Alexandra
Hisings Backa, Västra Götaland, Sweden
About
- Jobseeker No
- 146306
- Status
- Looking
- Gender/Working Couple
- Female
- Age
- 35
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Marital Status
- Single
- Occupation
- Digital marketer
- Height
- 1.68m = 5' 6"
- Weight
- 68 kgs = 10 st 9 lb
- Smoke
- Video
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbpmwHXvNRY&feature=youtu.be
Preferences
- Live-In Position
- Bring Own Horse
- Locations
- (Västra Götaland: Hisings Backa, 50 km)
- Work Types
- Temporary; Permanent; Contract
- Work Times
- Full-time; Part-time
- Notice Required
- 2 week(s)
- Job Types
- General Groom; Groom/Au Pair; Groom/Housekeeper; Dressage Rider; Apprentice; Nanny/Housekeeping; Other; Stable Lad/Lass; Therapeutic Riding Prog.; Wrangler
- Facility Types
- Dressage; Racing; Show Jumping; Showing; Other; Conditioning/Handling
Bio
Started riding when I was 8 years old, at a riding school in Sweden. I soon started competing in dressage and show jumping. I have accumulated 27 years of experience with horses, working as a trainer in Morocco, Greece, Sweden, Ireland and Germany.Qualifications
Some years ago I was riding in a "special training group" at my local riding school for two years. That special group consisted of up to 6 persons, each one of them specially selected depending on their skills and ability to advance, specializing in either show jumping or dressage. I choose dressage. I am a competent rider with a gentle hand and an enormous love for horses.
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Duties of Current Occupation
All of the regular work that a stable need but last years my main focus have been on training horses, with other people handling the day to day cleaning and work of a stable. I have a special affection for horses other people deem tricky.
Equine Work Experience
I started at a riding school in year 1999 and I have been involved with horses ever since. I would spend everyday after school taking care of horses and riding them. Some days I could have 4 horses to ride on the same day, and that at an age of about 13 years. Quite quickly I moved up in the levels of riding groups that excisted and I started competing in dressage and show jumping at the age of 11. Due to bad economy I had to give up riding school at the age of 16, but continued to take care, compete and train on private-owned horses in stables in Sweden. I got my basic training from one of the best in Sweden and although I have know both showjumping and dressage, dressage has always been closer to heart.
2010 to 2013 I lived and worked in a stable in Greece training horses for competitions and I also taught some riding lessons. I worked as a trainer in Morocco, Sweden, Germany and Ireland, with dressage being my specialty.
Specialities
I like working with troubled horses, and got at a young age the opportunity to ride and take care of several horses that were a bit different or had some kind of "trouble". They could be unruly, quite hostile or very nervous and easily scared. If then I would state any speciality I have it would be that I am gentle as a rider and I have tremendous patience.
I don't smoke and I'm a vegetarian. I am also a member of The British Horse Society.
Type of Ride Work
I have been involved in mostly dressage but also show jumping. I've handled a few "problematic" horses over the years because of my ability to keep calm when the horse is not. A lot of time I've been taking care of private owned horses as a horse keeper.
I speak fluent Swedish, Greek and English and I'm currently living in Sweden although I have been living in Greece, Ireland and the UK as well.
Competition Details
I've competed both in dressage and show jumping. I started young at my local riding school and due to me moving away I stopped with the competitions and have since then trained others horses. I would like to start competing again if the opportunity should present itself.