How much do you pay for horse boarding (or charge?)

[Chick_a_dee]

We charge $170/month for Pasture Board... and when we have our stalls up and running, we'll be charging $275/month.

Edited to add: We encourage boarders to provide their own feed, so we know every horse gets what it needs no matter what, as well they're all fed separately so no one is eating another's food...boarders feed is kept locked up at the house. No hay shortage either, so we provide hay .... if it's a bad year, we'll charge a hay premium because hay can range from $1.45/bale, all the way to $4.50/bale plus delivery.

 

[michickenwrangler]

I am looking at a draft/tb cross. Green broke, about 10, gelding, 16.3. Owners bought him to ride and never did. Looks good. Green broke is OK with me since I rode quite a few brood mares that hardly saw a bit. I rode western pleasure as a kid, dressage and hunter-jumper as a teen/adult. I really just want a big, sweet horse that I can ride bareback with a halter and lead rope. Sounds dorky doesn't it?

Not at all,

My old Arab/Saddlebred I ride bareback quite often with just a halter and a lead and I'm almost thirty. I've been riding her since I was 17 so she and I know each other pretty well.

I would advise that you take some lessons even though you rode when you were younger, just to get you back into the groove, especially if your horse is green broke.

I've ridden since I was 4 yrs old, stopped riding when I was 16 and took it back up again at 17 and I'm still going strong (I leave for an endurance ride in a few hours).

Have fun and enjoy​

 

[buck-wild-chick]

its fun to ride bareback

 

[Florida chick]

ITs sounds like you found a nice boy, BUT please ck the stall size a draftX over 16.3 could not have a 12X12. Our drafts have a 16X16 and large run ins.

 

[WisconsinChick]

our barn is $275 a month for pasture board and it really is a crappy place. we're putting up a fence as i type so we can bring them home.

 

[MarylandChick]

I pay $260 for field board in a nice quiet boarding facility on the bay and near long wooded trails. It doesn't include wormings and all that. Nor does it include ferrier services which used to cost my $20 and now are $35-$45!

My horse is in a 6ish acre field with 5 other horses so he has lots of space. My area has few boarding openings and most people are raising rates with the price of gas/hay. 30 minutes from where I live field board is under $200. I know someone in my town who charges $380 per stall board, she has 7 or 8 horses who live in a 1.5 acre dirt paddock and the horses are entirely on hay and feed diet, no grass. She doesn't ever have wash stalls, a real practice ring or anything.

Boarding fees range and then there are some places that tack on holding fees if they need to hold the horse for a ferrier, or daily medication fees, etc.

I think when determining a boarding fee alot needs to be taken into account. How much the horse actually costs the facility to keep (including insurance) and then how many features does the facility have. Safety is #1, but then there's just how much room do the animals have, how much daily individual attention does each animal need or get, what's the barn like, what is it near, what are the people like, etc.

 

[Jamie_Dog_Trainer]

in my area 400-550 is norm and that is for the most basic set up, the fancy places are a lot higher.