rubysoho
Aquarium Advice Addict
Alright, I figure none of us can really be sensible when it comes to fish, but I also can not be sensible when it comes to horseback riding (my passion and a huge goal in my life) so I want to ask sensible non-horse people, or if there are a few horse people here they can certainly join in, what they think of this proposal that I would like to give my parents.
background: I'm 21, graduating in May, will have a job/location planned soon. I've been riding since I was 9, plan to make it my career someday but I've gone to college to have a fall-back plan as well as to get a job which will be my "means to an end" as far as monetary support goes. Now, I've found a beautiful horse with very nice confirmation who would be able to do what I would want. He is priced considerably low ($2500) because of a minor injury sustained that ended his racing career three months ago. However, if prognosis is good (I will have a vet check and ultrasound the injury), many horses never have a problem with the same injury this horse has received.
The Proposal: I will ask my parents to help me pay for the initial cost of the horse and will in turn repay their expenses over the next year. I can cover the cost of transporting, boarding, and other items needed for the horse. I am busy at school since this is my senior year but right now this horse needs time to relax and chill out after his racing career and now the injury. He would get the winter off to play and be a horse again. Come spring time I will slowly start working/retraining him. I will also have my job and location set by then (okay, this one is a big "if" I suppose, but I am still pretty confident). I do have enough money saved up, and will be aquiring more each month from my job (all goes to my saving account), for when I graduate to move and board the horse elsewhere. Technically this is my emergency money but even with the horse I would still have enough to sustain myself for about 5 months to set things right. If worse comes to worse, I could sell the horse for more than he would be purchased.
Okay, it is a little vague... I wanted to spare everyone the horsey details. But what do you all think? Am I crazy to try and do this at this point in my life. Sometimes I think I am, but I always feel a part of me is missing when I am not riding. And not to be cocky, but I could make this my career. I've helped retrain horses in the past as well as helped coach other riders, all with good results. Once I graduate I plan on being certified by the appropriate organizations to become an instructor... etc... so you can see I really am serious about this.
Thanks for listening, even if you tell me I am crazy, it still means a lot to me.
background: I'm 21, graduating in May, will have a job/location planned soon. I've been riding since I was 9, plan to make it my career someday but I've gone to college to have a fall-back plan as well as to get a job which will be my "means to an end" as far as monetary support goes. Now, I've found a beautiful horse with very nice confirmation who would be able to do what I would want. He is priced considerably low ($2500) because of a minor injury sustained that ended his racing career three months ago. However, if prognosis is good (I will have a vet check and ultrasound the injury), many horses never have a problem with the same injury this horse has received.
The Proposal: I will ask my parents to help me pay for the initial cost of the horse and will in turn repay their expenses over the next year. I can cover the cost of transporting, boarding, and other items needed for the horse. I am busy at school since this is my senior year but right now this horse needs time to relax and chill out after his racing career and now the injury. He would get the winter off to play and be a horse again. Come spring time I will slowly start working/retraining him. I will also have my job and location set by then (okay, this one is a big "if" I suppose, but I am still pretty confident). I do have enough money saved up, and will be aquiring more each month from my job (all goes to my saving account), for when I graduate to move and board the horse elsewhere. Technically this is my emergency money but even with the horse I would still have enough to sustain myself for about 5 months to set things right. If worse comes to worse, I could sell the horse for more than he would be purchased.
Okay, it is a little vague... I wanted to spare everyone the horsey details. But what do you all think? Am I crazy to try and do this at this point in my life. Sometimes I think I am, but I always feel a part of me is missing when I am not riding. And not to be cocky, but I could make this my career. I've helped retrain horses in the past as well as helped coach other riders, all with good results. Once I graduate I plan on being certified by the appropriate organizations to become an instructor... etc... so you can see I really am serious about this.
Thanks for listening, even if you tell me I am crazy, it still means a lot to me.