Experience with Horses

I have over 10 years experience working in a number of equestrian roles. These include dressage, riding school, livery and training and showing.

I am currently working as head groom/sole charge for a 12 horse livery yard. I am responsible for daily care (feeding, grooming, bandaging, trimming, plaiting, clipping, exercising, competition prep and training shows.) of the horses which live out 24/7 in the summer and are stabled at night in the winter. My responsibilities include: pasture management to ensure grazing quality and control worm burdens (poo picking, fence mending and ragworting.). I am also responsible for yard and facilities management throughout the year (stock take of feed and bedding and managing deliveries, adjusting feeds according to individual requirements, mucking out and muck heap management, levelling the 20 x 40 sand school and maintaining the grass dressage and jump fields.

Before this I worked at Wellington Riding, a large competition centre that also houses a livery yard and riding school. I was employed as a livery groom and cared for 24 full and competition liveries alongside a head groom and one other groom. This role was fast paced and I was often required to assist on the riding school on busier days to ensure horses were tacked up and ready for evening lessons. The centre hosted BHS exams so I did a lot of plaiting, bathing, bandaging and turning out horses to a high standard for those. I received daily training in jump and flat work by top coaches on a range of different horses.

I  also worked at Ryecroft Livery and Training Yard whilst i was studying Equine Science at University. I worked with a head groom and apprentice looking after full and part liveries. This role was routine yard work (turnout, bring in, mucking out, sweeping, feeds, grooming) as well as some schooling and hacking.

I worked at Lassetter Dressage as a temporary summer groom. Here, my main duties were a high standard of routine yard work and horse care, lunging horses with a pessoa, hacking and prepping horses ready for owners to ride.

I worked as a groom at Lavant House stables. All the horses and ponies lived out, so a large part of the job was pasture management. I did bring in and turnout, groomed and tacked up ready for lessons and kept the yard spotless.

I assisted on a small Welsh Section A stud where I assisted in caring for and showing broodmares and foals.

 

Key Skills

Highly self motivated

Prioritise and manage time well

Friendly and approachable

Extremely high standards of yard cleanliness and tidiness

Plaiting/trimming/bandaging/clipping

Exercising (ground, flat, jump, hack)

Work well in a team

Can adapt quickly

 

Requirements

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

I hope to find a job in the North in order to be closer to family and am open to grooming in any yard. Most of my experience is in Livery/Competition livery so I feel that I would excel there however I would consider a role in a different sector.

• Do you need accommodation?

I am happy to live in or out. I currently live with my partner so any onsite accommodation would need to be self-contained.

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

I do not have a horse or any other pets to bring

• Do you have any ongoing commitments?

I am currently employed and will be available to start a new job in Feb 2023 due to rental commitments. I could possibly bring this forward for the right opportunity.

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

I do not have any holidays booked