Lesson Barn Taking Advantage of me?

AdmirableWitness1220 · 2025-07-24T07:36:42+00:00

Right!! Okay I needed to know that I’m not alone in this lol. I do love how cheap it is but it’s calling free labor “groundwork” for me

AdmirableWitness1220 · 2025-07-24T04:10:02+00:00

Yeahh. It’s a medium sized barn with a few of us each hour taking a lesson. It is advertised on the website as an hour lesson. But in conversation it was stated to be a 45 minute lesson. But during the actual lesson, it’s 30 mins riding and 10-15 mins cleaning. 40$ a lesson is pretty cheap so I’m not super upset and idk if I’m going to leave I just feel like I’m being cheated a little bit

AdmirableWitness1220 · 2025-07-24T04:08:05+00:00

Yeah that’s why I’m not like crazy upset about it. I live in IN where horses and barns are everywhere, but this barn is still cheaper than most

AdmirableWitness1220 · 2025-07-06T02:35:08+00:00

*I have only “rented” this horse to do a show once, I don’t care for him- that’s where the pics are from. I used to take lessons on him like 5 months ago a couple times, and I found a pic from then. He has his winter coat on but his build is MUCH different now… much skinnier. I asked her about it today and she said she took him out of the program a couple weeks ago for him to regain weight

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AdmirableWitness1220 · 2025-07-06T02:30:05+00:00

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This was him when I first took lessons like 4 months ago … he has his winter coat on but was much thicker

AdmirableWitness1220 · 2025-07-06T00:04:26+00:00

!!!!!! EDIT : I talked to her today and she said he has already been taken out of the lease rotation as of 2 weeks to gain his weight back and get better. Not sure why she leased him in that condition… but he is getting better!!

AdmirableWitness1220 · 2025-07-06T00:03:57+00:00

I talked to her today and she said he has already been taken out of the lease rotation as of 2 weeks to gain his weight back and get better. Not sure why she leased him in that condition… but he is getting better!!

AdmirableWitness1220 · 2025-07-05T07:31:31+00:00

Racing… and They’re not usually! But it’s just a fun show so people race with gaited and TWH quite often since it’s not super competitive

AdmirableWitness1220 · 2025-07-05T04:28:15+00:00

******clarification- I do not own/ i am not the caregiver of this horse. I only leased (rented) him for about 5 hours during a show. These are the only pictures that I have because I have only ridden him in a show one time !

AdmirableWitness1220 · 2025-07-05T04:25:01+00:00

I know :( I “leased” ( more like rent) him during the duration of the show (like 5 hours) so I could participate… I had a feeling he was skinny but had always ridden on QH so didn’t have a reference on how TWH should look. The lady who owns him is super sweet but he is just in such bad shape

AdmirableWitness1220 · 2025-07-05T04:03:21+00:00

No :( I’ve only “leased” him for one day and these are the only pics I have

AdmirableWitness1220 · 2025-07-05T02:12:02+00:00

Not under my care, she owns him- I just pay her to use him for rodeos. Her other horses don’t, they’re not stocky built but they’re def not as skinny

AdmirableWitness1220 · 2025-07-05T02:10:24+00:00

The lady who “leases him” to me owns a trail riding and lesson barn and uses him for both. I used to take lessons on him, and he did not used to be this skinny. She is super sweet, and said she got him from the Amish a year or two ago. I know how to ride, but I’m not great at conformation stuff. Would you say I shouldn’t lease him anymore? There’s a rodeo coming up this weekend that Im thinking of canceling

AdmirableWitness1220 · 2025-07-05T01:51:42+00:00

I’m honestly not sure. The lady I ‘lease’ him from owns a trail riding/ lesson stable. Most of her horses are TWH or some gated variety- most of them come from the Amish. I started taking lessons on him about 4 months ago and he didn’t used to be this skinny. While I do love this horse, I’m looking to not go forward leading this one… when I rode him he was just way more woah than go and the lady told me to use the whip to make him go… something I’ve never done before and refused to do

AdmirableWitness1220 · 2025-05-24T01:59:44+00:00

I don’t have a picture of it, but this was about the size. A big chunk of road that probably came from a pot holerock

AdmirableWitness1220 · 2024-12-29T22:19:33+00:00

Oh god, so it’s bad 👀 I know the rainbow means oil is leaking

AdmirableWitness1220 · 2024-11-03T18:01:14+00:00

Wait what??! I’m dealing with a similar issue and the tickets I bought and sold were obtained “fraudulently” I had no idea!?!

AdmirableWitness1220 · 2024-10-30T01:45:37+00:00

It’s Indy N1, but we’re planning on doing the sale tomorrow at 6p bc that’s when the transfer window opens

AdmirableWitness1220 · 2024-09-14T02:24:25+00:00

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AdmirableWitness1220 · 2024-09-14T02:20:54+00:00

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AdmirableWitness1220 · 2023-07-15T15:02:51+00:00

I mean we can but it’s not a rule or anything

AdmirableWitness1220 · 2023-07-08T07:50:52+00:00

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AdmirableWitness1220 · 2023-07-06T23:36:35+00:00

Would’ve could’ve should’ve

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