Rachel
Yeovil, Somerset, UK
About
- Jobseeker No
- 151061
- Status
- Looking
- Gender/Working Couple
- Female
- Age
- 36
- Nationality
- UK
- Marital Status
- Single
- Occupation
- General Groom / Polo groom
- Height
- 1.65m = 5' 4"
- Weight
- 60 kgs = 9 st 6 lb
- Smoke
- Drive
Preferences
- Live-In Position
- Bring Own Horse
- Locations
- Work Types
- Temporary; Permanent
- Work Times
- Full-time; Part-time
- Notice Required
- 12 week(s)
- Minimum Pay
- from £10 hour
- Job Types
- General Groom; Hunt Groom; Polo Groom; Stud Groom; Stud Hand; Summer Camp; Equine Insurance; Secretarial/Admin
- Facility Types
- Hunt; Livery; Polo; Private; Stud
Qualifications
BSc Hons Equine Dental Science BHS Stage 1 UK Driving Licence
Documents
BHS Exams
BHS Stage 1
Duties of Current Occupation
All yard duties, sole charge and working within a team. Polo groom, bandaging, tacking up, exercising ponies, clipping, travelling to games, mucking out, feeding, turning out.
Equine Work Experience
I have completed 6 polo seasons, including one in NZ, each looking after my own string of ponies. Experienced with horses of all ages, including foals, yearlings, youngsters. I have previously worked managing a busy thoroughbred stud. I have also worked on a busy livery/hunting yard/riding school looking after a minimum of 6 horses, feeding, grooming, exercising - schooling, hacking, ride and lead. General yard duties, cleaning tack, turning horses out, putting horses on the walker and taking them off. Teaching in the riding school, mostly at weekends. Also worked at a private family hunting yard, sole charge of 6 horses, and occasional charge of two dogs and chickens. Carried out general yard duties, feeding, exercise and general maintenance of all horses.
Specialities
Polo groom, stud groom, general maintenance of horses and yard, sole charge, working with children, interacting with the public, riding- flat work, exercise- fitness for hunting, hacking. Ground work- Lunging, long reining. Lots of veterinary practice as used to work at an Equine Vets
Type of Ride Work
Polo, flat work, fitness, hacking, hunting, stud, youngsters
