Board:   *$525 per month

 Lessons with Board:  $725 per month**

          Lessons  with Board Program is designed to encourage            well-rounded horsemastership and to assure the horses remain              fit and in a consistent and accurate training environment. 

Lessons with  Board payment includes expemplary care for your horse, AND 1 lesson or training session per week at  the GROUP lesson rate . **{$775 when lesson occurs 5 times}.

IMPORTANT: Lesson credit payment must be included with        board payment in order to receive the group rate.  A missed lesson may be made up before the actual lesson or within a two-week period after. Lessons may also be exchanged for training sessions for your horse or given to a family member who also rides.  Lesson credit may not be carried over to the following month.  Sorry, no refunds.

*Our $100/month hay surcharge resulting from the 2007drought across the south-eastern U.S. has been removed, in spite of the residual increase in  local hay cost.

Stall Rest Confinement: should it be necessary for your horse to remain in the stall 24 hrs. an additional $5.00 per day will be assessed to the regular board.

Private Turn-Out: $75               De-Worming: $15

                                                                                         (Every 4-5 weeks)

Blanketing: (in season) $15 per month

Horse holding for the Farrier or Veterinarian:  $5

Bathe: $35 (show or medical)          Show Trim: $35*(ears to legs)

Body Clipping: $150*                    Cleaning Sheath:   $50* 

                                                          Pull Mane:  $35* 

*additional charges may apply should horse prove to have difficulty                                       with any of the above tasks.

    Braiding Mane - $45                              Braiding Tail - $30

     (Want to learn to braid for shows?  We'll be happy to teach you!)

Administer Medical Treatment /Medication ( i.e. bandaging, hydro-therapy, wound dressing, hand-walking, give drugs or medicines orally or by IM/IV injection, etc.)  $5 - $20 per day depending on need.

                              Group  -   $50 on site      

Training :    For starting the young horse, rehabilitating                          an individual, or just tuning up before shows.                                         Your horse receives the utmost of care and daily                             attention, as well as 5 days minimum mounted and                          ground training  per week.  

                         $500 per month or $35 per ride.    

Horse Shows

   Training: 

Training horse/rider on any non-showing day  - $50*      

Training horse/rider on competition days & at ringside - $75* 

    Lodging:

Trainer's lodging expenses are split equally by the number of clients showing.   

I encourage all clients to try to book motel rooms together. Often  group rates are offered, PLUS all of the kids can hang together at the pool or restaurant when not showing!        

No mileage or meal expenses incurred by clients at shows  

* Training at horse shows for outside clients AND for clients who do not use transportation provided by First Call Farm  -  ADD $25 per day 

   Transportation:  $1.50 per loaded mile ($0.75 per unloaded mile                                    may apply in certain instances).

Transporting show horses requires skill and expertise. Care is taken in slow moving or stop and go traffic, and especially in cases of emergency.  If you are not familiar with how to adjust speed or how to brake suddenly while hauling horses, don't buy      a trailer. Extracting a horse that is pinned or trapped in a trailer is not for the novice horseman, nor is re-training your horse to load and travel safely after a bad experience, for the non-professional.

I may not always be able to verbally remind every client of farrier or verterinarian appointments, but the routine visits are always posted on the DRY ERASE board in the center aisle of the barn.

By summer of 2009, important announcements will be posted on the website and emailed to clients.

SEE BOARDING and TRAINING pages for all services and amenites offered at First Call Farm.