How much for professional reschooling?

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I am considering sending my mare to brat camp to get over a certain vice she has at shows. The lady I am sending her to has excellent references and has helped another lady on the yard with great success.
Basically my girl is fantastic in every way but has a particular quirk whereby she won't be ridden in or out of an arena (indoor or outdoor). I have to get off and lead her in which she does absolutely fine but it is embarrassing now that we are attending bigger shows and I really want to affiliate her this year.

The lady has said that she will either take her to some shows for me to see what the issue is and work on ways of working with her, or that she can go to hers for an intensive short stay. She will take her to competitions with her own horses but will also work on her in and around her own facilities.

I am more than happy with the services she is offering. how much would you expect to pay per week for professional re-schooling?

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Not cheap I am afraid - I imagine you would be looking at around £150 a week plus any competition expenses.....

Hope you get the problem resolved!
 
Thanks,
I knew it wouldn't be under £100 a week but think it might be worth it. It's such a strange quirk to have but she's always been this way. I'm worried that I get too cross with her and don't want to be overly aggressive or too passive. These things are so much harder to separate yourself from when it's your own horse. I'm sure if she wasn't mine I would see the solution straight away.
Tired of feeling like a numpty so trying to actively sort the problem out.xx
 
But if the horse is talented it will be worth it!!

Just make sure you still have some involvement in the process, as you don't want your trainner to be able to get the horse in the ring ridden, but you not.

Hope all works out x
 
Hi , not re-schooling but my horse is away for backing and little schooling /most hacking . Its £210 a week with professional alot of money but money well spent so glad that he is there. xx
 
I've enquired at a few yards about breaking for next year for my boy, quotes so far are from £140 to £180 per week. I'd imagine the fees are pretty similar for schooling etc.
 
Probably a silly question but how long does it take to break in a youngster? Looking at what is for sale at the moment (expensive cobs, problem horses or unbroken/very green) I'm wondering whether it would be worthwhile buying a young coblet & having it professionally backed. :)
 
My dressage trainer charged 130 per week last year (may have gone up a bit this year) which I thought was amazing value for money but that was for schooling 6 days a week on her yard. I would imagine they would need to charge more for taking to shows.
 
Hutchlou said:
Probably a silly question but how long does it take to break in a youngster? Looking at what is for sale at the moment (expensive cobs, problem horses or unbroken/very green) I'm wondering whether it would be worthwhile buying a young coblet & having it professionally backed. :)
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Its normally between 4-6 weeks (horse depending) to have the basics in place, then it depends on what stage you want the horse to be at when you take over.
 
Thanks Splash30! So potentially an investment of about £1000 to have something that is able to walk, trot & canter & that may have been exposed to some of the environment too ie bit of traffic, dogs etc? Think that sounds quite worthwhile! :)
 
For a run of the mill horse it is not economic really, you are better to go for a nice quiet young horse which has already been backed and ridden away, it may need more schooling but you will be able to judge if it is suitable for you, unbroken youngsters can be quite a handful, but no one will know till they have been broken.
 
Thanks for all the replies, it really is a range of prices out there but I guess a lot of it comes down to facilities, experience and what is included. I got a quote today of £130 per week inclusive of everything except entry fees at the shows. She will be ridden for one and a half to two hours per day. I am booking for a week in the first instance and can be as much a part of the process as I wish which is great. Then, if I want to extend the stay I can, or if she responds quickly I can continue the work myself with a tailor-made programme.
The lady is coming over to meet my horse in advance of the training next week. I'll keep you informed of our progress. She is such a fabulous horse and I think she deserves having a bit of money spent on her... more than usual anyway!xx
 
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