Isabella Oglesby
Virginia Beach
Summary
Seasoned Equestrian with high productivity and efficient task completion. Maintain specialized skills in horse training, stable management, and competitive riding. Excel in communication, teamwork, and adaptability, ensuring seamless operation and positive outcomes in equestrian environments.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Show Groom
Breckenridge Manor
Virginia Beach
02.2026 - Current
- Prepared horses to show including grooming, lunging, and tacking.
- Daily care at show, such as doing stalls, waters, feeding, hay, wrapping, and bathing.
Shift Leader
Polish Boutique
Virginia Beach
03.2023 - Current
- Managed inventory levels and organized stock.
- Assisted customers in choosing products, answered inquiries.
- Implemented visual merchandising strategies to enhance product displays.
- Assisted in training new employees on shift operations.
Shift Leader
Sterling Meadows Tack & Feed
Virginia Beach
03.2023 - 07.2025
- Assisted customers with product selection and addressed inquiries effectively.
- Managed inventory levels and organized stock.
- Assisted in training new employees on shift operations.
- Verified that cash drawers contained correct amounts of money during opening and closing shifts.
- Resolved customer complaints promptly and professionally.
- Checked orders for quality and completeness.
Summer Camp Staff Member
Hunt Club Farm
Virginia Beach
06.2021 - 08.2024
- Directed equine sessions, overseeing camper engagement and safety.
- Instructed campers in grooming, tacking, untacking, bathing, and basic horse care.
- Guided campers in walking, steering, sitting the trot, posting the trot, and cantering on camp ponies.
- Integrated learning activities such as scavenger hunts, coloring/diagram pages, equine related crafts, and fun Friday bareback rides.
Shift Leader, Shift Assistant
Princess Anne Farm
Virginia Beach
12.2017 - 01.2021
- Daily care of horses including feeding, turnout/bring in, cleaning stalls, and hay.
- Daily upkeep of barn, sweeping/blowing aisles, scrubbing water troughs and buckets, picking fields.
- Extra tasks including holding horses for vet or farrier, wrapping, treating wounds, administering certain medications, bathing, clipping, and blanketing horses in winter months.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Equine Studies
Emory And Henry University
Emory, VA05-2026
Skills
- Horse show preparation
- Riding instruction
- Horse selection
- Young horse training
- Horse transport
- Equine management
- Equine marketing
Timeline
Show Groom
Breckenridge Manor
02.2026 - Current
Shift Leader
Polish Boutique
03.2023 - Current
Shift Leader
Sterling Meadows Tack & Feed
03.2023 - 07.2025
Summer Camp Staff Member
Hunt Club Farm
06.2021 - 08.2024
Shift Leader, Shift Assistant
Princess Anne Farm
12.2017 - 01.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Equine Studies
Emory And Henry University