Friday May 7, 2004

Craig Bernstein, A Groom To Die For

From Union Camera Man to Full time Groom

Bernstein grew up with horses in Long Island, New York, and gradually got more involved in the equestrian world, as he seemed to breathe equine more easily than C02. In the 1980s, Craig worked as a union camera man in the motion picture industry to support the owning and showing of his horses. Towards the end of 1999, he was so exhausted doing 16 to 18 hour days that he decided to take a year off and do something with the horses.

"I was playing around on the internet and placed an advertisement for a groom in Europe," Berstein said, "because if I was going to quit Los Angeles, I wanted to go to Europe."

It were Monika Sinks and Ed Borresen who offered Bernstein to join them in Holland for two years, but when Bernstein had handled all his family affairs and was ready to move, Sinks had already found someone else. Fortunately Sinks suggested Craig to get in touch with Tuny Page, who was urgently looking for a groom as well.

"I called her [Tuny] after speaking with Monica and told her my background," Bernstein explained. "Tuny wanted to know if i could fly out as soon as possible. needless to say I was on a plane within 2 days to Amsterdam, then getting on a train to Munster, Germany, where Tuny picked me up."