page_title: Groom (profession)
section_title: Job
hierarchical_section_title: Groom (profession) / Job
caption_attribution_description: Brushing a horse's tail
context_page_description: A groom or stable boy is a person who is responsible for some or all aspects of the management of horses and/or the care of the stables themselves. The term most often refers to a person who is the employee of a stable owner, but an owner of a horse may perform the duties of a groom, particularly if the owner only possesses a few horses.
context_section_description: Grooms may be employed in private residences or in professional horse training facilities such as stables, agistment properties and riding academies. 
  The groom(s) usually clean stables (mucking-out), feed, exercise and groom horses.
  A groom in private service is expected to be 'on call' during specified hours in case any member of the employer's family wishes to ride. 
  Grooms whose employers are involved in horse sports or horse racing are often required to travel with their employers to provide support services during competitions. The services required vary with the type of competition and range from simply ensuring that the horse is ready for the start of the competition to warming the horse up beforehand. 
  In competition, the term may have a distinct meaning.  At a horse show, grooms outside of the ring perform standard grooming tasks, but if utilized inside the show ring are generally defined as an individual called in to assist an exhibitor with a horse while in competition.  In combined driving the groom is the passenger and at speed is required to shift his weight to balance the carriage.
caption: A woman grooming a horse's tail. A professional groom would pick through a horse's tail, never brush it.
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