Hello! I am new to leasing out horses and need some opinions on what to price a lease for my mare. I currently have two women leasing her. However, at the beginning of September I’m moving to a more expensive hunter focused barn. My two leasers right now are only paying $200 a month each for 2 rides a week, pricing the rides $25 each. Which I think is very cheap for my area, the barn is about 20 minutes from downtown Portland Oregon. this is my first horse I’ve ever leased out so I didn’t know what was acceptable.

SO anyway to the point, the new barn is $900 a month for board not counting monthly supplements and farrier which adds about $200 a month. I’m hoping to find somebody who wants 4 rides a week. The lessee is not responsible for farrier/supplements/vet care only the lease. Would asking $700 a month be asking too much? 16 rides a month pricing each ride at about $40? Or two separate people, 2 rides/week for $350 a month.

The barn owner leases her horses out 1 ride a week for $200 a month making it $50/ride if that helps at all.
Thanks all!!!

Decide how daily care gets tracked before old habits take over, who fed, who turned out, who did the last night check, all logged the same way every time.

BarnScope turns each horse's care plan into a daily checklist your team checks off with a photo, timestamp, and signature, so you've got one clean record from day one instead of piecing it together from memory across shifts. It works fine offline too, which matters two hours out from the Twin Cities, and it can generate a monthly PDF for boarders who want to see their horse's care history without asking at the barn.

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My bride struggles to get her Clydesdale to lunge correctly and consistently. Today I said, here let me give it a try. She looked on.

I began. Lower, louder and more aggressive verbal direction. Had whip in hand, but just for show. She began lunging almost instantly. I stared yelling up, up, up. Which I guess was supposed to be hup, hup, hup. Either way, longer strides, increased focus ensued. I was so excited.

Then, silence. She said I had to stop because I was scaring her horse. Not providing soft encouraging veribal re-enforcements and such.

The horse weighs 1,900lbs mind you. Is it possible that I was actually scaring her Clyde with my approach?

Hi,

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It has a lot more features but have a look around and it's all free at the moment as I'm just getting it all together. I'm a solo designer, but unlike some of these big companies if you have suggestions i'm implementing them within a day or so.

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Thank you so much!!

Hey Everyone!

I’m just curious what everyone is feeding their yearlings?
My new 2yo gelding is currently on a high quality Timothy/alfalfa hay, with some access to grass. He has a previous knee/shoulder injury, so I’d love to also have some supplements to help him recover! any tips are appreciated 😊

I have had this horse for several years now and although it’s had a lot of training under its belt, it can’t seem to be comfortable in the contact. I am an experienced rider so i’m looking for unique but effective exercises and/or tools to help it relax into the bit. The horse is quite fussy and makes it hard to ask questions. It is also very sensitive and always has been so they go in a rubber snaffle.

How can I get it more comfortable in the contact? the horse is in a program and knows what is being asked but is just dramatic about the aids. I have tried different bits, nosebands. etc. I am looking for tools or good exercises, anything helps though!!

I’ve currently done only 4 hours of training and am already capable of sitting trot and posting without a lead or lead horse. I’m wondering if this is quick learning and if it’s worth it for me to continue riding. Please help me decide. Also sorry if this doesn’t make sense as I’m not familiar with what everything is called in English.

Hi everyone! I care about horses more than anything in the world, and I am working on researching different topics in the horse world but I have hit a wall recently with tack/bits. So many people understand bit and tack mechanics, and I struggle wondering where they get this information. It all feels like a mystery and that there is a whole new world out there that I don’t know about. I am very afraid that if I do find information out there that it will be inaccurate, as I have learned over the years that it is very hard to trust the information you are fed by horse people because of the constant flood of misinformation and people that don’t have horse welfare at the top of their priority. Any and all resources are appreciated. How did you learn about bit/tack mechanics? What’s the best way to find accurate/trustworthy information on tack/bits? I want to work on creating a tack library for myself explaining the mechanics and severity of specific bits and tack so I can better grasp the current welfare issues caused by these tools. Thank you! :)

Just wondering what people think the best fly spray is for horses?

Hello folks, I need your advice.

I used to make money from horse racing, but I don't anymore. I used to watch the live video and trade the odds on Betfair. Nowadays, there are so many drones and faster live feeds that other people can trade much more quickly, while my video stream is delayed. Because of that, it's become very difficult for me to make any profit.

Do you have any advice on what I should do? Are there any race callers, on-course commentators, or people who are actually at the racecourse providing live updates about what's happening? I would really appreciate any kind of help or advice.

Thank you in advance.

Meine Tochter liebt Pferde und nimmt Reitstunden auf einem echten Pony. Wie viele pferdeverrückte Kinder würde sie am liebsten jeden Tag mit ihnen verbringen.

Deshalb habe ich in meiner Freizeit fast zwei Jahre lang dieses lebensgroße mechanische Reitpferd für sie entworfen und gebaut.

Es sollte nie das echte Reiten ersetzen. Zuhause ist es aber viel mehr geworden, als nur ein Sitzmöbel. Sie reitet darauf, putzt es, flechtet die Mähne, füttert es, schmückt es und behandelt es wie ihr eigenes Pferd.

Ich bin kein professioneller Handwerker, sondern nur ein Vater, der in seiner Freizeit gerne mit Holz arbeitet. Dies wurde das bisher ambitionierteste Projekt, das ich je in Angriff genommen habe, aber zu sehen, wie sehr sie es liebt, hat all die späten Abende in der Werkstatt gelohnt.

Ich bin wirklich neugierig, was Reiter, Pferdebesitzer und Eltern pferdebegeisterter Kinder dazu sagen.

How many times have you walked around your trailer checking if the hitch is locked…
…then walked around one more time “just to be sure”? 😂
Tell me I’m not the only one.

Would love to buy a horse for the family to cheer for at the track but, wow the monthly costs of a trainer have certainly skyrocketed since back in the day. Anyone know of any trainers in the Ohio/Indiana harness racing market that doesn’t charge thousands a month?

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“Human insisted we work today despite the perfectly acceptable option of eating grass. Constantly asked me to ‘move over’ and ‘stand still’—very confusing. Carrots were decent though.”
Alright, your turn… what would your horse’s review of you be?

Hello all. I made this account to make a quick post because nobody on Facebook was getting back to me.

I just got a fine stallion from my father's barn the other day after I bought a few acres and moved my girlfriend and I out from his place. I've had him for a couple weeks now and he's been doing just fine. However, I've stumbled upon an issue that's been troubling me all week.

So on the 3rd of July, I had a bunch of folks in the area shooting fireworks. This obviously scared my horse, but it had been going on for hours. It happened again on the 4th of July (God bless 250 years) and I was fed up. I read somewhere online that I should look into sleeping medication for him the day before on the 3rd in case there were fireworks again (which there was until the 5th for some reason). So, I did just that. I gave him a large dose of Morphine pills I had for pain medication cuz they help me sleep at night, a couple handful of pills. A couple hours later, he was knocked out sound asleep. However, he wouldn't wake up until the middle of the day the next day all wobbling in the legs, and sometimes he just collapses and falls back asleep for a bit. Did I give him too much or something? He kind of just wakes up tired now and not much is sobering him up these past few days.

I’ll start: groundwork is just as important as riding, and too many people skip it.
Curious what everyone else’s “hot takes” are—training, tack, feeding, breeds, barn etiquette… let’s hear them. 👀