🧽 Groom
Looks after horses' everyday care.
Lots of horse timeHands-onShorter training
🛠️ What they do
- Brush, bathe and braid horses
- Feed and water
- Muck out stalls
- Travel with horses to shows
📍 Typical workplace
Stables, show barns and race tracks
📚 Useful school subjects
Biology, Phys ed
🎓 Education & training
Often learned on the job; short courses are available.
🐴 Horse contact
Lots
🌤️ Indoors / outdoors
Both
⏰ Working style
Early mornings, active work
💪 Useful traits
Hard-working, Caring, Detail-loving
Interesting Fact
Top show grooms travel the world with Olympic horses.
Training routes, qualifications and pay are different in every country and province, so always check local information.