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[quote=Anonymous]OP - the horse hobby can look very different depending on your commitment and level of investment. My daughter's best friend is a competitive hunter jumper that is nationally ranked in her class. Her family spent over 100K on the horse (horse was bought in Europe, I think Spain). The girl's mom mentioned that they spend close to 100K per year in board, lessons, travel, clothes, trainers, vet, etc. For example, they had to ship the horse to France to compete which cost several thousand dollars. The girl lives to ride and has multiple scholarship offers to ride for D1 schools.

Contrast that to my comfortable, but not wealthy, friend whose daughter rode at the local barn. She competed at the local level, worked at the barn to get "credit" toward lessons, my friend rented 25% of a horse at first then 50%, then 100% as the girl progressed. Competition clothes were bought used (forgot the website, but there's one dedicated to that). She went to Texas for college where she participated on the club level equestrian team which she enjoyed very much. She is now a young adult that leases 25% of a horse to ride for enjoyment and volunteers at a therapeutic riding organization.

So, there's a range of investment for horseback riding. In both cases the girls were happy and invested at the level that was comfortable for the family. [/quote]

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