Horse Showing

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Horse Shows - Cost and General Information
Entry Fees: Varies depending upon how many classes you enter and the price per class or per division. Most local shows charge $15-$25 per class.
Stall Fee: Varies depending upon show management. Approximately $50 per day, this includes usually includes electric, water, stall doors and sometimes initial bedding.
Shipping: This varies depending on how many horses go to the show, and how far away the show is. Minimum is $75.00. Depends on gas prices and the particular shipper.
Set-up: This is for the packing, (tack, trunks, feed, buckets, chairs, table, bridle and saddle racks, plants, etc), loading and unloading, setting up the horses’ stalls, the tack stall, fans, etc, and taking it all down, repacking, loading, unloading and putting it away.  $25 - $40. If you help, some or all of this can be waived.
Day Care: This includes the daily stall cleaning, feeding, watering the horse, leg wrapping, medicating, and keeping our area neat and clean. $20 - $35. If you help, some or all of this can be waived.
Grooming: This is optional, IF you can do it properly yourself. This consists of bathing, grooming, cooling out, tack cleaning, ringside spiffing, --basically doing ALL of the prep and care of the horse to be spotlessly clean and well-groomed for the show ring. $35 - $50. Braiding is separate.
Tack Rooms and Feed Stalls: We set up a nice tack stall and hospitality area with our custom drapes, sign, table and chairs, saddle and bridle racks, plants, pictures of our riders. It serves as our dressing room, tack room, an attractive display of our ribbons, and a hospitality/social place. We have another stall to store all the feed, hay, tools, muck tub, etc. The cost for the tack/feed/grooming stalls is between $30 - $60 per person. This is not optional.
 
Coaching: $65 per day. This is not optional.
SRF Horse/Pony Use Fee: For clients that do not own or lease their own horse. $50 per day.
Braiding: Mane braiding is not optional for Hunters and/or Equitation. No braiding for the jumpers. You can do it yourself ONLY IF you are a VERY good, experienced braider. Nothing looks worse at a show than ugly braids. Braiding runs approximately $60-$70 for manes and $50-$60 for tails EVERY DAY.

** Do not put conditioner or detangler of any kind in the mane and only below the tail bone and ends if it’s getting braided-it makes it too slippery for the braider.
Possible Extra Expenses: Medications, photographer, videographer, vet, farrier, added classes, tackshop, supplies, hotels, meals. Hotel expenses will be divided between the number of clients showing. Hotel expenses for multiple day shows is not optional.

2008 Horse Show Dates- more to be added
June 29- Meadow Creek Farm
July 20 - DC PHA at Coole Park Farm
July 26- S.D.H.A Jumper Show
August 15- Crosswinds
August 17- S.D.H.A
August 19 - 22- DCF

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