Working As a Groom....

[tricksibell85]

Would you do it??

 

[Charlystarly]

Definatly
Then again I already am but it's so much fun, it doesn't feel like working at all!

Charlotte x

 

[clairel]

Have done (well actually a wp) for an eventer. Had fun but don't know if I would do it again?! May be different as a fully fledged groom!

 

[iluvhunting]

If you work in racing as a stable las/lad you get decent pay, plus its amazzing riding the horses

 

[skewbaldpony]

Yes, did for years and loved it, but only given the chance to rise to the top. Wouldn't spend a decade being a dogsbody.

 

[eventgirl]

I did it for 8 years for a few top eventers, loved every single minute and learnt so so much but would not go back to it now!!! I now work at a university, passing on the stuff I learned for a damn site more money!!

 

[volatis]

I do, money is cr*p, hard work but at the moment it works for our situation. Wont do it forever

 

[Eventerlad15]

Yes, done it for 5 weeks. Hard work but great fun.

 

[RachelB]

I am a part-time groom but I'm getting out of it. Hours too long and pay too low... but I love doing it! I get to ride some gorgeous horses.

 

[eventingdiva]

I do, and i love it

Its hard work, and i'm knackered 99% of the time! I'm also broke

Money is a bit crap and everything i earn goes back into mine, but it is fab

 

[hellybelly6]

No, not again, been there done that and couldnt afford the t-shirt despite a 50 odd hour week. I enjoyed it, I was 16 and was a slave, once my stable work was done, I was then expected to do the housework!

Have got a good job, where I can have my horse and do things my way.

 

[sachak]

i have done but i have issues with feeling I HAVE to do somethig I love

 

[ajn1610]

Depends who you are working for!

 

[sw123]

I've done it full time for professional eventers and i still do it freelance for a few professionals. Loved it then but love it more now as i get to just do the 3DE's and get paid a lot more!!

Its not a job though its a complete lifestyle and you cant have much life outside it as its practically 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Also have to work for people you like and get on with and who do horses the way you like them done otherwise its just hell!

 

[druid]

Just finishing my last stint - love every minute of it and you do learn a huge amount with getting to ride some fantastic horses as a bonus. All depends who you work for though, my lot are fab!