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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Realistically, how much money do you need to have in this area to support a horse riding hobby? Assume this means owning 2-3 horses and showing them on occasion. I know next to nothing about horses, so I am just trying to get a rough gauge or range for how expensive this hobby can get.

Any data points would be appreciated![/quote]

If you know what you're doing, plenty of people will pay you to school their horses (and train their kids). Lots of wealthy people buy into the sport and then lose interest (or their kid loses interest). I made an early career out of riding other people's horses, including showing them so they'd have higher resale value. I was constantly overwhelmed with far more offers of horses to ride than I had time for, and rarely paid cash for anything because I was able to work in trade for most of what I needed. That's not all that unusual.

If you don't know what you're doing already, it's entirely possible to lose your whole ass riding horses. There's no such thing as a free horse; everything about this "hobby" costs a LOT of money. If you know next to nothing, you'll pay for the privilege of that ignorance. You'll pay for grooms, and people to muck your stalls and clean your equipment, in addition to the standard pricing of board, fee, veterinary care, etc. [/quote]

At at least one Vermont Summer Festival I met someone whose sister moved to the middle east and worked for some wealthy family just training their horses. She had a good gig.

I also remember seeing Bill Gates' daughter riding at least one week when we were there, I forget her name, but he came in on a helicopter which was quite the deal since no one wanted to spook a hundred horses at once, but they apparently do have places to land around there. [/quote]

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