My 12 year old Daughter loves horses and really would like to show but!?

Question

I really don't have the money for a horse, are there any other options. And if there are how do I go about doing it?

Answer 1

U can get her riding lessons! They have horses at the farm and if u tell them she wants to show they will talk to her about it and get her going on the right track. I am 12 and love horses and cant get a horse either so I go to a farm and ride! Google search horse farms in what ever area ur in and look for good deals and if your in CT DONT GO TO LATHROP STABLES! They are the worst my instructor tokk our money without giving me all my lessons! So good luck in finding a barn!

Answer 2

Try to lease a horse. Many people lease their horses because it is easier to care for. Leasing a horse is when someone does half of the work for the horse. You have to pay some money, but generally it is cheaper and works great if you have never had a horse before. Two people own the horse and each one has half of the work that the horse requires. Splitting up the schedule, etc. Hope this helped.

Look for horses for lease in your local barn or ask at your pony club.

Hope this helps!
Sunshine G.

Answer 3

Most riding stables offer leasing a horse, or "owning" it for a month. The amount can range depending on where you live, but that is how you could get a "temporary" horse. You should ask where she rides if she can lease a horse and use it for a show, or participate in a show with the stable, then it will only be the fee of the show, and the trailor for theire horse.

Answer 4

You can call some local horse riding schools, which offer a half and hour lesson for around £15, this is the best sort of riding because you know that all of the horses are safe, and safe to ride and all broken it (a mature horse). I would deeply advise this. Good luck to your daughter

Answer 5

My aunt had two daughters and an incredibly abusive husband. One day she dumped him (YEAH). At the time her girls were 11 and 13 and getting out of control as my aunt had to work which left them at home alone a lot. Both girls were passionate about horses. My aunt made a deal with them that they find odd jobs : yard work, cleaning garages, paper route etc to save for horses. When they had enough for their horses, My aunt added a part time job to her schedule and covered their boarding and vet. They boarded on the school bus route so they could attend their horses every day after school. The girls had to earn their entry fees etc. She was a smart lady and her girls grew up to be wonderful women. They are in their 40's now and still into horses with their families.

Answer 6

You can take her to a ridning school, where she can take lessons with the school's horses. Frankly, even if she had her own horse, the horse would be living in a riding school or something, it can't live at your house (unless you have a farm). And you would be paying for his "accommodation", plus vet etc. So it's better to just be able to ride the school's horses.

Answer 7

Does she ride at all?
Get her lessons, its the best way to start. after a while, she may be able to work around the barn for extra or cheaper lessons.
Later, when her teacher thinks she's ready, you may be able to 1/2 lease a horse, where she can ride 3 days a week in exchange for 1/2 of the board.

Answer 8

You can rent a horse nearby or save money for her. If she begs really unnecessarily, then it shows she's not ready for one. Test her on her knowledge of horses to see if she's really determined because some kids lose interest shortly after getting what they want.

Answer 9

Okay, you can take lessons (you don't need to own one most of the time, they have school horses) first, if you haven't yet, for a while.

If you want to show the schoolhorses, I suppose you would have to ask the owner and pay a fee for using it.

Answer 10

Try a 4h in ur community sometimes they give horses for donation if u write a paragraph about how to take care of horses and all that.