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Gwesse what?
On Thursday, my mother talked to the farm owner. We found out that it's $780 a month for boarding... which includes lessons, training, feeding, turnout, worming, vetting, and farrier appointments! Which is a really good deal. Anyways, the owner is going to watch me ride on Wed. and see if there is a horse at my skill level for half-lease. Eeee, yay!

That's really cool, most stables don't offer that much when you're only boarding or leasing.

[Typical Aquarius]

Gwesse what?
On Thursday, my mother talked to the farm owner. We found out that it's $780 a month for boarding... which includes lessons, training, feeding, turnout, worming, vetting, and farrier appointments! Which is a really good deal. Anyways, the owner is going to watch me ride on Wed. and see if there is a horse at my skill level for half-lease. Eeee, yay!

That's really cool, most stables don't offer that much when you're only boarding or leasing.

That still seems like a ton of money, even if all that is included. Especially if that is per month. With all the costs of owning a horse here, you'd probly pay $400-$500 where I'm at for all of that >.<

It's exciting that you get to lease though! I am trying to save up the money, but I think I'll probly keep it for an apartment of my own when I go off to college soon ):

[Dolphinlover~]

Gwesse what?
On Thursday, my mother talked to the farm owner. We found out that it's $780 a month for boarding... which includes lessons, training, feeding, turnout, worming, vetting, and farrier appointments! Which is a really good deal. Anyways, the owner is going to watch me ride on Wed. and see if there is a horse at my skill level for half-lease. Eeee, yay!

That is a bit pricey though...Well it depends on what amenities are offered. If it offers a lot I mean at my new stable I think board is way more expensive, like $800 or more a month depending on what you want >.< So compaired to that price it's not bad. Since my new stable offers a lot three sets of cross ties, wash stall w/hot and cold water heat lamps, grooming stalls with shampoo, fly spray, and tack cleaning supplies, individual tack lockers, access to all three of the big arenas, and a ring side gazebo and viewing area. I understand why it is more expensive

At my old stable though, it's only $450 a month and you get feed, water, turnout, lessons, ect. So compaired to that it is expensive xD It really depends on the stables amenities though.

[classi]

I mean, $750 isn't very bad when you think about it. She trains the horse for you when you're not riding it - she's a pro trainer - you have two lessons a week, she does the worming for you, I think she does the clipping for you, she schedules vet visits, she schedules farrier visits, she does turnout, and she feeds the horse. Plus, each stall has a fan.
For a half-lease, it would be $500 a month.
Lessons are $50 each.

[meowool]

Gwesse what?
On Thursday, my mother talked to the farm owner. We found out that it's $780 a month for boarding... which includes lessons, training, feeding, turnout, worming, vetting, and farrier appointments! Which is a really good deal. Anyways, the owner is going to watch me ride on Wed. and see if there is a horse at my skill level for half-lease. Eeee, yay!

woah around £390 a month for all that? that's not that bad, and a good bit cheaper than most good laptops.

gesundheit!

[classi]

GOOD LUCK HANO! You'll win the show!

[Hoofbeats]

STUPID SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its been snowing like crazy since last night, now my horseback riding lesson is cancelled
At least I got some more sleep.

[peachie.]

I used to ride horses when I was younger but I stopped because I would have to take the class one more time because my birthday was in November. I would have to take the class one extra unneeded class.
But I am goin to go back and start riding again :3

[Verdana]

Good luck, Hano!

Whew. What a day! Rode in three lessons today. The first one was lovely. I was on Caprice, and my instructor's husband was teaching it. Caprice was really fresh and yanked on my hands like anything, but she worked well and he praised me at the end, which was really cool since he's the sort of person who only compliments you when you really deserve it. So, that was nice.

Then, there's this ADORABLE little filly! Her mom's really chilled, so you can go in and play with her if you're not an idiot. She's really friendly, and I spent a good half hour having my hands licked, my shirt chewed and, at one point, trying to keep her off when she decided to play with me and reared. She's like the size of a large dog, though, so it wasn't hard.

I had a new kid today. She is adorable! She giggles whenever you trot, which makes a nice change from the scared-stiff newbie. I needed to make up a lesson, so my instructor casually asked if I could ride April. I should have been suspicious at this point, since usually it's not a question. But, of course, I was gung-ho and thought, 'Oh, I know April! It'll be great!'

It wasn't.

Nobody's ridden her in six weeks. She's about five, and in the time between the holidays and now, she's discovered something: Humans can be scared of her. And she was using that today. First I got onto her. She promptly leapt into the air. Her martingale got caught on her stopper, she had a heart attack and almost slammed both of us into a wall. At this point, my instructor told me to go and lunge her. So I did. For about ten minutes. She seemed to have settled, so I got back onto her.

She hadn't settled.

I got on fine, but then steered her towards the gate. She went nuts. Rearing and whirling and leaping. I have never had a reaction like that in. My. Life. I thought it was some red tape, but even with someone leading her, she was manic. So, I had to get on in the arena instead. I did, but she wasn't done. She leapt into the air repeatedly, rearing, bucking and completely hysterical. I just sat there. It was surprisingly easy to sit the rears and leaps. The bucking I've never liked, but I didn't fall off. She settled, right up until my instructor decided to try her at a canter. More madness. Eventually, I decided that I didn't want to die or kill the kids in the lesson, so the cantering ceased.

Rode her again later at the trot, and she was fine. Only one leap, and it was half-hearted. Didn't try a canter, though. I'd rather not be the first person to fall of for the year.

My butt's killing me.

[Carbon]

Good luck, Hano!

Whew. What a day! Rode in three lessons today. The first one was lovely. I was on Caprice, and my instructor's husband was teaching it. Caprice was really fresh and yanked on my hands like anything, but she worked well and he praised me at the end, which was really cool since he's the sort of person who only compliments you when you really deserve it. So, that was nice.

Then, there's this ADORABLE little filly! Her mom's really chilled, so you can go in and play with her if you're not an idiot. She's really friendly, and I spent a good half hour having my hands licked, my shirt chewed and, at one point, trying to keep her off when she decided to play with me and reared. She's like the size of a large dog, though, so it wasn't hard.

I had a new kid today. She is adorable! She giggles whenever you trot, which makes a nice change from the scared-stiff newbie. I needed to make up a lesson, so my instructor casually asked if I could ride April. I should have been suspicious at this point, since usually it's not a question. But, of course, I was gung-ho and thought, 'Oh, I know April! It'll be great!'

It wasn't.

Nobody's ridden her in six weeks. She's about five, and in the time between the holidays and now, she's discovered something: Humans can be scared of her. And she was using that today. First I got onto her. She promptly leapt into the air. Her martingale got caught on her stopper, she had a heart attack and almost slammed both of us into a wall. At this point, my instructor told me to go and lunge her. So I did. For about ten minutes. She seemed to have settled, so I got back onto her.

She hadn't settled.

I got on fine, but then steered her towards the gate. She went nuts. Rearing and whirling and leaping. I have never had a reaction like that in. My. Life. I thought it was some red tape, but even with someone leading her, she was manic. So, I had to get on in the arena instead. I did, but she wasn't done. She leapt into the air repeatedly, rearing, bucking and completely hysterical. I just sat there. It was surprisingly easy to sit the rears and leaps. The bucking I've never liked, but I didn't fall off. She settled, right up until my instructor decided to try her at a canter. More madness. Eventually, I decided that I didn't want to die or kill the kids in the lesson, so the cantering ceased.

Rode her again later at the trot, and she was fine. Only one leap, and it was half-hearted. Didn't try a canter, though. I'd rather not be the first person to fall of for the year.

My butt's killing me.

Yeesh! Sounds like a hyper horse to me! I would have free lounged her a bit. I hate how they (the horses) make you think that they are all done being crazy and psycho, but when you get on, they decide otherwise. >:( Sounds like fun though!