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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]swimming is cheap, ice skating is not.  I think you can go slowly and just do the group classes for awhile.

My niece's volleyball was around 1k/mo between club fees and travel, and you basically had to be on the club team to get the experience to keep up with the high school team.

All of the sports add up, but I think horseback riding and skating are the highest. [/quote]

Riding puts it all to shame. Tens of thousands without even considering how much it costs to buy a horse, truck, trailer. [/quote]

I was talking to my old coach recently and asking casually for a friend about buying a Children’s Hunter for their 12 yo.  He said you need to spend in the six figures to get something competitive now.  It is insane.[/quote]

You can spend an infinite amount of money on riding.  I saw an article a few years back about the top riders in the U.S., and I think Bruce Springsteen's daughter was the poorest person on the list.  The rest were mostly the children of billionaires.  It's difficult to compete if you're just a plain old 1%er.  [/quote]

Yeah, I've seen that the teenage daughters of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are really into riding.  Unless you really have money to burn, it seems best to avoid that sport in favor of so many other sports.[/quote]

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