Post by bringouthebest on Mar 26, 2012 21:29:19 GMT
*Based in North Bucks on northants/oxfordshire border but willing to travel anywhere if live in.
Long shot but I am looking for ideas for work experience/working pupil positions etc
- I am going to email the head of riding at school as she knows loads of showing people and may be able to help me set something up. Her horse has just got stabbed and is at newmarket in intensive care so I really don't want to bother her with anything horsey right now though. So I just thought I'd ask on here for now.
I am 5'3 ish, 7 and a half stone, 18 years old and looking for work experience preferably on a yard with youngsters and mountain and moorlands or show type ponies, where some riding will be involved, and showing tips on turnout, ringcraft etc. And of course mucking out, poo-picking, tack cleaning, all the normal stuff.
I have had work experience at Sharon Hunt's and stayed at royal international, and I currently work on an event yard and have in the past worked on a breaking yard as a rider while their usual rider was pregnant.
I have broken in and schooled many of my own ponies and for other people, I have just had virtually no competition experience due to lack of funds/support/confidence so I am hoping to be able to change this this year and get an idea of what it is all about.
I know asking for the riding narrows it down and at the end of the day I may just not be good enough anyway but if you don't ask you don't get and maybe there is someone out there looking for a work experience pupil or someone with ideas of where to look
I am really open to ideas, whether it be a weeks work experience local to Buckingham/northampton/milton keynes area (or longer) or a few weeks away somewhere over the summer.
Thank you in advance for any ideas
P.S. forgot to put I am confident on all sorts of youngsters and problem horses (most of my ponies have been, and were freebies as my parents are really not horse fans), and a very quiet rider. But I am by no means a proffesional or experienced or anything super duper.
Also I hope this isn't breaking any forum rules as advertising? If it is please just report it or remove or something, I just didn't think it would be as it is more looking for ideas and it is not for money?
Anna
Long shot but I am looking for ideas for work experience/working pupil positions etc
- I am going to email the head of riding at school as she knows loads of showing people and may be able to help me set something up. Her horse has just got stabbed and is at newmarket in intensive care so I really don't want to bother her with anything horsey right now though. So I just thought I'd ask on here for now.
I am 5'3 ish, 7 and a half stone, 18 years old and looking for work experience preferably on a yard with youngsters and mountain and moorlands or show type ponies, where some riding will be involved, and showing tips on turnout, ringcraft etc. And of course mucking out, poo-picking, tack cleaning, all the normal stuff.
I have had work experience at Sharon Hunt's and stayed at royal international, and I currently work on an event yard and have in the past worked on a breaking yard as a rider while their usual rider was pregnant.
I have broken in and schooled many of my own ponies and for other people, I have just had virtually no competition experience due to lack of funds/support/confidence so I am hoping to be able to change this this year and get an idea of what it is all about.
I know asking for the riding narrows it down and at the end of the day I may just not be good enough anyway but if you don't ask you don't get and maybe there is someone out there looking for a work experience pupil or someone with ideas of where to look
I am really open to ideas, whether it be a weeks work experience local to Buckingham/northampton/milton keynes area (or longer) or a few weeks away somewhere over the summer.
Thank you in advance for any ideas
P.S. forgot to put I am confident on all sorts of youngsters and problem horses (most of my ponies have been, and were freebies as my parents are really not horse fans), and a very quiet rider. But I am by no means a proffesional or experienced or anything super duper.
Also I hope this isn't breaking any forum rules as advertising? If it is please just report it or remove or something, I just didn't think it would be as it is more looking for ideas and it is not for money?
Anna