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[quote=Anonymous]ok so albeit 30 years ago but I fell into horseback riding thru a friends birthday party. I took one lesson and was HOOKED. like a horse crazy 10 year old. With that said within a year the casual weekly group lesson was a full fledged three lessons a week, horse lease, show team - custom chaps and tailored sportsman breeches habit. I was at the barn from 4pm - 7pm three days a week plus at least all day Sat if there wasn't a show. We didn't have that much money so I mucked stalls and eventually taught camp and pony rides to save up for boots, custom reins, saddles etc. 
This is in the mid 90's but monthly boarding alone was 1k per horse, not including vet fees or lessons. it adds up QUICK. 
My mom made me drop it when i went to college but I still rode on my college show team when i had the time. 
It is a lifestyle, not a hobby when you really get into it. 
And yes the biggest problem was the people that could buy a 30k "made" pony or bombproof Equitation horse for $40k. You can't really compete when you get to those levels.

Now all these years later i miss it dearly but can't ride unless I can do it all the way. I have a 5 year old dd that wants to take lessons but I can see it in her eyes, she's bold and full of adventure and she'll take to it like .. well a horse to water... and we just don't have the money. so we avoid the barn, even though two of my best riding buddies growing up now own the one we rode in and operate the show team.

And I fell off, bucked off, thrown off hundreds of times - it comes with the territory, especially if you are doing hunter/jumpers. If that makes you skittish stay away. 
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