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how much is YOUR board??????????

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#1 ·
SO, i was just wondering how much peoples board costs around the world.I myself have a pretty sweet deal, i help out with the lesson program at my barn once a week and in turn i only pay $120 a month(including feed).Oh! and i live in California (United States).


So its your turn! say where you live and how much you pay for board.
Even include a picture if you want! (ps. i dont mean to be nosey, i am just curious :D)
 
#3 ·
Pasture board, including blanketing, feeding, food/hay, at my barn is normally 350 but Hunter is a lesson horse and I help out, so I pay 200. At the stables I work at, full board is 650, including pretty much everything.

And I live in southeast Georgia, US :)
 
#4 ·
The average around here in Western Pennsylvania is around $250 a month for full care.
My BO went from $240 for full turn-out, two feedings a day, stalled at night (or day) and in bad weather (or a run-in) to $320 because she was getting low on money and had too many horses..she ended up closing and has 4 horses left (and two still boarded (renting the bottom fields and run-in shed) since they've been with her for 10+ years) in November.

I was looking at boarding at my friend's house (35+ acres) with a run-in for $100 and my share of hay for full care with feed. Ended up somehow getting his mum to despise me and forbid me on her property, so that never worked out...but then I looked at another place a few minutes (riding) down the road from him that was $150 self-care but included turn-out/in. I ended up not boarding anywhere and am still leasing at the same barn I've been at since my dad was the one who was to fund my horsey stuff and he passed. All I can say is I'm very glad I didn't buy a horse, because I would've been starving myself and never sleeping trying to get enough funds to keep it. D:
But..I guess I rambled a bit. :p
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#6 ·
I pay 140/month, that includes hay, turnout, huge arena, quite a few miles of pastures/trails, and a heated foaling barn when needed! The facilities aren't quite worth 140...I would rather pay 120 for what its worth but hey its only 5 minutes away from home!

Aaaaand I live in Mandan, ND :)
 
#12 ·
I am not far from tinyliny, about an hour North. I have a fantastic deal. Each of my two are stalled at night, and turned out every day, rain or shine (which is important in an area where it rains 300 days a year). They are fed enough hay that I can't find any ribs - he's not fat, he's fluffy! She holds for, and schedules, the farrier. I buy the yearly shots off them when they buy in bulk, and they administer.

I provide any supplements and minerals/salt. They will put blankets on and off as well as fly masks.

There is an indoor arena - with just dirt for footing and a soggy corner, but great for those days when you just don't want to ride in the rain. Down the road about two miles are LOTS of trails - but the roads are a bit dangerous.

The place is not fancy. It is not pretty, but they are working on that. For new boarders, I believe the price is $300 a month... I'm not going to say what I pay, just that I convinced her that she was way undercharging.
 
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I just pay for the cost of hay :) I became really good friends with my BO so I help with maintenance, babysitting, fencing, bur removal, taking care of the dogs, lol I do a lot to help out but its fun :) I live in Manitoba. And my horse has huge fields with knee high grass, a barn with stalls, tack room, free hoof trims, smaller pens for when he's being worked lots, a round pen, and an outdoor riding ring.
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#14 ·
SW Mo. $85 for pasture with round hay bales. Barn Owner lives on site. Indoor riding pen and grooming tack areas.

This is a sweet deal bc I bought the horse from him. If he takes boarders they are a bit more.

To show my appreciation, I cheerfully help with chores and offer to check all the animals when he is gone for the day.
 
#23 ·
My board is $230- $241.50 with GST. I have a cheaper board though than the others out there. He gets to stay in the pasture (unless i need him inside or in a paddock for some reason), we have an indoor and outdoor arena, round pen, grooming stalls, heated tack room and lounge. I was working board off in the fall, and doing lessons in the summer. I'm in southern Sask.
 
#24 ·
Im in colorado.. i board for free cause its basically a big pasture with a run in shed/barn thing. impossibly small arena and nice round pen. the 4h barn in town at the fairgrounds is $15/30 per stall depending on which barns. full self care/ "mare motel" kind of barns. the expensive boarding ranches are $100 something (self care /half self care) and $400-500 something (full care by staff and indoor arena).
 
#27 ·
Germany, NRW, Wegberg-

I pay €210 a month, thats without tax. Includes feed 2/3 time daily, adlib hay, muck out, fields, shavings once a week.

€1 a day extra for horse walker.
And I also op in for extra shavings, so extra €30 a month.

Normally pay around 290 with all the added extras. We have walker, round pen, indoor school, viewing gallery/canteen, outdoor area, and the fields are huge.



20 minutes up the road, its 300 self board.
 
#28 ·
I'm from Riga, Latvia.

My horse is 24/7 pasture boarded, the price includes mucking, free-choice ecological hay, feeding grain with supplements of my choice once a day, salt, use of outdoor arena, noticing me immediately on any important occasion, use of heated tack room and a great BO. 150$ a month.
 
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