humph
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I know Martin Pipe works on 3 horses to a lad
Horse to person ratio in a big/event yard..
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henryhorn
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I put 4 but knowing the reality it's often far more than that.
It depends on whether the propfessional rider does anything to help the groom, some do, some don't..
When CCJ was really busy she had 9 boxes to look after, and on comp days she would sometimes keep the following time table.
Wash and Plait horses, clean tack, stock lorry, fill nets for journey etc which often took her until 11 pm. or later. bed.
Get up at 3am
Brush over feed horses , load 7 onto lorry and then quickly muck out and fill nets ready for their return.
5am rider arrives and off to event.
Sleep most of the journey in the box whilst the rider drives.
Work all day tacking up/washing off, lungeing etc, and arrive back at yard and unload.
Fall into bed...
It wasn't always like that, but sometimes it was, and despite the hard work she loved the majority of it.
It also taught her to work harder than she ever dreamed possible, something that will stand her in good stead for the rest of her life.
It should be possible for one competent groom to cope with three or four horses, either lungeing or riding and them having one day of no work a week.
In an ideal yard two horses would recive the very best of care, but I've never met anyone who did just two!
It depends on whether the propfessional rider does anything to help the groom, some do, some don't..
When CCJ was really busy she had 9 boxes to look after, and on comp days she would sometimes keep the following time table.
Wash and Plait horses, clean tack, stock lorry, fill nets for journey etc which often took her until 11 pm. or later. bed.
Get up at 3am
Brush over feed horses , load 7 onto lorry and then quickly muck out and fill nets ready for their return.
5am rider arrives and off to event.
Sleep most of the journey in the box whilst the rider drives.
Work all day tacking up/washing off, lungeing etc, and arrive back at yard and unload.
Fall into bed...
It wasn't always like that, but sometimes it was, and despite the hard work she loved the majority of it.
It also taught her to work harder than she ever dreamed possible, something that will stand her in good stead for the rest of her life.
It should be possible for one competent groom to cope with three or four horses, either lungeing or riding and them having one day of no work a week.
In an ideal yard two horses would recive the very best of care, but I've never met anyone who did just two!
Rouletterose
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I'm thinking 'groom' was the wrong word to use above.. I'm sure it's do-able for one person to 'groom' for loads of horses in a day..
But i'm talking one person, do to EVERYTHING to those horses, and to a high standard..
I think 4 is perfect, 5 is do-able if you are efficent, but to do things to a very high standard, i think 6 is too many.
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I've worked on a few yards over the years and one person to do EVERYTHING to a very high standard = 4 horses. IMO
I'm thinking 'groom' was the wrong word to use above.. I'm sure it's do-able for one person to 'groom' for loads of horses in a day..
But i'm talking one person, do to EVERYTHING to those horses, and to a high standard..
I think 4 is perfect, 5 is do-able if you are efficent, but to do things to a very high standard, i think 6 is too many.
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I've worked on a few yards over the years and one person to do EVERYTHING to a very high standard = 4 horses. IMO