Rolex spin off thread, highest priced entry

[basil's mom]

I was just entering another aiken event, and with entry grounds fee etc. they seem so much more expensive than they were "back home". So what is the most expencive horse trial you have entered so far? For me it has been Paradise's 237.00 I think.
Don't get me wrong, I understand the expense, I am not in any way bashing the orginizers of these events. I am just trying to make myself feel better about spending this much on myself in this economy.

[Long Shadow Farm]

I drop between $300.00 to $350.00 here in Area V often between entry fees and stabling. Crazy...........

And people wonder why I can't show every weekend. I need that money tree in the backyard.

Bobbi

[curlykarot]

I need that money tree in the backyard.

Bobbi


When you get that money tree, can I have a branch to plant in my garden? ;)

[olympicdreams04]

Oh wow. Most all FEI events */**/*** are a set $500 which includes the mandatory stabling. I find the Virginia Horse Park to be very expensive but worth it. Kentucky Horse Park Events are also expensive and not so worth it IMHO. Stuart is very expensive each year, something like $350 w/o stabling. Florida is very inexpensive, $350 for TWO HORSES! I haven't even looked at Aiken yet. I'm scared.

[IfWishesWereHorses]

Well, spare a thought for our advanced riders here in NZ who want to compete in the world cup qualifier this year.

http://www.nzequestrian.org.nz/Resource.aspx?ID=4053

$500 entry fee, and then a $1500 start fee on top of that, so total fee to compete in the class $2000

Total prize pool subject to sponsorship is $70k, but still, thats a lot to come up with for one show!

[Rescue_Rider9]

Well, spare a thought for our advanced riders here in NZ who want to compete in the world cup qualifier this year.

http://www.nzequestrian.org.nz/Resource.aspx?ID=4053

$500 entry fee, and then a $1500 start fee on top of that, so total fee to compete in the class $2000

Total prize pool subject to sponsorship is $70k, but still, thats a lot to come up with for one show!

I take it you must have never shown HJ LOL. Eventing is MUCH cheaper than them!

[gchildean]

Oh wow. Most all FEI events */**/*** are a set $500 which includes the mandatory stabling. I find the Virginia Horse Park to be very expensive but worth it. Kentucky Horse Park Events are also expensive and not so worth it IMHO. Stuart is very expensive each year, something like $350 w/o stabling. Florida is very inexpensive, $350 for TWO HORSES! I haven't even looked at Aiken yet. I'm scared.

The reason that the FEI events are so expensive is that they have to hire twice the # of officials. I also fing the VA horse trials to be quite pricey but thats due to the fact that they basically have to rent the facility.

[IfWishesWereHorses]

I take it you must have never shown HJ LOL. Eventing is MUCH cheaper than them!


Lol, yes I have and yes I do ;-0

Am competing tomorrow in a hunter jumper show.

$15 ground fee
$8-12 per class

3 classes in total per day, 2 day show...

So thats around $50/day for the whole show - 6 classes in all. ;-)

HJ shows down here are really inexpensive to enter,eventing and dressage are definitely more expensive.

A normal HT here is $70 entry, plus $20 yard/stable fee.

A normal dressage show is $18-20 per test (max 3 tests per day) and maybe a $20 arena fee/ground fee.

So comparable on the local market, this WC eventing class is hideously expensive. Im just eternally grateful that we don't have a HJ system like the US lol or I'd be a happy hacker for the rest of my life hehe.

[Rescue_Rider9]

Holy Crap! A $50 HJ show? I cant even get away from a schooling show for under $100! And on the A/AA circuit you are paying a few thousand for a weekend! Where are you from? I wanna move there!

[Hony]

But isn't that if you pay a trainer and groom and their day fees. I bet you could do it for a lot less if you didn't take your trainer, only went for a few days instead of the week, did your own prep (braiding, mucking, etc.) and slept in a tent!!

[IfWishesWereHorses]

But isn't that if you pay a trainer and groom and their day fees. I bet you could do it for a lot less if you didn't take your trainer, only went for a few days instead of the week, did your own prep (braiding, mucking, etc.) and slept in a tent!!


Bingo!
Down here (New Zealand) nobody has their trainer with them at a show, they all do it on their own. Occasionally at the big shows there might be the occasional trainer but thats about it. Certainly nothing like what you see in the US.

No grooms (unless a pro rider), no trainer, everyone does their own prep - even the big guns in the hunter classes. And they sleep in their trucks/lorries (which are basically like RV's with room on the back for the horses to travel!).

And if you are late for your class, no way will they hold it for you lol, you miss out and they will close the ring and start the next ;-)

Sometimes though I think it would be nice to have full service and be able to hand my horse to the groom to take care of, esp on a day like tomorrow which is going to be scorching hot!

[Ritazza]

Without any fees tacked on, the entry for the AEC is very nearly $500! But that DOES include stabling for many days, and tons of fancy stuff in buckets :) (And I'm saving like crazy for THIS year's entry fee!) Not to mention that now that I'm in CT, the gas is going to be outrageous.... and all those stupid highway toll fees..... and the hotel...... dropped a couple grand on it last year almost. Totally worth it.

And about the HJ thing, my roommate in CA said at her first barn she was convinced to go to an A show out there on a horse she knew wasn't competitive. She got one tiny pink ribbon for the week she was there. One week was $2000 of fees! Not to mention the money paid to the trainer, the shipper, the braider..... :eek:

[Groro]

I hate paying the grounds fee for Aiken/GA events when I am already paying to keep my horse in Aiken County. One event charges a grounds fee and doesn't even have extra stalls to rent.

Then when you actually place or win, all you get is a dinky ribbon. First place should be good for at least few goodies or the entry fee paid at a future event!

A couple of years ago I won the whole Aiken Series at Novice and was to have received a fabulous cooler with all the bells and whistles. Some how it never materialized. I worked really hard against all the pros for that cooler. It was one of the only times I have ever won a championship and no one bothered to get me my cooler.

I know it costs huge money to put on an event, but it also costs huge money to campaign a horse or several horses all season. Especially if you are on the road for a couple of months.

It would be nice to have something to show for one's successes besides some colored ribbon!

[PnkPanthr]

my most expensive entry was probably for the training 3 day and it was over 500. my most expensive one day horse trial entry was probably somewhere around 280

[gooddirt]

I hate paying the grounds fee for Aiken/GA events when I am already paying to keep my horse in Aiken County. One event charges a grounds fee and doesn't even have extra stalls to rent.

Then when you actually place or win, all you get is a dinky ribbon. First place should be good for at least few goodies or the entry fee paid at a future event!

A couple of years ago I won the whole Aiken Series at Novice and was to have received a fabulous cooler with all the bells and whistles. Some how it never materialized. I worked really hard against all the pros for that cooler. It was one of the only times I have ever won a championship and no one bothered to get me my cooler.

I know it costs huge money to put on an event, but it also costs huge money to campaign a horse or several horses all season. Especially if you are on the road for a couple of months.

It would be nice to have something to show for one's successes besides some colored ribbon!

I beg your pardon!! We're part of Aiken/GA and we require gift certificates from vendors which we give to winners, sometimes down to 4th or 5th place depending on how many vendors we have.

In our case, grounds fees helps reduce the differential in the bottom line contribution between stall renters and ship-ins. We survive on stall rental fees. Our $50 grounds fee reduces the amount by which ship-ins are subsidized by stall renters. Stall renters also rent RV hookups which ship-ins don't do.

There are many pieces of the financial pie, and the ultimate goal is to be financially viable so the playground can stay open.

[tle]

I think the most expensive entry in this area is Richland Park - mandatory stabling (tents) and all. 2008 it ranged from $545 for the CIC2*/3* Gold Cup divisions down to $335 for T/N. Oh and a WHOPPING $245 for YEH!!! I ran there in their first or 2nd year and although I'm horseless at the moment, I can't imagine being able to afford to ever go there again given those prices. :(

[joharavhf]

I so agree about the dinky ribbon thing. Back in 2000 I won Kingsbury Hill and got a nice ribbon and silver plate. I got 2nd at Pembury House and also got a ribbon....but SHEESH.

I also show on the "A" circuit in the Arabs and MAN THE LOOT I've taken home. First the ribbons are TO DIE FOR. Most of the ribbons have 6" rossettes up top, and are a minimum of 18" long. I've won all sorts of things - from useable items (a golfer's umbrella for a show that NOTORIOUSLY gets rained on!) to apple shaped silver plates. I've also won money - $200 for Day End champion and $275 for winning Sport Horse in Hand Champion at the regional level.

I understand that events are very expensive to run - man power wise and money wise! But at LEAST award NICE ribbons!!!!! I order ribbons (and trophies) from Hodges once a year for our year end banquet....The price differential between a "tacky ribbon" (ie: event ribbon) and a "nice ribbon" is about $2 a ribbon. NOT a huge difference. Plus, if you can work directly with manufacturers you may get a deal. For example, for our year end trophies I buy useable "bags" from Tally Ho. I work directly with Tally Ho and they are FANTASTIC. The bags are gorgeous and I get them for 1/2 of what I would pay in a tack shop....

Sorry to hijack the thread....just thought I'd throw some ideas out there for people to see!

[Jazzy Lady]

Bromont

To run a CCI it's $850 + $45 for FEI drug fee.

For a CIC it's $300 + $275 for stabling + $45 for FEI drug fee.

[NeverTime]

Oh wow. Most all FEI events */**/*** are a set $500 which includes the mandatory stabling. I find the Virginia Horse Park to be very expensive but worth it. Kentucky Horse Park Events are also expensive and not so worth it IMHO. Stuart is very expensive each year, something like $350 w/o stabling. Florida is very inexpensive, $350 for TWO HORSES! I haven't even looked at Aiken yet. I'm scared.

We should be so lucky.
Maybe $500 for a one-star or a CIC, but not for a CCI at the higher levels. Jersey Fresh is $700 -- that's $550 for entry at $150 for stabling -- and Fair Hill was $800 last year -- $575 for entry and $225 for stabling -- and Bromont is about the same, and that's all before the assorted fees, the passport requirement, etc. etc. :dead: And, still, the events are struggling to stay financially viable (kinda like the people riding in them).

[VicarageVee]

Oh come ON!

the entry fees for rolex are only 100$!

Obviously, you all just need to stop running CCI***s and man up! lolololol:lol:

[Coppers mom]

Does anyone remember when you got goodies just for entering an event? I miss the days when you'd get a little baggie of treats or sample of liniment *sigh*.

Hunter/Jumper shows are way worse though. It's not uncommon to have to pay $150 just to be able to pay $30 for a jumper round.

[Cheval Gris]

I am currently running BN, going novice this spring, mostly SC and GA, and by the time I pay the entry fee and stabling those two hit at about 280ish, give or take a couple dollars. So by the time the whole weekend is done with travel and camping/hotel, its about a 400 dollar weekend. Expensive for novice competitor. Only a couple recognized events a season for this one!

[olympicdreams04]

Oh man, I hear you Coppers mom! We used to get these nifty canvas bags from Rocking Horse in FL with our packets and goodies in it. I still have tons of those that I store everyting from sleezies to haynets in. They still do it up right on the ribbons! Huge, beautiful ribbons, plaques, plates, halters, gift certificates, the whole nine! Radnor ** used to be the best! I Cosequin bucket full of supplements, treats, samples, and everything in between. Oh how I miss those days. At an event I will allow anonymity two in PA, I was a hard, hard fought 3rd Intermediate this summer. They have no hook ups, so I stayed in my powerless trailer all weekend after a several hour drive, they had no concessions on site to speak of really, so I nearly starved as it is sort of in the middle of nowhere, and it rained the WHOLE weekend. I had to hang my coat in the truck and turn the heat on full blast in an attempt to dry it out a little to show jump on sunday. The footing was understandably terrible, it was raining so hard I could barely see XC, and stadium was sort of pond-esque. In the end, after a glorious performance weekend, all I got was a little 3rd place rosette that is smaller than most I have received at H/J SCHOOLING shows. Clearly, I'm still a little miffed.

[VicarageVee]

Does anyone remember when you got goodies just for entering an event? I miss the days when you'd get a little baggie of treats or sample of liniment *sigh*.




Rebecca Farm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


BEST EVENT EVER!

[flutie1]

Does anyone remember when you got goodies just for entering an event? I miss the days when you'd get a little baggie of treats or sample of liniment *sigh*.

Hunter/Jumper shows are way worse though. It's not uncommon to have to pay $150 just to be able to pay $30 for a jumper round.

Maui Jim Horse Trials.

[NeverTime]

Maui Jim gives great goodies! Thanks Flutie!!!!