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Ciara

Kidlington, Oxfordshire, UK

About
Jobseeker No
174255
Status
Looking
Gender/Working Couple
Female
Age
39
Location
Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5, UK
Nationality
UK
Marital Status
Single
Occupation
Freelance Groom
Height
1.57m = 5' 1"
Weight
53 kgs = 8 st 4 lb
Smoke
Preferences
Live-In Position
Bring Own Horse
Work Types
Freelance
Qualifications

BA (Hons) in Architecture BTEC National Diploma in Sports and Fitness AS Level Law, English Literature

Duties of Current Occupation

Yard manager/Head Groom. Competently taking sole charge of Hunt/polo ponies. Retraining ex racehorses to polo. Exercising, schooling, lunging, plaiting, clipping, feeding, grooming, vet care.

Equine Work Experience

My main experience is in polo (12+yrs) working with a range of 2 - 7goal professionals, in England, NZ and Australia.

Fully competent and trustworthy in sole charge of the yard, I am confident in the daily management and organisation that goes into it. I am very interested in vet care as well as feeding programmes and am always keen to learn and apply more understanding to my jobs.

I have spent several winters working on private hunt yards, exercising, galloping, jump schooling as well as turnout for hunting, ie clipping and plaiting.

I have worked at a trekking yard, taking charge of rides, teaching basic riding for novices and children. I worked with international event rider oct 2011 - march 2012 as second groom. My duties including mucking out, feeding, grooming, clipping, lunging, hacking.

During childhood and teenage years, i show jumped and showed at low to county levels frequently often competing friends horses. I also hunted regularly and took part in Pony Club

Specialities

Fast and adaptable to any situation, I am a quick learner and calm under pressure. Polo has taught me to move quickly and waste no time, multi tasking is no problem!

I am competent and confident at dealing with young ex racehorses. In England, NZ and Australia I help to retrain ex racehorses for polo.

I can plait, trim, clip, lunge, school and pride myself on having very high standards of turnout.

Type of Ride Work

Polo Hunt Race Hacking Schooling Show jump

Competition Details

Regularly prepare horses to compete in Retraining of Racehorses for Polo events. 2018 winners of the 4year old and 6year category for my employer.

Competed low - county level showing and show-jumping when teenager.

Prepare, school and exercise polo ponies for low/med/high goal polo

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