do you like going as a groom?

ottbluver · 09-02-2007, 06:03 AM

I LOVE grooming at shows! It's sooooo fun and it helps me earn money for my future horse!!

jeda_horse · 09-02-2007, 06:11 AM

Ive groomed for friends before. I really enjoy it

I learnt alot from going as a groom before I competed much. It is slightly less stressful going as a groom lol

CurryComb · 09-02-2007, 06:54 AM

I love grooming! At the 4-h fair this year I got to groom for a family of four kids. It was so fun!

ridergirlx0x0 · 09-03-2007, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chester

I transport both rider and horses to events/training.

I nominate them for the events and pay the fees.

I cook for the rider.

ooooo haha that makes sense now

cowboysmom · 09-06-2007, 11:44 AM

I have groomed for my niece for several years-and still do. I am VERY PARTICULAR about what a horse looks like before it goes in the arena. I have a lot of little tricks that I did back in the day that she wasn't aware of. My sister wasn't much into the Showmanship type thing back then, so she didn't paying a whole lot of attention to the little details.

It has also helped me keep my foot in the door with the horses and kept me up on what was happening.

ImaHorseAngel · 09-06-2007, 12:33 PM

i would rather show than groom. grooming is still fun, but boy at the end of the weekend its being exhausted and having nothing but aches and pains.

Huntseat · 09-06-2007, 12:47 PM

Oooh, I LOVE being the groom!

It's no fun grooming and showing though.. I'm responsible for braiding, grooming, and tacking up 5 horses other than my own this weekend. The riders aren't completely incompetent in case there was a dirty spot or something wrong with the tack because I was in a hurry, but they're beginners with money so they pay me to take care of it so they don't have to do the whole job. At least it pays for me to show!

09-02-2007, 06:03 AM	#21
ottbluver Full Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Planet Earth ^_^ Posts: 269 Images: 2 Blog Entries: 1	I LOVE grooming at shows! It's sooooo fun and it helps me earn money for my future horse!! __________________ ~President of the Thoroughbred Club!~ Days until I get a horse: ??? Ungoosed (and I still have no clue what that means! )

09-02-2007, 06:11 AM	#22
jeda_horse Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: QLD, Australia Posts: 5,333 Images: 380 Blog Entries: 28	Ive groomed for friends before. I really enjoy it I learnt alot from going as a groom before I competed much. It is slightly less stressful going as a groom lol __________________ ~ T H O R O U G H B R E D S ~ County Renegade Fyrefly Throw your heart over the fence and you horse will go after it... R.I.P Rusty

09-06-2007, 12:47 PM	#27
Huntseat Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 4,149 Images: 513 Blog Entries: 4	Oooh, I LOVE being the groom! It's no fun grooming and showing though.. I'm responsible for braiding, grooming, and tacking up 5 horses other than my own this weekend. The riders aren't completely incompetent in case there was a dirty spot or something wrong with the tack because I was in a hurry, but they're beginners with money so they pay me to take care of it so they don't have to do the whole job. At least it pays for me to show! __________________ I am a partner, loyal to the end. I fight back tears from the big losses and save them for the even bigger wins. I can grit my teeth through the pain and still feel like I'm floating on a cloud. I'm a special breed. Say what you will but don't hate me for who I am.

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09-02-2007, 06:54 AM	#23
CurryComb Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: On a farm in NE Kansas Posts: 379	I love grooming! At the 4-h fair this year I got to groom for a family of four kids. It was so fun!

09-06-2007, 11:44 AM	#25
cowboysmom Full Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mendon, MI Posts: 184 Images: 1 Blog Entries: 19	I have groomed for my niece for several years-and still do. I am VERY PARTICULAR about what a horse looks like before it goes in the arena. I have a lot of little tricks that I did back in the day that she wasn't aware of. My sister wasn't much into the Showmanship type thing back then, so she didn't paying a whole lot of attention to the little details. It has also helped me keep my foot in the door with the horses and kept me up on what was happening.

09-06-2007, 12:33 PM	#26
ImaHorseAngel Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: MI Posts: 206 Images: 20	i would rather show than groom. grooming is still fun, but boy at the end of the weekend its being exhausted and having nothing but aches and pains.