Future Requirements

• What would you like to do or gain in your next job?

Looking to continue starting young horses for a variety of desired disciplines, from initial groundwork through to established training and possible competition. Also desiring to remain an integral part of day-to-day runnings at the yard whether working independently or as part of a team, from mucking out to clipping and all the in-between. My partner & I are hoping to continue working together, hence looking for a working couple role wherever that may take us.

• Do you need accommodation?

Yes, dependent on location.

• Do you have any special requirements for any animals you wish to bring with you?

Yes, 1 well-behaved golden retriever will accompany us.

• Do you have any ongoing commitments?

Yes, currently working in Canada.

• Do you have any holidays booked that an employer needs to know of?

No.

Experience with Horses

Outline your experience with horses here/the scope of your freelance services. If you’re looking for a non-equine or non- yard-based job please use this space to describe your experience skills/abilities and adapt the questions to suit your line of work.

I have extensive experience working with horses across a range of disciplines and environments. My personal and professional riding background covers dressage, show-jumping, eventing, barrel racing, and trail guiding,  as well as working for a couple of studs.

 

Key Skills

What are you particularly good at? For example: working alone, working with others, clipping, plaiting, turning out for shows, handling stallions, handling/riding young horses, non-equine skills etc

From working for several years at a Warmblood Stud and Dressage Training Centre, my current employer, as well as previously for a Thoroughbred Racing Stud, my capable handling skills range from foals, through to young horses and stallions. My main role focus is currently on starting young horses, from first backing through to first competitions, this has been predominantly for Dressage but personal experience extends into Show-jumping and Eventing. Other skills include clipping, pulling manes, plaiting, show grooming, basic first aid etc. 

 

Strengths and Weaknesses

• What do you most enjoy about working with horses?

The not only physical challenge of caring for and training horses, but also the mental demand for training such a variety of horses day in and day out.

• Is there anything you’d like to improve?

I’d like to continue to expand my knowledge and skills ‘tool-kit’ for starting horses and working with challenging ones.

• Why should employers consider you above any other job seeker?

Not only do I come with the love and passion for horses like other job seekers, but I also come with a solid education and first class business degree plus corporate experience to bring internal operations to a highly efficient and more profitable level, if that would be desired by the employer. As a working couple my partner and I also cover a wealth of skills and abilities, not only starting horses and training together, but covering farm machine operation and maintenance, maintaining paddocks and land etc.