Anne
Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire, UK
About
- Jobseeker No
- 163207
- Status
- Looking
- Gender/Working Couple
- Female
- Age
- 60
- Location
- Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire, GL54, UK
- Nationality
- UK
- Marital Status
- Single
- Occupation
- Rider/Groom ... Competition Groom
- Height
- 1.68m = 5' 6"
- Weight
- 53 kgs = 8 st 4 lb
- Smoke
- Drive
Preferences
- Live-In Position
- Bring Own Horse
- Locations
- (Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Somerset, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Herefordshire, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire)
- Work Types
- Temporary; Permanent; Contract
- Work Times
- Full-time; Part-time
- Notice Required
- 1 week(s)
- Earliest Start
- Jul 2025
- Salary
- £450+ net per week
- Comments
- Have 20 year old dressage gelding (don’t let his age fool you)which I'd like to compete and 9 year old spaniel dog. Would prefer one on one with owner in a private yard but can work in a team.. would prefer sole accom due to dog
Qualifications
ALL PRACTICAL . taught very well on the job! Actually seen a lot of things, not from a book or fashion!
Documents
Duties of Current Occupation
Total care of horses: mucking out, feeding, exercise, schooling, clipping, show prep, grooming at competitions, dealing with the vet, feedmerchant, farrier.
Equine Work Experience
20 seasons sole charge in a hunt yard up to 5 in work + my own. Until the Ban, helping on various hunt yards as and when need an extra pair of hands. @ 15 polo seasons for various high goal polo teams, both in UK and abroad. TB stud for 3 breeding seasons with mares, youngstock & handling the stallions. Helped with dressage horses on private yard for @ 12 years whilst on hunt yard, at competitions, exercise, mares & foals, preparing them for grading etc. rode a friend's naughty dressage horse, Temp job with the B's whilst they were looking for perm staff, helping both stud, inc Gio and Polarion & competition side. head girl on a dressage yard summer 2011, horses up to PSG and youngsters. Jan to April 2012 sole charge on private hunting yard, 2012/June ‘15 freelance dressage comp groom for International GP rider including competing / breeding stallions June '15 to July '21 competition groom for a GP rider July'21 ..freelance grooming 24/25 .. comp groom for Henry Boswell
Specialities
Enjoy working with youngstock, whether as foals or up to ready to back. I enjoy the groundwork & early riding, although I leave the actual1st backing to the experts now! its the training I enjoy the most & seeing the improvements. competition grooming & all that entails...
Equine experience below not full list ...
Type of Ride Work
exercise, ride & lead - single or sets, flatwork, lunging.
Competition Details
had my own eventer which I had from 3 and broke myself and took to open intermediate as it was then ! competed up to elementary dressage on my own & others as youngsters to show them the world. 2012..starting to compete my own dressage youngster Event and dressage comp groom to CDI inc stallions