Paula
Riga, Latvia
About
- Jobseeker No
- 404554
- Status
- Looking
- Gender/Working Couple
- Female
- Age
- 27
- Location
- Riga, RIX, Latvia
- Nationality
- Latvia
- Occupation
- Stable hand/groom
- Height
- 1.7m = 5' 6"
- Weight
- 51 kgs = 8 st 0 lb
- Smoke
- Drive
Preferences
- Locations
- (Riga: Riga, 50 km)
Qualifications
ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN LEADERSHIP AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE IN TRAVEL
Documents
Duties of Current Occupation
Currently working for a horse-riding school as a groom and another business as a trail guide for children and adults' rides. Currently looking for a seasonal job for April/May/June 2025 with possibility of bringing a partner.
Equine Work Experience
Trail riding guide (2016-2018) LATVIA -Instructing and assisting smaller to larger trail riding groups -Horse catching, grooming, tacking up, riding
Head groom/rider/stable hand (2020-2021) AUSTRALIA -Management of a busy horse-riding school -Organizing lesson days, dates and times -Bringing horses in for lessons, grooming, tacking up, some coaching -Riding new school horses and bringing horses back into work -Morning and afternoon feed prep and feed-out
Groom/rider (2023) LATVIA -lunging and riding client horses -bringing horses in and out the paddocks -general stables duties
“EQUUS SILVANIA” HORSE RIDING HOLIDAYS, ROMANIA (2023) • Guiding weeklong riding holiday programs for experienced riders 6 days a week, riding up to 7h a day • Riding, lunging and exercising endurance horses, mostly Arab breeds • Management of a holiday guesthouse with 10+ guests, 40 horses, other pets and farm animals • AM/PM horse checks • Taking care of horse injuries etc.
Specialities
Very hardworking and very passionate horse person with high sense of responsibility. Attention to detail. Excellent people skills, I am a very extroverted and people-oriented person. Riding school management skills and team leading skills. Working with children. Social media and website editing skills. Experience handling thoroughbreds. Some experience with stallions, broodmares and foals.
Type of Ride Work
I have been riding for approximately 9 years. Started as a volunteer at a trail riding place, then had flat and jumping lessons for a few years, competed up to 80cm. Jumped home up to 120cm. Have leased a couple of horses, have brought some horses back into work, ridden naughty riding school ponies, some green horses, have taught my last lease horse (ex-race horse) to jump up to a meter, currently own a horse in Australia.
Competition Details
Have competed in show jumping up to 80cm courses