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Anita
Southport, Connecticut, 06890, USA
About
- Jobseeker No
- 404807
- Status
- Looking
- Gender/Working Couple
- Working Couple
- Age
- 28
- Location
- Southport, Connecticut, 06890, USA
- Nationality
- USA
- Marital Status
- Single
- Occupation
- Lead Groom
- Height
- 1.72m = 5' 7"
- Weight
- 67 kgs = 10 st 7 lb
- Smoke
Preferences
- Live-In Position
- Bring Own Horse
- Locations
- (Connecticut: Southport, 30 miles)
- Work Types
- Permanent; Contract
- Work Times
- Full-time
Qualifications
Years of paid and volunteer experience working with a variety of disciplines and equine atmospheres. 2 years of volunteer experience working with equine therapies for all variations of disability.
Documents
Equine Work Experience
Lifelong equine enthusiast. Working student under Elizabeth Sheldon -barrel and reining trainer out of GA- from 2009 to 2013 Barn manager for Run Free Farm located in Brewster, NY from 2019-2021 Trainers Assistant for Liz Doering -Dressage trainer out of CT- Live-in caretaker for Sperry View Farm from 2021-2022
Specialities
My specialties converge on empathy. Years of experience learning the languages of animals and non verbal or otherwise disabled people, and how they come together to create new connections. Another special quality worth highlighting is my passion for agricultural trades and honest work.
Type of Ride Work
Working student for Elizabeth Sheldon - exercise rider, trainers assistant, working student, barrel and reining horses. Working student for Liz Doering- Hacking and pleasure riding dressage horses for active days off per diem usually weekly.
Competition Details
Exhibition riding, show groom for barrel racing. Show groom for high level dressage.
Key Skills
- Riding
- First-Aid
- Equine First-Aid
- Lunging
- Bandaging
- Clipping
- Exercising
- Natural Horsemanship
- People Skills
Areas of Expertise
- Flatwork
- Hacking
- Western Reining
- Parade Horse