Help!!!!!!!!!

[HanGbbn]

Hi

Can anyone help me????

I want to know if it would be possible for me at 14 (15 in 70 ish days!!) to set up a sort of mini yard, so to speak, i only want about 8 - 12 (maybe less) horses to teach a few of the kids in my village and maybe from other villages/towns nearby too!

Can i charge or do i have to be qualified? (if i can i'd only charge about £5 per hour poss less)

Also what qualifications do u have to have to run a small livery yard?????

Thanks

Hannah

:) :D :p :cool: ;) :rolleyes: Hi Can anyone help me???? I want to know if it would be possible for me at 14 (15 in 70 ish days!!) to set up a sort of mini yard, so to speak, i only want about 8 - 12 (maybe less) horses to teach a few of the kids in my village and maybe from other villages/towns nearby too! Can i charge or do i have to be qualified? (if i can i'd only charge about £5 per hour poss less) Also what qualifications do u have to have to run a small livery yard????? Thanks Hannah

[Lgd]

You are too young to get the necessary liability insurance. Best to get some proper qualifications in the meantime as £5 per hour will not cover your overheads such as feed, horse purchase, rates, insurance, facilities etc. You are looking at a minimum overhead cost of £1000 per horse per year.

The earliest you can start on your BHS qualifications is 16yrs when you can start on your Stages I & II. You have to be 17½yrs before you can do all the Stage III and the PTT to get your BHSPI. Then need 500 hours of logged teaching to convert that to the BHSAI. Not sure about the ABRS qualifications but I think the age for entering the exams is the same or possibly even older. You need these qualifications to reduce the price of liability insurance and to get clients to come to you. There some well known establishments in Yorkshire who train people for these exams - Yorkshire Riding Centre at Markington, Bishop Burton College near Beverley, Snainton Riding Centre, Moorhouse EC near York just to name a few.

To be honest you are better off staying at school and going into higher education first, get some decent qualifications in another field, get a well paid job and enjoy the horses as a hobby. Unless you are a top-notch trainer, the equine business is difficult and poorly paid. Many big centres have packed up in the last few years eg. Richmond EC is only a competition and livery centre now, they have stopped doing the riding lesson side because the overheads were so prohibitive.

[HanGbbn]

Thanks a lot thats really helpful!!!


Hannah

:)