Help needed!! We have two ponies on loan - 1 we have had for coming up 3 years ( who was very green when we first took him on ) a cheeky little pony (pony 1) who my girls adore but have to work hard , great to hack, hard to school and another ( pony 2) who we have had nearly a year - ridden by my eldest only - can’t hack or show due to spookiness ( had been out of work for sometime) and has taken a while to gain some confidence as he bolted with daughter on and she had a rather bad fall but doing ok at the moment . We have them both on full loan and buy anything they need , rugs , tack etc. The yard facilities are a bit of a problem as there is only an outside sand paddock which in winter floods / freezes so often have a couple of months of no schooling in winter and pony 2 is so spooky that weather conditions set him off but will hack with pony 1 if conditions are ok. In summer sand paddock becomes very deep and difficult to work ponies in. We pay £80 a week for both and do get some assistance from yard owner during the ‘good’ months teaching the girls ( once a week or so) so £4160 over the year.I’m new to pony care but over the past 3 years have gained some experience in pony care , lunging , long reigning , loading et. My husband has had a bit of a freak out when he realised we pay just over £4k a year for maybe 6 months a year riding - is this the norm?
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