- Salary
- depending on experience
- Work Type
- Temporary; Permanent
- Work Time
- Full-time
- Live-In
- Live-In Optional
- Bring Own Horse
- Training Available
- Non-Smoker
- Dates
- from 15 March 2025 to 23 September 2025
- Job No
- 288817
- Status
- Looking
- Expires
- in 3 months
- Views
- 238
Confident, motivated hardworking groom/rider required to join our team, on busy polo / livery yard, near Cirencester. Polo experience not essential as training provided. Role involves: basic grooming, exercising and schooling of horses, travelling to groom at local clubs for games and chukkas. 24 horses between three people, (not all horses are i n full work at the same time) Horses can be separated into groups if necessary, amount of schooling depends on ability. Opportunity to improve young horse skills, stick & balling, to play farm Chukka’s, club Chukka’s and possibly tournaments dependant on previous experience and ability, plus your skills and aptitude whilst working. Working 6 days per week, sole accommodation, possible to bring own horse. HGV licence a bonus. 5 minutes from town and train station. Must have legal working status for the UK. Wage dependant on ability and experience. From now until end of September with possibility of permanent work pending on summer.
Requirements
Polo is very sociable and lots of fun but hard work. General working week Tues-Sunday. Monday off. Opportunity to work overseas after September
Required Key Skills
RidingRequired Expertise
LiveryAccommodation
Fully furnished mobile home to yourself
Job Benefits
Accommodation supplied, All training available, Play farm chukkas or learn to stick n ball, Opportunity to play chukkas and tournaments for the right person Own horse welcome,
Positive jobseeker feedback
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Great yard I had the best summer. Harry my boss was a great teacher . His parents and house mates made me feel so wellcome . Great yard to be shown how to be introduced to becoming a polo groom . Hard work but has great benefits
- Jobseeker 13/01/2019
- Employer No
- 101294
- Location
- Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK
Equestrian Employer Details
We are a busy polo/livery yard near Cirencester We train young horses, mainly thoroughbred's for polo. We currently have 24 horses of various ages and levels of training, from 3yr olds to 15yrs , We train the younger horses at the yard where we teach them the basics in farm chukkas, then as they progress we take them up to play at one of the local clubs. We travel to local clubs on week days and play tournaments every weekend Training includes lots of different things using our facilities : Hacking them out on farm tracks, road work, trails through the woods, lunging, long reigning, small pole work (jumping and trotting poles) walker work, riding round the 400m fibre exercise track, riding them in the schooling fields and chukkas on our 3/4 size pitch. Pending your riding level, opportunity to improve young horse skills, stick & balling, to play farm Chukka’s, club Chukka’s and possibly tournaments dependant on previous experience, ability and aptitude whilst working.