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How much does is cost.....?

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    #32
    Kamili
    Registered Users Posts: 2,479 ✭✭✭Kamili


    kick-on wrote: »
    i love my berney!!!!!!!!!! dunno bout the chair seat because i ride real /too short:eek:.

    I used to ride really short in my berney until I bought a synthetic saddle, I've now started riding really long in it cos it gives me such a different seat and its a GP too!
    Few of my friends have ridden in my synthetic and they say its waaay more comfortable than the berney.

    Still you can't beat a berney, I keep mine for shows now as the synthetic looks very funny and isn't quite smart enough!


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    #33
    Eshaness
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭Eshaness


    I bought my first horse 5 years ago-i live in Dublin and don't have any relations with farms nearby. the cost of livery over a couple of months easily equated to what I had paid for the horse. Was in full livery for a good few years- went in cost from around 80 a week a few years ago up to 120 and more recently in the yards near me; so moved horse onto grass livery now and paying 60- is good sand arena there and includes supplementary feed- not cheap for grass, but no land is near dublin.
    One word of caution- within weeks of me buying the horse I had a bad run of luck and ended up paying the vet nearly 2,000 in 6 months - colic, followed by fall on road, followed by an unrelated infection- you need a reserve of cash for when things go wrong. Also you'll need tansport if you want to get out and about- a horsebox is not something you can skimp on as safety and a good floor and brakes are essential.
    My advice is go for it, I never regretting getting into the horsey game as an adult and my mare is brillant fun - but get some savings together first; not just the cost of the horse itself.


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