trail attendance.
• Babysitting.
• Sorting of vegetables.
• Mowing of lawns.