05/31/2026
This is something horse owners need to understand as well. That paying for these services is critical. Treating grooms with respect and dignity.
Making sure they have a safe place to work and plan for their future.
Sounds strange as a lot of horse people don’t even plan for their own.
And most of our clients don’t give a thought to that at all.
So many do not see us as running businesses. So many of us don’t understand that either and end up supporting our clients hobby and sense of entitlement.
And our employees suffer for it, not just now, but more when they become too old to continue.
It’s time to wake up a bit and plan better. Time to wake up our clients as well.
BY JESSICA JACKSON Barn work is easier to romanticize for those who don’t do the work every day. You wake up at an hour when the rest of the city is still asleep, soak hay in mid-winter mornings until you can’t feel your hands, and you’re still scraping dirt beneath your fingernails hours afte...
