Boarding prices...need some info/opinions

[Horselady44]

So, Im looking at boarding two horses through the winter, my mare and gelding. Both well behaved and get along with other horses. I was looking at mainly pasture boarding as I hate the thought of them being cooped up in a stall, plus my mare tends to gain TOO much weight when stalled. So, my question...what do you charge/pay to board a horse on pasture or stalls too...as Im just looking what others think...Ive been calling around...the average is about $150 for pasture board. I did find one lady(who dosnt have any spots right now but wrote my number down) who was $120 for a pasture board or a stall...whatever the owner prefers is what she said. And one farm wanted $650!!! I thought that was just CRAZY! I have never boarded before so maybe someone can give me some insight on what to look for as well. I would prefer my horses be outside as they enjoy it alot more. Thanks in advance

[tuffsmom]

My horses are in a drylot with shelter. We have use of the indoor arena, outdoor arena, round bales in front of them and fed twice a day. I pay 250 a month. Around here that is about average.

Stalls start at 350 and go up.

[Amjzimm19]

My mare is in a stall 24/7, pending if I ask for her to be turned out. That's in a HUGE outdoor arena sized dry lot. She's fed whatever amount of grain and hay I prefer, twice daily. She's moved between two stalls, once in the a.m., and then again at night. So, her stalls are pretty clean, always. I have use of the indoor, and outdoor. I'm allowed to trailer other horses in from home, and there are no barn hours. Heated lounge, and two tack rooms. Wash rack, only cold water though, and two cross tie stalls. They feed whatever supplements I want, and as long as I'm leaving for a race at a reasonable time, they will get up and feed my horse before I pick her up. If I go to a race, they send their hay with me, free of charge. Same with grain. There is 24/7 security cameras, and motion cameras. Refrigerator in the lounge, table, and they have bridle hooks so you can bring your bridles in during cold weather and keep them warm for your horse. Surround sound radio throughout the barn. I pay 240 for stall, and pasture boarders pay 150. They have a shelter, grass all summer/spring/fall, and round bales constantly, and they do not get grain. If you want grain its' extra.

[ruffian]

I know it sounds kind of obvious, but the more facilities (indoor, outdoor, wash rack, tack lockers) they have and the closer to a large city, the more you will pay.
Around here, unless you have a LOT of pasture, you have to feed hay in the winter. Within 30 minutes of the city limits, pasture board with no facilities would start at 150 and go up from there
At 40 minutes from town I paid 350, round bales in the pasture, tack locker and full use of the indoor/outdoor and washrack.

[sweetwaterarabians]

I think the main thing would be quality of board over price. $150 a month for pasture board with a person that knows what they are doing and really take care of your horse is much better than $100 a month with someone who does nothing with them.
I'm charging $125 for pasture board here but I'm out in the middle of no where and have no anemities other than trails. BUT, my horses taken better care of than the local big barn that offers boarding that has the arenas and all.

[Horselady44]

Well...I would prefer a place with a indoor arena for the winter so I can work with them....because the cold is miserable
I found a place that has a indoor/outdoor arena,round pen, wash room tack room they feed hay twice a day and they are thinking of getting round bales. Its a newer barn. Ive met the lady before, shes really nice. Its a really nice facility. They always have coffee and snacks. They want $165. Im moving just for the winter and want them close to me so I can see them/work with them. They would be about 30 mins from the house. They keep the geldings and mares seperate...is there a reason for that??? It would be $165 a month. Im not sure on barn hours though...so I will def have to ask about that, because I dont get off work until 4 or 5. Is that reasonable you think? Ill see if they have a website and attach it if they do

[sweetwaterarabians]

Having access to a nice indoor arena and if they take excellent care of the horses I think that's a reasonable price. They want to keep geldings and mares seperate because with some horses it's a bad combination and it's for safety's sake. A good sign that they are thinking of that. Some geldings can be really nasty to mares and even some mares.

Definitely check the hours on when you can be there. My boarder was paying $750/ month at a boarding facility in New Orleans and the hours were from 9 to 5. The horses were kept up 24/7 unless you got them out and those hours are the normal working hours. No fair for the person that works and your horse stays locked up every day with no turn out. Cruelty if you ask me. For what she wasy paying they should have turned those horses out for her for an hour a day.

[scrapchick]

My horse has a 10 x 12 stall and a runout that is 30 x 60, so she can come in and out as she pleases. No barbed wire, electric fence only. Automatic fly sprayers. 80 x 160 indoor arena, outdoor arena, and trails. She gets Strategy twice a day and quality hay twice a day. When the BO worms her horses, she worms everybody's horse at no extra charge. They clean the stalls at least once a day and strip them once a week. Nice living quarters with observation window to watch riders in the arena. It's heavenly. $230 per month.

[WickedNag]

Here the range is from $75 - $180 for pasture. I pay $50 a horse and rent from a private farmer. I have the three horses and the mini (he is in 1/2 of the barn and we do self care on him) I pay $166 a month for all of them. I supply my own hay (he feeds it but I buy round bales)

[Horselady44]

Okay this place dosnt have a website yet...as I said its pretty new. It has a 100x200 Indoor arena, auto waterers/heated, wash bay, 100x200 outdoor arena(which wouldnt do me to much good in the winter really Onsite barrel trainer(which would be good, because Im really wanting to start my gelding on barrels!) Tack room,Round pens, and a weight gain program if needed...which mine DEF DO NOT need So...what do you guys think...pretty good deal... or not really? Like I said...I def need to find out hours first of course

[Reshea]

Sounds like a decent deal to me, I pay $300 indoor, outdoor, tack room, hot/cold wash rack, feed twice daily. I'm technically on stall board pasture is only $200. Best part for me though is my boy gets turned out durning the day and in at night. If it is nasty out he can stay in his nice warm cozy stall all day.

My BO does keep mares seperate from gelding for saftey reasons, they seem to do better that way.

[shortbusgeek]

As stated earlier, it's dependent upon how close to the city you are and what the amenities are. There are barns around here (North Atlanta) that charge $500 a month for a stall with very few amenities, while others start at $1200 a month and go up from there depending on how much you want them to do - such as training, worming, etc.

As for pasture board, I've seen pasture board around here for $200 a month, and I've seen it for $500 a month. If you're in an area where real estate prices are low, it'll be cheaper. In our particular part of town, we back up to a neighborhood that the houses are on quarter acre lots or smaller and they start at $300k. The neighborhood past that, same size lot but they start at $900k. Needless to say, as farms keep being bought out around here and turned into subdivisions by developers, that makes our boarding that much more valuable. Supply and demand.

[jesterjigger]

I think that sounds like a fair price for the amenities you listed. I paid $250 a month for board in Ohio with an indoor/outdoor arena and lots of turn out. I think pasture board was something like $150 a month.

[Sirita_88]

Pasture board is about $150 around here no matter what the amenities. Add stalls and the price goes wayyy up.

[Red Gate Farm]

I think that's a really fair deal for what you're getting.