My daughter, 15, wants to learn to ride horses. We’re not sure if she is too old to ride for show, but even if that is so she wishes to learn. We need a place that is in the Houston/Katy area.
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Big and Rich: Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy (lyrics)
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Sorry for repeating the question but I thnk I put it in the wrong category -thanks for the responses!
For my family, the biggest obstacle is money. My sister and I both ride, which makes it twice as hard. We make it work though, even though we aren’t rich. Our lessons, which were a semi-private, cost $180 a month. Currently, my sister is a working student at the barn, so she gets a reduced price, so now our lessons are $140 (the group rate). That’s for four lessons, one per week, with hour-long sessions.
Then there’s horse shows. We both do 4-H, and we lease my trainer’s horse, plus she leases a school horse out on show days. Our lease is $100 a month, but we pay for most of that out of our own pockets (babysitting money, since I babysit regularly for a family). We really like showing, so we pay for those on our own too. Showing and leasing are things that usually come after a few years of riding, though.
But don’t let the money thing put you off — my family has worked out a system where my sister and I help pay for it, and when our grandparents (who spoil us too much, even when we demand that they not ;D) heard that we were helping pay for horseback lessons, they’ve been helping out just a little bit too.
Another obstacle that I found, as do many, many riders, was finding the right barn. One barn I went to didn’t have enough school horses to fit me in every week. One barn’s lesson program included walking in circles for an hour, maybe trotting once and changing direction, nothing more. One barn’s instructor wasn’t certified and she wasn’t reliable. Finally I found the barn I’m at now, and its a place where I should have started in the beginning. They have multiple certified instructors, lots of school horses for all different riding styles and abilities, options to lease school horses once or twice a week, or even take the school horses to select shows, and a 4-H club. Since going there, I’ve learned so much faster, and I really love riding even more.
Just a couple more things… don’t be surprised when she comes to you, saying she needs a helmet and boots. She does. If she rides english, go for paddock boots (http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&q=paddock+boots&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=) and half chaps (http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=active&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=half+chaps&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=), if she rides western, then any cowboy boots with a heel will work. Boots designed for riding horses are the safest, most comfortable, and will last longest. Her helmet MUST be designed for horseback riding, and it has to be ASTM/SEI approved to be legal. Riding gloves are also a good idea, and are super cheap. My current pair was only $3.
The breeches come later, for now she can get by with jeans. I’ve been riding for 6 years and I just wear jeans most of the time.
I hope it works out for you both!
I’d like to learn to horse riding but I’m not crazy about spending the $40-45 an hour or so the stables around me charge for lessons. I’m assuming most of the people who are involved in horse culture are either wealthy and can afford those prices or are country folk who can just jump on a horse and learn themselves some horse ridin’. I live in the city so the latter isn’t really an option. Any ideas on how to get access to horses and riding lessons fairly cheaply? I’m sure horses aren’t cheap to maintain and that the prices for lessons are plenty justified in case anyone thinks I’m trying to debate that. Thanks.
I’m also not trying to ride other people’s horses without their permission lol. Although in theory I guess it isn’t a bad idea.
My teacher from my high school had horses so she was more than happy to help, then I went to a riding school and said that I’d work for cheap if they could get me some lessons. It also helped with my horse knowledge. 
Cover of Big and Rich’s Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy at Greenfield’s Pub
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