Ref: GL787
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General Information
- Age 59 years
- Date of Birth 9th December 1964
- Had previous paid employment within the equine industry? Locked
- Preferred Countries United Kingdom
- County/State/Region Gloucestershire, UK, Herefordshire, UK, Oxfordshire, UK, Warwickshire, UK, Worcestershire, UK
- Job Category Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Earliest start date 1st July 2024
- Availability if Freelance/Short Term short term availability
- Freelance: Business Name Locked
- Freelance: Hourly Rate Locked
- Freelance: are you insured? Locked
- Available for Christmas Cover? Yes
- Notice period N/A
- Best time to call Locked
- Working Couples: Partner's profile reference number Locked
- Live in or out Live in, Live out
- Co-habiting? Locked
- Full Postcode if live out (Private) Locked
- Expected Job Level Groom, Part of a Team, Sole Charge, Head Person, Home Groom, Competition Groom
- Animals to bring to a job Locked
- Describe the animal/s you HAVE to bring to the job (if applicable) Locked
- Can drive Car, 7.5t
- Own car? Car
- Height 5”6’ / 167cm
- Approximate weight 8.5st / 54kg / 119lb
- Total years experience with horses Locked
- Previous paid/work experience Locked
- Future disciplines Dressage
- Riding Role? Locked
- Nationality British
- Languages spoken Locked
- Qualifications Locked
- Equine Skills Bandage, Broodmares, Clip, Compete, Equine First Aid, Exercise/Hack Out, Lunging, Muck Out, Plait, Pull Mane/Tail, Ride, Show Turnout, Sole charge, Stallion Handling, Trim, Veterinary Experience
- Non-Equine Skills Locked
- Longest time in one job Locked
- Position held in this job Locked
- 2nd longest time in one job Locked
- Position held in this job Locked
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- Current passport? Locked
- DBS (formerly CRB) or equivalent Locked
- Smoker? Locked
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- Experience with Horses
25 years sole charge hunt groom for private owner…. total care of up.to 5 hunters.. hunting 2 horses 2 or 3x per week.. dealing with feed orders, vet, farrier.. driving 2nd horse lorry..fittening work, exercise thro season, single and ride/ lead… plaiting and clipping for hunting..
25 polo seasons ,mostly high goal teams in UK , US and France .. on a team base or single players,.. fittening, riding sets or singles, total care of up to 6 ponies, prepare and groom at matches,
2 TB breeding seasons on a TB stud , natural covering, mare and foals , helping with vet, sales prep..
1 season helping out on an event , fast work on the gallops, hacking, grooming at events up.to Burghley and Bleinham, no set horses ..
Most recently, until July ’21.. 6 years ..sole charge competition groom for a dressage GP rider.. private yard,… only 2 ,sometimes 3, in work and competing.. dealing with feed orders, vet and farrier, total careof horses at home and at shows and all that entails.. occasionally driving the lorry..
Between , and now, freelancing work …
Helping on various yards, hunt, dressage, event and just happy hackers … yard work, bits of riding and schooling, cleaning tack on hunt days, going to the odd event or dressage with people who do everything on their own,
Had temp jobs at the B’s through the winters when my eventer was out and dressage horse was out in the herd .. only 3 …
Whilst at hunt job , helped a friend with her mares and foals , getting ready for foal inspections and gradings, grooming on those days and driving the lorry..and going to dressage shows grooming for her..
Dressage competition grooming up to CDI level with stallions, so 1 day and stayaway shows ..
KEY SKILLS :
* Bandaging… exercise and stable and medicinal inc joints
* Equine first aid ..plus ST Johns first aider
* Exercising… polework, lunging, riding, ride and lead, flatwork, fastwork
* Show Prep.. clipping, bathing, plaiting ( and triming the bits we’re allowed)
*Tack up, warm up, cool down, wash down
* Organising lorry
* Competition grooming
REQUIREMENTS :
*Prefer a private yard.. or a REAL team yard .. but whichever it is important to me that myself and the rider are a team and work together for the horses .. along with any other employees on the same lines ..
* Prefer single live in .. mostly due to dog.. and I do like my own space..
* Prefer a competition groom job as not quite ready to hang up my ‘show bug’ yet .. if in a larger team need the real chance of going to shows as that is what I enjoy ..I like to see the outcome of the work ..
TAKE WITH :
*8 yr old ESS dog ..
*16h WB 19yr old gelding ..who once recovered from leg injury I would like to compete maybe 1x a month .. he would need to.be either stabled at job or at least nearby