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Right now I get a 10% commission when a horse sells. I train the horses prior to them being shown for sale but there are way too many horses to keep up with and nothing is selling. I am going to start charging per ride but I don't know how much. I'm young (18) and just starting out but I can ride better than most. The horses are mostly young green thoroughbreds.
You're young, that you have going against you, no matter how good of a rider you are. People put a lot of trust in the riding of their horses and they want someone mature, with years of experience to do it. (this I know from experience-started training when I was 17) You should check with some of the good trainers in your area, see how much they charge, check with some of the smaller less successful trainers in the area too, price yourself, somewhere in the middle. Remember, that if you get hurt, instant-no money coming in-then what are you going to do? They won't give you commission for getting hurt…and riding green horses all the day long; you will get hurt; the question is, how bad?
My suggestion to you would be to go to college, get an education and then, if you want to ride on the side, just do it for what you can get. But don't EVER train, or ride for commission only, you are losing money and working yourself to death. At least charge $10-$30 a ride, unless they want to put you on as a full time trainer, then go with what the area trainers charge as I said above.
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my trainers charge 25 bucks per riding lesson and if 2 people in the same family has a lesson with each other she takes off 10 bucks… so instead of 50 bucks it's 40 bucks. she doesn't actually train horses though so for you you could do 50 bucks per training session. oh yeah my trainers lessons are 1 hour long. maybe sumthin like that for you, i ain't really sure…sorry…
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westerngamegirl, she doesn't mean giving lessons. She's riding horses for people…not training people to ride horses.
My suggestion is to find other people in your area and see what they charge. Most trainers charge by 30, 60 or 90 days….not by the individual ride. Best wishes to you =)
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Exercise riders in my area get maybe 10 dollars an hour. Decent trainers start at about 20 dollars an hour. At 18, take what you can get, it won't be much as far as money goes, but the experience will pay for itself in the long run.
Best of Luck!
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Don't go with any suggestions you get here – Look into other trainers in your area. If your prices vary much from other trainers, people will not use you (if they are too high it's a given, but if they are too low then people will wonder if you are really serious about it). Being 18, I wouldn't keep my prices with other trainers, just for pure lack of experience (some trainers have been around horses 30+ years, and you just can't claim that amount of time yet). Hope all goes well. I would keep the commission, our friend who is a trainer charges 15% for the sale with additional money for each training session.
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Most trainers around here have started charging per horse. One man charges 250 dollars to start a horse and when he is finished it will stand when mounted, side pass, back, and flex correctly. All from saddle back. This can take 3 to 5 weeks and he has the owner come down and ride it to make sure they are satisfied.
I train for trail riding and charge 200 dollars. I will train to neck rein, not be seat sensitive, yet will respond to leg taps. I do this so the horse will not bolt when someone tightens their legs. I also take them out on trail rides to acustomize them to various stimuli. This usually takes approximately a month. Of course since I already work two jobs I can not take many. I am booked up for next summer.
BTW, despite some trainers idea to the contrary, seat sensitivity in TRAIL horses is usually bad for beginner riders because they tighten their legs when the horse spooks at something and this can cause a horse to bolt. For young green broke horses it can be a disaster in the making.
I don't know the type of riding needed on your horses or the horses in your area. Nor do I know the local trainers prices in your area. Good Luck!
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You're young, that you have going against you, no matter how good of a rider you are. People put a lot of trust in the riding of their horses and they want someone mature, with years of experience to do it. (this I know from experience-started training when I was 17) You should check with some of the good trainers in your area, see how much they charge, check with some of the smaller less successful trainers in the area too, price yourself, somewhere in the middle. Remember, that if you get hurt, instant-no money coming in-then what are you going to do? They won't give you commission for getting hurt…and riding green horses all the day long; you will get hurt; the question is, how bad?
My suggestion to you would be to go to college, get an education and then, if you want to ride on the side, just do it for what you can get. But don't EVER train, or ride for commission only, you are losing money and working yourself to death. At least charge $10-$30 a ride, unless they want to put you on as a full time trainer, then go with what the area trainers charge as I said above.
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Trainer-learned in the School of Hard Knocks over 25+ years exp…….
my riding instructor get between 40-60 dollars per hour dependign on the difficulty of the lesson
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i freelance train at moment due to having 2 young babies (do it whenever i can). i charge £10ph and have since was 16 (same for teaching/lessons) however this will go up when i can do more hrs (to £12-£13).
i have worked for the best trainer in this area (she doesnt train we do, so shes VERY picky about who works for her).
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my trainer charges $30 a lesson and $500 for a full month of training which he rode the horse everyday for the full month that seems reasonable to me good luck!
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look at other trainers in your area and get prices. But honestly I would go to college and come back to horses later. I ride full time now, I recently finished college and have a back up – if horses don't pay the rent. Also think about what happens to your income if you have a fall and get hurt then can't work for a while.
Don't work for nothing, people in the horse industry will just use and abuse a young person like yourself.
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400 a month
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