WANTED
PART TIME GROOM SERVICES FOR 2026/2027 SEASON.
The New Forest Bloodhounds (Lyndhurst, Hampshire) are looking for a part-time/freelance groom for the 2026/2027 Season – to start in July.
The New Forest Bloodhounds are a clean boot pack based in the New Forest. Hunting the Clean Boot is a fully legal sport involving Bloodhounds hunting human runners - it is currently exempt from the government’s plans to tighten legislation around trail hunting.
We are looking for someone with high standards of turn out in keeping with the finest traditions of hunt etiquette, able to ride and exercise up to three hunt horses, with availability to ride out with the huntsman’s second horse.
A 7.5t lorry licence is preferable. It will also be considered if the groom wishes to keep hunt horses at their own premises nearby.
It you are interested in this service contract please email encnewman@yahoo.com for more details on how to apply for the tender, which closes on Friday 01 May 2026.