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Gallifrey Farm Working Student Program

If you are in a reasonable traveling area and interested in furthering your equine education, Gallifrey Farm, LLC. accepts working students. This is an ideal position for Military spouses, GSU students or local teens who have mornings available to work and learn.

 

Duties can include but are not limited to:

 

  • Cleaning Stalls

  • Dumping, scrubbing and refilling buckets

  • Turning out, Bringing in horses

  • Grooming, Tacking and Untacking Horses

  • Bathing, clipping, mane pulling and wrapping

  • Sweeping, Raking, Dusting, Decobbwebbing

  • Feeding Breakfast and/or Dinner

  • Boxing individual horses food for next meals

  • Cleaning Paddocks

  • Cleaning Tack

  • Organizing barns, tack rooms and gear

  • Watering and Dragging arenas

In exchange for hard work, responsibilty and attention to detail working students will be exposed to classical dressage training principals on ground and under saddle as well as the opprotunity to meet and watch some of the best equine professionals in their field come to the farm to work. (I.E. Farrier, Equine Chiropractor, Equine Dentist, Equine Vet, Bodyworkers, Massage Therapists, Saddle Fitters, Clinicians etc.)

 

They also receive one free private lesson per week on a Gallifrey Farm school horse or the ability to trailer their own horse in for a lesson, if applicable. For the right working student there is a chance to attend clinics and shows for Team Gallifrey riders as well as daily riding opprotunities.

"My time as a working student for Samantha at Gallifrey Farm was the greatest experience I could have asked for! During my time there, I was taught about horse care, barn management skills, and a style of riding that is not taught in this area. Samantha teaches in a way that is easy to understand, and I felt a connection with the horse that I had never experienced. The horses and the people are a joy to be around, and I found that I never wanted to go home at the end of the day. I highly recommend anyone to take advantage of this opportunity if given the chance!" - Kristen Ellison

"As a working student, Gallifrey became my second home and I was excited to get up early and come to the barn to work with Sam and the horses. Not only is Sam an excellent trainer, but a great friend as well! She helped me learn the ropes and routines around the barn after being out of practice for 5 years.
As good teachers do, she taught me dressage in a way that was easy for me to understand while still being challenged in the process. Even at times when I got frustrated with myself, she was always supportive and there for me when I needed the encouragement.
Sam will always be a great friend of mine and I know I can return to Gallifrey at any time and it still feel like home." - Payton Fritch

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