stable girls

Horse barn workers

Stable girls are young women who work in stables, caring for horses—feeding, grooming, and mucking out stalls.

The term parallels stable boy but is less common.

Read as two words, stable girls simply means girls who are stable—emotionally steady or physically balanced: She's one of the more stable girls in the group.

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equestrian · stalls · feeding · tack room · saddles · pony club · bridles · lead rope · cross ties · barn · farrier · hay · tack · hayloft · mucking out · mucking stalls · early mornings · mucker

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role in horse racing/equestrian hierarchy

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Professional horse racers

horse trainers · riding instructors · equestrians · show jumpers · riders

gender in stable work

stable girlsstable boys

Young equine caretakers

grooms · horsemen

employment status in equestrian settings

stable girlshorse breeders

Those who raise horses

Family

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