Show or lease??

Question

Lessons at the barn I ride at are $35/week. My parents pay for lessons. To half lease a horse is $250. There are 5 weeks in July so I paid the $75 it cost to bump up the lessons to a lease. There are only 4 weeks in July, which means my parents would be paying for only 4 lessons, which means to lease this month it will cost me $110. I have $110. The problem is I haven't shown since March and I want to go to a show so very badly! Me and the horse I am riding have progressed so much and i really want to test our skills and shows are so much fun. The show will cost about the same as the lease. But I can't bare to stop leasing her either. I dont know what to do. I want both so badly. Which should I do? And any ideas on how to make the money to do the one I dont chose?

Answer 1

You should show. You can lease her for a while to get the money and then show. You should be able to get a good amount of money from this.

Answer 2

Is t here any possibility you could work off your lessons at the barn? Or can you make some extra money at the shows - braiding, grooming, etc? It sounds like your only option is to continue leasing the horse and try to find the extra money to show.  If I had to choose between the two, I'd go with the lease. Showing is fun, but its only a few days. The lease lets you ride all month long.

Answer 3

you should keep the lease and then save your money soo u can do both

Answer 4

Actually that's a decent price. I half lease as well. I pay $200 a month for the lease and then $45 a lesson, which ends up being about $400 a month. I think that is fairly typical. I'm sorry you were caught off-guard though. I hate finding out something is going to cost a lot more than I expected.

Answer 5

Keep the lease and do a schooling show for $5.00!!!

Otherwise keep the horse. Ask if the show can be a bday presesnt?