How many hours a week do you spend on horses?

[travelmad]

Reading the posts about getting up at 5.15 am etc...in winter I don't spend much time at all!

They are on grass livery, and yard does feeds, hay, water mon-fri.

Due to weather and my fear of dark I stopped riding mid week so mostly I spend my hours at weekend up there, it will change whenthey are back in work properly but for now maybe 8 hours a week!

I get off very lightly! But they usually are on holidays or hacking only nov-feb.

 

[travelmad]

Oh but I spend hours thinking about feeds etc, can I count that?!!

 

[wiz07]

mon - fri - 0550 - 0650 = 5hours
Mon - Fri - 1540- 1700 = 6 hours
Sat + Sun 0900-1200 = 6 hours
Sat + Sun 1600 - 1700 - 2 hours

so in total 19 hours a week? give or take half hour here and there!

I try and ride 4 x a week 2 x mid week and both days at weekends!

 

[[69117]]

Almost all of them.... 4:30am - 2pm then 3pm - 6pm and 10pm - 10:30pm seven days a week.

 

[wiz07]

Almost all of them.... 4:30am - 2pm then 3pm - 6pm and 10pm - 10:30pm seven days a week.

Can we presume your job is with horses then? I Could never do that many hours with the kids and the office job, although id like to! Id love to be back working with horses!

 

[[69117]]

Can we presume your job is with horses then? I Could never do that many hours with the kids and the office job, although id like to! Id love to be back working with horses!

you can indeed - I have a livery yard.

 

[2horsesnomoney]

too many to count!!! I try to ride 2/3 week days and both days on the weekend but at the mo that is becoming very difficult as i ride as soon as it becomes light so its all icy and froozen solid so not riden this week yet!

I dont work out how many hours but i expect i spend more time with the horses at the yard than i do my husband!!

 

[rodeo]

6am to 11pm 365 days a year scared to count it up lol

 

[MerrySherryRider]

Generally a total of 4 hours a day, so 28 hours a week, although sometimes could be 6 hrs at weekends unless I have other things to do, then it might be a couple of hours.

 

[Bright_Spark]

Normally 2-3 hours per day. They live out 24/7.

 

[Countrychic]

About 40hrs a week

 

[rowy]

Well I am doing a degree in equine sport science, I have a part time job at a yard and I have 3 horses of my own so... a lot!!!

 

[ShadowFlame]

Mon - Fri: 1hr am, 2-3hrs pm.
Sat - Sun: 4hrs am, 1hr pm.

So on average, somewhere between 25 and 30hrs a week?

That can be more / less depending on riding time, I ride most days though so it stays fairly consistent.

 

[jjbarney]

Too many

 

[Frosty89]

Monday to Friday I have full livery so I will go up for an hour-2hrs at night probably 3-4 out of the 5 nights (depending on work).

Weekends - 30mins in a morning and and hour-2hrs at night.

 

[Arizahn]

Mine varied, depending on how she was being kept. But usually around 28 hours a week overall.