Work and Word Experience
I have worked in a few different part time jobs for Fenland Equestrian Centre, DMU and Elgoods Brewery which covered a range of different skills and requirements. learnt a lot from each role I took on.
I have also done unpaid work experience at both Sandringham Stud and Polhampton Lodge Stud Farm for a week in each place.
Jobs
Elgoods Brewery
De Montfort University
Fenland Equestrian Centre
I have had a few different roles within Elgoods, from bartending at events such as the annual beer festival, waitressing at events and helping organise and plan events. All of these roles have been fast pace and involved working with customers and clients making sure they have a positive experience and leave happy.
I was a frontrunner in my second year of University. Originally this role was going to be helping create learning material for the first years joining the course however, due to covid, it changed to be working on ways to help online learning be more engaging for everyone.
This was a stable hand job I was offered after volunteering for a while. It was a very physically demanding job with mucking out stables, cleaning the yard, looking after 20+ horses and leading horses in lessons.
Work Experience
Sandringham Stud
Polhampton Lodge Stud Farm
Here I learnt how a professional stud farm works. I saw the race horses that had just had foals or were about to have them and learnt how they're best taken care of from vet inspections to frequent farrier visits. I was told what to look out for to ensure the foals grow properly and learnt what goes on behind the scenes from conception up to the foal turning 1 year old. These horses belonged to the Queen and were being breed for racing.
At this stud, they receive the foals from Sandringham when they turn 1 year old. This is where the foals learn ground manners around people before they go on to be trained to ride. When I arrived the mares that I had worked with at Sandringham were being sent there after their foals had been weaned. I was taught more about handling and training foals.