owning a horse

I had my first horse at 13, another one at 14 and now my current two I got when I was 16. My parents have paid for it all so far, but the first two horses I had my mother also rode and looked after with me.
 
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I was 14 and worked my ti** off to keep her and afford her. My parents have never contributed a penny to any of my horses. I'm 25 now and have a super lovely boy!
 
I was a lucky teenager who's parents bought one for me to share with older sister when I was 15. We have had a few since then
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My dad had horses as a child but it was really his brother who was into horses not him. Mum rode a bit but has a horse phobia since my aunts horse reared up and trapped her in the corner of a field. Have cousins, aunts and uncles that all ride and/or work with horses.
Got my first pony (11.3hh shettieX that I still own at the grand age of 20) when I was 12 and I had to buy rugs ect but never payed upkeep.
 
Still waiting. Apparently when I have my house and we are setttled I can think about it
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I'm 22 at the moment and would love one by 25.
 
I was 18 when I bought my mare - I used the money from an insurance policy my parents had taken out for me when I was a baby.

Course those were the days when you could buy a pony for £500.

jumpers for goalposts...
 
19 , and i had been saving for her for the previous 7 years in hope of the riding school suddely just letting her go one day! i wuold have bought her the second i saw her given the chance but it took over 8 years before i was finally able to!

paid for absolutely everything myself with the exception of xmas and bday presents - usually lovely rugs and likits! like many others, absolutely worked by backside off throughout uni and first years of work - long hours and cold mornings!

my mum had ponies when she was younger (farmers daughter) and loves them but has the old style knowledge from the 1960's - tries to understand! my dad has ridden and loved shadow to bits but didnt really 'get' horses.

they are insisting with helping on the final vetts bill (£1200
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) but i'd rather do that myself as its the last thing i can do for her - there's already been a few heated discussions on this subject!
 
Bought Buddie with birthday money when I was 15, used to save my dinner money up each week to pay his rent. My parents never helped me once, I also had a weekend job that funded his food/wormers etc, I've had him 7 years in July!!
Bought Bear 2 years ago, I put a £500 down on him as a deposit and then the owner let me take him and I paid her £50 a week until I paid her a further £700!!
Unfortunately Im the only 1 in my family thats in to horses, my sister rides once in a blue moon, very very rare occasion!!
 
I was 11- my gran bought me my first pony, for £1500. 3 years later we sold him (i'd grown out of him) for £3000- so gran got her money back and I used the profit and a bit of savings to buy Solo.
 
Still waiting! I've got a long way to go before I save up enough for my own horse and even then I'm not sure if my job would be enough to pay for the upkeep of a horse every month! How does everyone cope??
 
When I was 13...after having a pony on loan which went wrong and caused lots of tears...my stepdad bought my first horse for £600 and she came with big feed bins full of all kinds of stuff too!! We started on DIY and I worked at the yard for money towards my rent, as I did at the next yard too...I do realise I was very lucky...we all absolutely loved her to bits.
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Gosh I'm spoilt!
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Daddy bought me a pony when I was 10 cos I used to whine constantly. Although to be fair, my parents split up when I was 7 so it was an activity that my Dad could do with my sister and I. Pony was in full livery to start with, Dad then bought a house with some land so we took pony to his house and he bought one for my younger sister as well.

Actually, Dad bought my current horse as well, and my lorry - I really am a spoiled brat, aren't I? *hangs head in shame*
 
got my first at 13 when we moved down the country from dublin,I'd been riding for 4 yrs by then and just wanted an easy cob type. one day my grandad turned up in the yard with a 4yr old 3/4 tb mare, just broken.she was cheap, i think they were tryin to get rid of her!
cue years of tears and tonnes of bruises but it was a huge learning curve for both of us and in the end we got there. she died of colic aged 11 and then my dad bought my current fella for me, I pay for everything though
 
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