Just been doing some sums...

[tigers_eye]

I was really hoping to go to Waregem to do the CIC* in September, as I think Gatcombe's will be oversubscribed and full of very highpowered 6 yo's trying to get to Le Lion. Firstly would need to get my FEI rider licence (£15), then the horses' ones (£15 x 2 = £30), then FEI cover passports for their existing passports (yes, that's a piece of plastic to wrap round the ones I have, and it only lasts for 4 years) (£172 x 2 = £344).... and that's before I've entered and got there

. I'm pretty sure I can't afford £390 before I've even entered anything.... Anyone else fed up with how much bureaucracy costs?!

 

[Tempi]

Gosh - thats seriously expensive, now i know why i do BD

 

[Santa_Claus]

ouch that is expensive especially for a bit of plastic!!

I take it you still got Liberty then

Completly forgot to ring you in the morning to come see them but me and Sarah were so knackered it was untrue! least we got home without incident!

 

[tigers_eye]

Archie will need an FEI passport soon though won't he?! Next year's young horse classes on the spanish sunshine tour maybe?

 

[pootler]

I think at FEI level flu jabs need to be given every 6 months, so a few extra quid there too.

 

[tigers_eye]

Thanks! Had forgotten that! The worst thing is I just know that if I do scrape the money together they'll immediately go lame... Deco did exactly that when her passport came through and lost a year's worth of it ....

 

[Tempi]

LMAO

I have decided to bit the bullet and do a 6yo class on him this year, not a big one tho - just the Strada Young Dressage Horse class at Limes Farm Equestrian in Chippenham. I thought i might aswell have a bash at it, as i shouldnt think there will be such big names as you get at the Shearwater and Badminton ones (hopefully!)

Who knows what next year holds tho...........i do want to do the sunshine tour with him, depends when we are ready!!!!

 

[Bossanova]

Yep, eventing aint cheap!
Still, look on the brightside- once they've got the passports you dont need to bother for a while with them. When they go 2* they'll need passports anyway.
Foreign events are generally cheaper (and better faciliites)
And it will be much more fun to take them both to Wargarem than Gatcombe!!

 

[SteveGG]

Overseas events are more fun and feel more like a holiday.
One further word of warning (just in case) if the passport is not on the FEI authorised list you will have to get a full FEI passport rather than a cover. My mare had a Swedish Warmblood passport wich is not authorised and therefore I now have that and an FEI passport !

 

[dieseldog]

My horse also has 2 passports the FEI and ISH one. Go on you know you want to....