
Alex
Ashford, Kent, UK
About
- Jobseeker No
- 432540
- Status
- Looking
- Gender/Working Couple
- Female
- Age
- 18
- Location
- Ashford, Kent, TN24, UK
- Nationality
- UK
- Marital Status
- Single
- Occupation
- Showjumping Groom/Rider
- Height
- 1.68m = 5' 6"
- Weight
- 51 kgs = 8 st 0 lb
- Smoke
- Video
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCciUvUv3j1Ubu4o8xidJ3VQ
Preferences
- Live-In Position
- Bring Own Horse
- Locations
- Notice Required
- 4 week(s)
- Earliest Start
- Oct 2025
- Comments
- I am eligible to work within the USA and can obtain a VISA as soon as I am sure work is secured. A sponsorship would work best for me, anywhere from 3 months to a year (I am able to stay longer than that if need be).
Qualifications
I have my Pony Club Road Safety Badge.
Duties of Current Occupation
Head Groom and Rider of 35 horses - Riding School - Help exercise ponies/horses, Muckout, Turnout, Hay, Feed, Medicate, Teach, Bandage, First Aid (Both people and humans). Showjumping Groom - Plait, Tack up, Turnout, Wash, Ride.
Equine Work Experience
I have owned 3 horses, competing in showjumping with all of them, and dressage with two over the past 7 years of my life. I have worked in a pressured environment in a riding school where I would have the responsibility of 35 horses, some full livery, and others Riding school horses. I would teach stable management skills to the smaller children in Pony Club, and help tack up/lead smaller children beginning their riding journey. I occasionally helped teach where needed, flatwork and showjumping. I then moved yards due to education and began learning competition standard turnout for sport horses. I can plait, both with elastic bands and thread, I am still learning to plait tails. I have pulled, and trimmed multiple manes before too. Handling hot horses in the winter, and young horses too. I am always open to new experiences and learning new things.
Specialities
I've led a team of around 5 people, caring for 35 horses and preparing them for lessons. Ensuring their constant care 6 days a week, starting at 7am, ending at 5pm.
Type of Ride Work
I have worked on flatwork with multiple horses, building up muscle to ensure correct movement. I have also done multiple Polework clinics with different instructors around the UK, jumped multiple horses, from 5 years old to 25, up to 1.20m at home.
Competition Details
I have competed in Dressage, and Showjumping around the UK. In both British Showjumping, NSEA, and British Dressage.