Is two horses too much?

I think it depends on what else you need to fit in besides working full time. I manage it with a little help from a friend but my dog is hacked off because we never do anything doggie any more and my house is never tidy and my employer doesn't get my full attention!!!!! I'm lucky to work somewhere that I get loads of time off and besides my boss was a 3 day event widower so he understands that horses come first no matter what (even though I don't compete I still want them to perform to the best of their ability.) I ride them both at the weekends and alternate through the summer between lunging one and riding the other or schooling one and hacking the other. Or just schooling or lunging both if time is short. I turn them both away at the end of October/mid November and then start working them again in mid December, with dark nights and no electricity I just can't do it all. But lets face it, we'll all move heaven and earth to keep our horses fit, healthy and happy!!!!
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not really but you do need to be oraganised, and in winter it blooming hard work and summer it's easy. BUT you have no money and no life apart from horses unless you have sugar daddy and groom, which i sadly don't have
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I would say You'll find it very hard with 3, working full time and competeing them, whatever discliple you do. Unless you have helper/groom
 
Polo ponies - walk up the hill to field about 1mile, 15 minute cantersize, and 5 minute walk back down the hill, this is when they are fully fit which they are just getting into at the moment. It has been weeks of hard hill work and lots of walk and building up to trot and then canter. I am lucky in I have no roads and have my own indoor school. When they are cooling on the yard before being fed I am mucking out the others, turning horses out and then feed the two I have ridden. As it is still cold in the mornings I don't ride them to the point they are sweating yet. That will have to start after easter
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even sillier o'clock then!
 
I must admit prefering to have only one horse (have two at home at the moment) as it really keeps the work down. There is also the expense of keeping two but to me it is the time it eats up having two. I am sure that one horse is less that half the work of two horses!
 
I actually find it very easy to keep two horses hunting fit - but then I ride and lead every morning for about an hour (doing lots of trot and canter work) and live in a very hilly area! - the problem comes when you want to school them individually thats what takes up the time. I help at a friends hunt livery yard and we take out three horses at a time ie ride and lead two. So effectively most days I exercise 8 horses but only ride out three times!
 
I think I would struggle in winter keeping 2 horses fit, but in summer it is possible. It does take up so much time tho, you have to be very organised and do get tired, be prepared to make some sarcifices with your social life!
 
2 horses - no.
3 horses - pushing it... I had a system over the winter of working them to ensure they all got worked enough and a day off. It was difficult and if I missed a day due to the weather etc I had all 3 to do the next day which was hard work.
4 - couldnt do it without help. Luckily OH can walk/trot and lunge so got him in a coupleof days a week to lend a hand.

I have 3 horses now, one is on loan which was great as it left me with the 2 youngsters, but I have been given the ride on a mare over the summer to dressage so I'm back where I started....
 
Think Bonzabean is right -you can do two but it is hard work and stops being so much fun. That is if you want to do it all yourself, the looking after and riding and have two fit horses. If you only ride a couple of days a week/have help and/or your horses live out it is much easier.

I have two and one is on box rest at the moment and my sharer is the main rider of the other, so I'm putting on weight and missing riding!
 
I have three....I find it fine. I love being around them and every time I do something to one I then just move along the line and do the same with the next one.
I would ride one of them every night and take it in turns really to keep them fit and when I was not riding one, I would ride out leading the other or ask a friend to have a ride.
I have one now out on loan but I do still have two. I love it, as both are completely different.
It can be done :0)
 
I have 2 ponies. One a companion and one that I do RC and Eventing with. Work full time and keep them DIY at a farm, no facilities. Apart from having a couple of foals and selling them at 3yr (last spring) which wasn't too bad financially or time wise, I have also just sold a 2nd (new) horse for various reasons:

I wanted to event her as well and she needed a fair bit of schooling on. I found it was costing me £100 a month over and above what I earn, so I was gradually getting into debt.

Realised I wasn't actually going to be able to compete either of them much this year due to finances or have the lessons we needed.

But time-wise I found it exhausting - mostly with the worry I think. Partly, I think, because I'm responsible for the maintenance of the field and stables - the new mare didn't get on with my existing two, so keeping the fences in good order was important. My existing mare tends to jump out and my Shetland destroys everything in his path, and I found I just didn't have the time or money to do all of that, keep both fit to my liking, or afford the lessons/equipment we needed. Added to that a couple of unexpected vet bills and I felt overwhelmed.

So, now new horse has gone and though sad, I feel majorly relieved. Things would've been different if I'd kept them at livery - had a school, not been responsible for maintenance and had people in the background to assist if need be.

So I'd say depends very much on where you keep your ned, how much spare cash you have, and whether there's help if you need it.
 
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