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Audio Recording Juan Salcido Sanchez interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, 2013-02-12

Audio interview with Juan Salcido Sanchez, a groom who is a Mexican citizen working for Kieran McLaughlin, a trainer who trains for the Dubai-based Darley Farms, Part 1.
This is Part 1 of a lengthy interview with Juan Salcido Sanchez.

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Audio of interview with Juan Salcido Sanchez.  Part 2.  Sanchez talks about the anonymity of the groom's role.
This is Part 2 of a lengthy interview with Juan Salcido Sanchez.

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[ Interior of the Palm Meadows Barns. ]
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[ Grooms dumping stable waste (hay and horse feces) during the early morning stall clean-up. ]
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[ Hot walkers in the shedrow of Kieran McLaughlin's barn. ]
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[ Hotwalkers in the shedrow of Kieran McLaughlin's barn. ]

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[ Tack in the interior of Kieran McLaughlin's barn, sporting the blue and white color for Darley Farms. ]
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About this Item

Title

  • Juan Salcido Sanchez interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, 2013-02-12

Summary

  • Juan Salcido Sanchez is a groom who works for Kieran McLaughlin, a trainer for the Darley Farms. The interviewee speaks about migration from Mexico, pride of work, wages, and the role of family. The interview provides details about the work environment, relationships among people within the stable hierarchy, and some day-to-day details of working with valuable thoroughbred racehorses.

Names

  • Sanchez, Juan Salcido, interviewee
  • McHale, Ellen, interviewer
  • Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor

Created / Published

  • 2013-02-12

Headings

  • -  Sanchez, Juan Salcido,--Interviews
  • -  Mexicans--Florida
  • -  Age and employment
  • -  Children
  • -  Diversity in the workplace
  • -  Employee morale
  • -  Employees--Training of
  • -  Families
  • -  Hazardous occupations
  • -  Horse racing--United States--Employees--Interviews
  • -  Hours of labor
  • -  Income
  • -  Job satisfaction
  • -  Job security
  • -  Job stress
  • -  Mentoring
  • -  Migrant labor
  • -  Non-formal education
  • -  Part-time employment
  • -  Quality of work life
  • -  Race horses--United States
  • -  Racetracks (Horse racing)--United States
  • -  Supervisors
  • -  Temporary employment
  • -  Thoroughbred horse--Training
  • -  Wages
  • -  Work and family
  • -  Work environment
  • -  Work ethic
  • -  Work-life balance
  • -  Boynton Beach (Fla.)--event place

Genre

  • Digital photographs--Color--2010-2020
  • Interviews (Sound recordings)
  • Interviews
  • Oral histories

Notes

  • -  Darley Farms is an international horse breeding and training operation, which is headquartered in Dubai and owned by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is the United Arab Emirates Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. Darley Farms in America is headquartered in Kentucky.
  • -  Recorded at the Palm Meadows Training Facility, Boynton Beach, Florida, February 12, 2013.
  • -  Stable Views--Voices and Stories from the Thoroughbred Racetrack : Archie Green Fellows Project, 2012-2013 (AFC 2012/034: 00481) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers.
  • -  In English.

Medium

  • 1 manuscript : pdf, text file
  • 1 sound file (WAV) (0:49:02) : digital, sound
  • 6 photographs : digital, Camera Raw, color

Source Collection

  • Stable Views--Voices and Stories from the Thoroughbred Racetrack : Archie Green Fellows Project, 2012-2013 AFC 2012/034: 00481

Repository

Digital Id

  • http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2012034.afc2012034_00481_sr01
  • afc2012034.afc2012034_00481_sr02
  • afc2012034.afc2012034_00481_ph01
  • afc2012034.afc2012034_00481_ph02
  • afc2012034.afc2012034_00481_ph03
  • afc2012034.afc2012034_00481_ph04
  • afc2012034.afc2012034_00481_ph05
  • afc2012034.afc2012034_00481_ph06
  • afc2012034.afc2012034_00481_ms02

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017655459

Rights Advisory

  • Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.

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  • audio
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Sanchez, Juan Salcido, Interviewee, Ellen McHale, and Sponsor Occupational Folklife Project. Juan Salcido Sanchez interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, -02-12. -02-12, 2013. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017655459/.

APA citation style:

Sanchez, J. S., McHale, E. & Occupational Folklife Project, S. (2013) Juan Salcido Sanchez interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, -02-12. -02-12. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017655459/.

MLA citation style:

Sanchez, Juan Salcido, Interviewee, Ellen McHale, and Sponsor Occupational Folklife Project. Juan Salcido Sanchez interview conducted by Ellen E. McHale, -02-12. -02-12, 2013. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2017655459/>.