Posted 2015-11-15 5:53 PM Subject: Starting a Side Job:Exercising Horses. Advice?
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I've been wanting a winter project, and decided I'd like to exercise & tune up other people's horses. This would be the first time I've been paid to work with horses other then my own, but I'm very experienced and have ridden a million different horses. We have a big indoor arena with a round pen, and 3 empty stalls. I have time, but don't know how to start. I don't want to end up with some crazy unbroke horse or a horse that hasn't been ridden in ten years. So how should I approach this as far as advertising? Liability insurance, and pricing?
Posted 2015-11-15 9:07 PM Subject: RE: Starting a Side Job:Exercising Horses. Advice?
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Every time you step on a horse you are training. So price accordingly and you can just call it "Conditioning". Either a flat fee per month that includes full care board, or charge full care board and $x amount per ride.