Marlene

In 2013 I did a course that was offered at the local riding club where we learnt how to teach little kids how to ride.

Tack up, untack, grooming, feeding, and taking tourists out on trail guide.

Have been riding for the past 16 years, did shows as a kid, but switched to Endurance Riding in 2013. In 2022 I started volunteering at Black Horse Trails as an assistant Trail Guide where we take out tourists, exercise horses and my duties also include tacking up, untacking, grooming and feeding. 2023 started where me and someone decided to rent a property and take care of our horses ourselves. In the beginning, we did not have a groom, and my livery partner worked full time. I was our groom for awhile where I fed the horses in the morning and evening, turned them out in their paddocks, mucked out, and groomed. In 2020 I started photography and in 2023 I started photographing horses, and currently I photograph for our local SPCA (animal rescue).

I am used to working with trail horses, I'm a team player and can also lead. I'm used to mucking out, turning out horses, holding horses for vets, etc. I'm very good with people on the trails as I'm a local and know the stories and we usually take International people out.

I have ridden problematic horses, green horses and young horses. I exercise trail horses and often do flat work. My riding mostly consist of hacking out.

Used to do competitions between since 2009 till 2014. In 2016 I did an event where we had to hack 5km but it was a race with other teams, do cross country, and an obstacle course.