How much should a horse exerciser be paid?

Question

I was offered a job exercising horses, and the man told me however many hours I can, and however much I charge. Neither of us know how much an experienced horse exerciser should be paid per hour. Does anyone know for sure?

Answer 1

Well - I am assuming that you're going to his house and not boarding it at your house?

I will go to people's houses for training sessions.  I normally charge $15 a session - but they feed the horse and do everything for it.  I am extremely picky though on how far I'll drive to do this - if it's very far out of my way they need to have more than one horse for me to work.

If I board a horse - usually I charge $10 a day for training - and then board is on top of that.  I'm not driving out of my way - so I charge less, but then they have to pay for board which is another $150-300 per month.

I charge $20 per lesson on someone else's horse or $25 if they use one of my horses.  People with horses in training are strongly encouraged to have lessons.

I am experienced, but young.  I have a bachelor's degree in equine science and have worked for a top dressage trainer.  I hold judges cards and have several BIG championships that I have won myself.  However, I am young and try to give people a break as I don't feel I have "proven" myself yet.  I also would rather have people use me for lessons or training than just not use anyone especially when it comes to kids.

Answer 2

Work out how much you need to live on and go from there, it all depends on how many horses you will exercise each day and if you have to do any yard duties.

Also, make sure your employer has the right insurance, and that you get rider insurance, this covers both of you if anything should happen whilst riding.

Answer 3

I paid a trainer $30 per hour to come to my place.

She rode them but did some light training.  If she had time she would stay 1 1/2 hours and not charge extra.

On the other hand if you are not a trainer, just there to ride, get some hours under the saddle..$12-15 an hour

JMO

Answer 4

I would say if you are just riding normally [not really training] about: $45 if your a trainer or $25 an hour if you are just experienced.

If you are riding to train depending on the skills you will be teaching the horse around $50.

Answer 5

Depends to what standard you are training.

genral fitness hacking £10/£15 per hour

Schooling £25.00 per hour

Schooling to Grand Pix £45/£65 per hour

Answer 6

It can vary widely. You can do a per horse/per session rate that can be $25 to upwards of $70 (I myself charge $40). What is more common for a farm or for someone exercising quite a few horses fairly regularly (or exercise riders for the track) is thinking of it more as a regular job. Where anything in the range of $10-$20 is common. When I have these situations I usually go with $15. Track exercise riders generally go with like $5/horse. Their sessions are shorter so a by horse amount usually workds best. But it will vary based on how many horses there are, how often you will be riding them, etc. I would go back and just discuss what you feel is reasonable. Just determine how much your time is worth to you and him for  the skills and experience you have.