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NAES BLOG - July 2019
Placing a spotlight on the actual dollar costs involved in owning a horse often comes as a surprise to the new owner. However, if the new owner also wishes to go to and compete in various horse shows, the costs of being trained, buying tack and equipment and the many necessary extras, can come as a super shock.
I’ve been involved in the horse world for many years, beginning at age 5. Seeing the anguish on my parent’s faces was a literal forecast of what was to greet me as an adult with my son who loved horses and had a very strong talent to ride very well, and get the horse to do anything he wanted.
In the early 1980’s I became very active in the politics of the horse world and got appointed to the AHSA/USEF board of directors. After chairing the Connemara Pony Committee for several years, I became very active in show standards and ended up as Chairman of the Show Standards Committee for 15 years.
Serving on the board gave me a great idea of just what the horse show exhibitor was concerned about. The biggest problem was the steadily increasing cost of horse showing.
So not only is the cost of the horse, plus training, tack and equipment, but the cost of finding a good trainer who will be excellent at teaching the horse and perhaps your child…… then there’s the added cost of association memberships, so any points you’re able to win get added to the correct horse show association.
Then, when we get right down to it, you have to pay for entry fees, drug fees, stall fees, office fees and also pay for the hay and grain company who has an exclusive to provide feed and bedding for each horse stabled, (So all the effort you and your paid help spent in loading hay and bedding from your own barn, was a waste of time).
Oh, and so you don’t have to sleep outside, you’ll have to get a hotel room with all the incidentals.
By the way, all the above will amount to over $2000 per week, and your fancy show horse hasn’t even shown in one class yet. Yup horse showing is super expensive, which is exactly why many people have had their horse show age kids join groups like the IEA.
The IEA sponsors horse shows all over the United States, where all the child has to do is show up at the correct time and hopefully draw for a horse that will make them look super. The IEA is available to both girls and boys in the junior high school and high school ages. There are charges for both annual dues for the IEA, and the local IEA Chapter plus reasonable fees when actually participating at the sponsored shows. But even with those charges, they represent a mere fraction of the thousands of dollars spent at the “Rated” shows.
So, what it all boils down to is that the school-age youngsters who wish to learn horsemanship, do not have to put a second mortgage on their home, but can participate in a very sound program of riding. It’s also good to note that the IEA is an affiliated member of the USEF and be assured of the “Safe Sport” protection program.
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Safe Sport is the program adopted by the US Congress as a remedy in the junior aged athletic sports which provides protection for young people who may be targeted by child predators.
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