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horseriding kildare

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  • 02-11-2013 5:46pm
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    Arkle40
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    Iam looking for value in horseriding ie going on hunts on Sundays and ride outs saturday mornings at the moment iam paying 40 for an hours hack out on Saturday mornings and 175 for a hunt on a Sunday which iam finding a bit steep i dont have a horse which costs 150 for the hunt and 25 for the cap. Could anyone please help me find a cheaper alternative


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    convert
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    150 euro for renting a horse for hunting is pretty standard, and you're getting a very good deal at 25 euro for the cap. Usually you could expect to pay upwards of 50 euro for a day's hunting with a lot of hunts as a visitor. There are also very few hunts that hunt on Sundays in the Kildare area. The North Kildare Farmers do a ride out every Sunday, but it's not a hunt.

    You have a few choices to try and cut down on the costs:
    1) try come to an arrangement with the yard you're in where you could get a discount of renting the horse if you went to x number of hunts during the season.

    2) look into horse sharing, and see if anyone would be interested in sharing a hunter with you. This could be problematic if you both wanted to hunt on the same day, or reaching an agreement on how many days per week/month the horse could hunt.

    3) lease a horse. A lot of yards usually have horses that they're willing to lease, where you'll pay livery, etc., but that you essentially 'own' for the term of the lease.


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