Samantha

I was in the pony club, when the centre did that for a couple of years.

At the moment I work in retail but help out on a farm to loan a pony. At the farm I help with lambing, calving, and mucking/riding the horses

I started riding at a local equestrian centre when I was around 8; I worked my way up from loan ponies to helping back and bring on new ponies for the riding school. I'm compassionate and care greatly about horse welfare and their maintenance. I would love to learn more about their nutrition and muscular developments. I've never owned my own horse but I have competed locally for others and helped many local centres to keep horses in work over breaks and anytime they need an extra set of hands. I'm flexible and determined to do a great job.

Quick at mucking out, Organised and always put things back where they belong. I enjoy keeping the yard pristine and keeping all the horses happy. I ride green horses and am confident onboard, however I would like to improve my overall riding capabilities.

I've ridden everything from a 10hh dartmoor cross to break and bring on up to big Clydesdales leading ride outs. I have worked with problem horses in the past and enjoy working as a team with trainers and others to come up with solutions that can help the horse. My trainer started the horses but me and peers were often the first ones to lean over and get on and from there we work together to teach the basics. I enjoy eventing and would love to learn more classical dressage.

I used to regularly show jump and try to do clinics to get the ponies out there. I have experience on the show ground from both showing horses and dogs and am quite well versed in how a show works.