A lot of really great advice here especially about working under a successful trainer. She'll have to start at the absolute bottom, cleaning stalls, grooming horses and doing all the hard grunt work before she's trusted enough to actually ride one of the trainer's horses. If she's determined enough she may get to that goal she has.
Bear in mind that it is likely that she will most likely lose interest in this idea and in horses in a couple of years. I've been training and instructing for 40 years and my experience has been that 95% of horse crazy girls will
lose interest in horses and drop out completely between the ages of 16 to 19. The fact that she has already dropped out once before makes those odds even higher.
Another poster was absolutely right about the realities of making a living doing this. It is incredibly difficult to actually make a full time living with horses be it training or owning your own facility. As an adult, you are acutely aware of how much your day to day expenses are-adding the expense of owning even one horse is extremely difficult. They are still very much a luxury item.
No need to discourage her dreams but make sure she's the one who is doing the work and learning those hard lessons of life
Bear in mind that it is likely that she will most likely lose interest in this idea and in horses in a couple of years. I've been training and instructing for 40 years and my experience has been that 95% of horse crazy girls will
lose interest in horses and drop out completely between the ages of 16 to 19. The fact that she has already dropped out once before makes those odds even higher.
Another poster was absolutely right about the realities of making a living doing this. It is incredibly difficult to actually make a full time living with horses be it training or owning your own facility. As an adult, you are acutely aware of how much your day to day expenses are-adding the expense of owning even one horse is extremely difficult. They are still very much a luxury item.
No need to discourage her dreams but make sure she's the one who is doing the work and learning those hard lessons of life
