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| I have the opportunity to go study abroad for a semester in Sweden next Fall and I am crazy excited... The only drawback is that I have 3 horses that need considered. My older mare can sit in the field for a semester, no problem, and I think I'm going to send my 3 year old off to training while I'm gone so she's ready to go when I get back. BUT my good open mare is my concern... It really wouldn't be fair for her to sit in the field for 3+ months while I'm gone. So the way I see it, I have 3 choices:
1. sell her
2. lease her to someone VERY trusted (that way she's still getting worked)
3. let her sit
What would you do?
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | IMO.....it is NEVER a bad idea to let a good horse rest for 3 or 4 months.....additionally, would she be hard to replace? and a lot could go very wrong in a lease situation....I vote ..... let her sit! |
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Location: OH. IO | let her sit! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | 3 months is not long at all, I think it would be fair for her to relax being out to pasture.. Do you have someone that will be keeping an eye out for them while your gone? And for me I would let her sit. |
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| They will be cared for while I'm gone, I just hate to give them that much time off when they're at the top of their game like she is.
I just can't think of anyone I trust enough to ride her while I'm gone, otherwise that would be my first choice.
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Location: North Texas | My rodeo horse has had almost a year off (she's in decent shape but hardly any runs)
It doesn't take them long to come back, I wouldn't fret too much about it. You'll be surprised at how quickly she gets ready to go. |
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Location: Dearing, GA | I did a semester in Spain back in 2010. I ended up selling my barrel horse and my horse trailer, and leasing out my poke-around horse to a lesson program where I knew he'd be taken care of. I took the money I made and spent it in Europe! Best decision I made. When I moved back, I saved up, bought another barrel horse, and haven't regretted a thing. |
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| Just Let Me Run - 2016-12-07 12:11 PM I did a semester in Spain back in 2010. I ended up selling my barrel horse and my horse trailer, and leasing out my poke-around horse to a lesson program where I knew he'd be taken care of. I took the money I made and spent it in Europe! Best decision I made. When I moved back, I saved up, bought another barrel horse, and haven't regretted a thing.
That's something that I'm keeping in mind as well because if I sold her (she wouldn't sell for less than 5 figures, idk exactly what I'd ask for her yet), I would use the money to put the 3 year old through training for the whole semester and I'd use the rest abroad and/or stick it in savings |
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Location: Dearing, GA | **Cowgirl Up** - 2016-12-07 12:22 PM Just Let Me Run - 2016-12-07 12:11 PM I did a semester in Spain back in 2010. I ended up selling my barrel horse and my horse trailer, and leasing out my poke-around horse to a lesson program where I knew he'd be taken care of. I took the money I made and spent it in Europe! Best decision I made. When I moved back, I saved up, bought another barrel horse, and haven't regretted a thing. That's something that I'm keeping in mind as well because if I sold her (she wouldn't sell for less than 5 figures, idk exactly what I'd ask for her yet), I would use the money to put the 3 year old through training for the whole semester and I'd use the rest abroad and/or stick it in savings
I knew when I got the chance to go study abroad that the horse I was running was not my once in a lifetime horse. I also knew I was a poor college student and would probably never have the opportunity to travel Spain again. That investment in my education put me in a good position to be able to afford other horses futher down the road. |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | jake16 - 2016-12-07 11:41 AM let her sit!
^^^^This! |
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| **Cowgirl Up** - 2016-12-07 11:36 AM
I have the opportunity to go study abroad for a semester in Sweden next Fall and I am crazy excited... The only drawback is that I have 3 horses that need considered. My older mare can sit in the field for a semester, no problem, and I think I'm going to send my 3 year old off to training while I'm gone so she's ready to go when I get back. BUT my good open mare is my concern... It really wouldn't be fair for her to sit in the field for 3+ months while I'm gone. So the way I see it, I have 3 choices:
1. sell her
2. lease her to someone VERY trusted (that way she's still getting worked) Â
3. let her sit
What would you do?
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Mine are kicked out until February at least, and I'm not abroad. They needed a break. My colt is with me getting ridden everyday, but the finished horses are on pasture, a round bale, and alfalfa pellets. |
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Location: Florida.. | it is always a good thing to let a horse that has been working hard to relax its mind and body.. let her be a horse while your away.. then leg her back up and condition her and I bet she will thank you for it. |
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