BSc Equine Studies from Hartpury College

2005 (Work placement for Equine studies degree) Livery yard with Point to Pointers and onsight veterinary hospital- Mucking Out, grooming, exercising hunters/ liveries/ point to pointers, tack cleaning, assisting with trot ups and riding horses for 2nd opinion lameness examinations, veterinary care of horses in hospital. 2006 -Show jumping/Dealers Yard (Lucy Pinney Dorset) -Mucking out, breaking, schooling and riding on young horses/ horses with behavioural problems. 2006- PRE Spanish Horse Stud Dorset Yeguada lago - Mucking out, care of heard horses, schooling/breaking stallions and young stock. 2013 (8 months)- Flat racing yard (New plymouth NZ, Allan Sharrock) - Mucking out, work riding, grooming, yard maintenance, speaking to owners regarding their horses. 2014-2016 (part time whilst attending University) Dressage yard- (Damian Hallam, Watlington) -Mucking out, soul charge, grooming, tacking up/bandaging, tack cleaning, poo picking, yard and field maintenance, grading the school.

Experienced groom, having worked in teams and soul charge, mucking out efficiently, problem solving, Good people skill's ensuring liveries are happy and feel their horse is well cared for. I can turn out horses to a high standard having clipped/pulled/trimmed horses attending Olympia and competing on British Para Dressage team. Breaking young horses- very good skills long reining, lunging etc Able to confidently handle large fit competition horses, stallions, young stock

Hacking/ exercising hunters/eventers pony club ponies- ride and lead, road work, open fields Schooling on the flat and over fences in the school Breaking young horses- very good skills long reining, lunging etc Exercising horses on the gallops/ track work (point to pointers, flat race horses, eventers, dressage horses)

Unaffiliated competition in dressage, show jumping and eventing- on young horses upto Pre novice level

Enjoy training horses rather than competing at high level.