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BGA Ambassador nominated for Groom the Year award
The nominees for the Horse & Hound Awards 2018 have been announced and the voting is now open.
The Horseware Groom of the Year award is a hotly contested category with Pat Taylor, BGA Ambassador Daniel Tarpey, Jane Felton and Tamzin Nesbitt all being shortlisted.
BGA Ambassador Daniel Tarpney works for Peter and Happy Charles and says, “It’s a privilege to be nominated for such an award and to be in the short list is an honour. It goes to show that hard work and dedication to your job really does pay off and goes noticed.”
To find out more about the grooms nominated, and to cast your vote click here.
In addition amongst the nominees is Jane Buchan who has been nominated for Pikeur Amateur Rider of the Year.
Jane works for BGA sponsors Baileys Horse Feeds and said, “I am quite humbled to have been nominated and to have made the shortlist. The other nominees are all very worthy of winning. When I realised I’d finally got a horse who had the ability, I thought, “I’m going to have to make this happen” so that’s what I’ve been doing; training and working up the levels to see how far we can go.”
The awards are at Cheltenham racecourse on 8 November, and voting is open until 11.59pm on 18 October. Good luck everyone.
Read more on all of the nominees here and find out how to vote here.
Image from www.horseandhound.co.uk.
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What the personal accident policy covers you for:
- Whilst at work
- All stable duties – mucking out, grooming, washing off, turning out
- Clipping
- Riding – including hacking and jumping
- Hunting
- Lunging
- Breaking in
- Holding horse for a vet and other procedures
- Travelling horses both in the UK and abroad
- Competing in line with your job including: jumping, dressage, eventing
- Injuries that may happen to you whilst you are teaching - but you must also be grooming as part of your duties and not be a sole instructor
What the personal accident policy doesn’t cover you for:
- Riding in a race, point to point or team chase
- Stunt Riding
- Accidents occurring whilst travelling to and from work
- Riding and competing your own horse (but you can upgrade when applying for membership to include this)
- Public Liability – this is a separate insurance policy - the Freelance Groom Liability Insurance
- Care Custody and Control – this is a separate policy - the Freelance Groom Liability Insurance
If you require additional cover then please contact KBIS directly.
| GROOM | RIDER | EMPLOYER | |
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When you are working for other people you do most of the following; muck out, turn out/catch in, tack up, groom horses, exercise Horses (including hacking, jumping and schooling), in the care of your employer/client. |
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| Predominantly ride horses for other people including schooling, exercising and competing. | NO |
YES |
YES |
| Provide grooming services for someone else either full time or on a freelance basis i.e. an employer or a client. | YES |
NO |
NO |
| Employ staff – have an employers liability policy in your name | NO | NO | YES |
| Buy and sell horses | NO | YES | YES |
The BGA is the national representative body for all
grooms working in the UK or British grooms abroad.
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