MovingToTexas
Oct. 16, 2009, 07:34 PM
Hello everyone
I am planning to move to the great state of Texas in the Houston area and would love some suggestions on where I could board one or two horses.
I am open to a variety of situations.
I do both the hunters and dressage and would be willing to put my horses with a trainer of either discipline or with an eventing place.
I am also ok with a "no trainer" facility as I am an independent rider who is confident to manage my own horse care and training and would be happy in a nice, private facility where owners do their own thing. Ideally such a place would allow trainers to come on site and teach.
My absolute ideal situation would be a situation where I could live on site and keep a horse or two in exchange for taking care of the barn (and some additional rent/board if necessary). Again such a place, if there is not a trainer on site already, would ideally be ok with someone coming on site to teach. I have excellent references from both disciplines and have held barn-care positions before.
I am also willing to give up my ammy card for a working student position in either the hunters or dressage.
I am ok with pasture board, although it would be nice to have at least one horse in a stall in case of an stall-requiring convalescence (sp?).
Additionally if anyone wants to PM me places to stay AWAY from I would also appreciate it since I am coming from across the country blind to the area.
Also, any thoughts on the hunter/dressage scene in the area would be great. How far do you have to drive for horseshows? Are there lots of schooling shows? Clinics? Many trainers? I'd love to know!
I apologize for the crosspost in advance but since I am talking toward two different disciplines I hope the mods will humor me briefly before, I am guessing, merging the threads into the one that gets the most responses.
Thank you very much for any suggestions; if you don't want to post publicly please feel free to PM. No need to post "You have a pm"- believe me, I am hot to trot on moving to Houston and will check!
Thanks again!!
I am planning to move to the great state of Texas in the Houston area and would love some suggestions on where I could board one or two horses.
I am open to a variety of situations.
I do both the hunters and dressage and would be willing to put my horses with a trainer of either discipline or with an eventing place.
I am also ok with a "no trainer" facility as I am an independent rider who is confident to manage my own horse care and training and would be happy in a nice, private facility where owners do their own thing. Ideally such a place would allow trainers to come on site and teach.
My absolute ideal situation would be a situation where I could live on site and keep a horse or two in exchange for taking care of the barn (and some additional rent/board if necessary). Again such a place, if there is not a trainer on site already, would ideally be ok with someone coming on site to teach. I have excellent references from both disciplines and have held barn-care positions before.
I am also willing to give up my ammy card for a working student position in either the hunters or dressage.
I am ok with pasture board, although it would be nice to have at least one horse in a stall in case of an stall-requiring convalescence (sp?).
Additionally if anyone wants to PM me places to stay AWAY from I would also appreciate it since I am coming from across the country blind to the area.
Also, any thoughts on the hunter/dressage scene in the area would be great. How far do you have to drive for horseshows? Are there lots of schooling shows? Clinics? Many trainers? I'd love to know!
I apologize for the crosspost in advance but since I am talking toward two different disciplines I hope the mods will humor me briefly before, I am guessing, merging the threads into the one that gets the most responses.
Thank you very much for any suggestions; if you don't want to post publicly please feel free to PM. No need to post "You have a pm"- believe me, I am hot to trot on moving to Houston and will check!
Thanks again!!