BOARDING

When considering your choice of board options it is important to take into consideration the needs of your horse. Consider whether or not your horse may need special care, as well as goals for the future of you and your horse. Horses on board must arrive with a suitable halter. Other care items such as winter/summer blankets are to be provided by the client. Board choices can be discussed with Mary during a scheduled meeting.

Pasture Board ($7 per day or $200/month): Pasture board is for those customers who request their horse to remain outside at all times regardless of weather and health conditions. There is a three-sided shed in each pasture for protection from the weather. Horses are observed daily and fed twice a day. Routine hoof care, vaccinations and deworming are also provided and billed accordingly.

Basic Board ($9 per day or $290/ month): Basic board includes stall, bedding and complete feed along with standard supplements. Horses will also be turned out in either the mares/gelding pasture depending on the horse’s individual needs. Routine hoof care, vaccinations and deworming are also provided and billed accordingly.

Extra- Care Board ($13 per day or $395/ month): Extra care board is another option that Crystal Farms offers to those horses that are not in training but require daily care by our staff. Extra care can range from a horse’s special medications to hand-walking or specialized turn out sessions. Extra care board may also include the evaluation of soundness and/or readiness of a new horse to be put in training. New horses require extra time and evaluation that is imperative to their success here at Crystal Farms. The schedule and routine for your horse can be discussed in detail with Mary during a scheduled meeting.

Intensive Care Board &/or Rehabilitation ($600 per month): For horses that need more intensive daily attention or monitoring including time-consuming medication, light exercise, ect.  This type of care is appropiate for show horses on let-down for a month or two following intensive training.

This program is an excellent option for "after the show season." The show season, although fun, is a very active time for these athletic animals. Depending on the individual horse's needs and condition, your trainers may decide to "let down" your show horse after show season. This time is a resting period from daily training and lessons. Your horse will be turned out either in their own paddock or the arena during the day, brought back in, groomed and put up as it is accustomed to at night. This is both relaxing and restful for a show horse’s mind and body. Some horses cannot tolerate being let down and others thrive on it.

• There will be an additional bi-monthly fee of $45 for daily worming and a $15 fee of the paste wormer. Geldings will also need their sheaths cleaned at least twice a year, sometimes more, at $40 per cleaning.
  
• Additional supplements can be added for any horse at the owners expense.
  
• Crystal Farms employs the finest farriers and veterinarians in the horse business. For the most part, they will bill you direct. However, on occasion, they prefer to bill Crystal Farms and then those services will appear on your monthly statement, billed at cost. Crystal Farms will also bill for any medical treatments performed by our staff.
  
• If boarders would like the use of an arena, we ask that either you check with the instructor giving lessons at that time or call ahead to see when the arena will be available. Many times you can ride during a lesson as long as you go the same direction as the rest of the lesson, or Crystal Farms staff may ask you to wait until a more appropriate time to exercise your horse.
  
  

TRAINING

Training fees are in addition to basic board fees. Workouts are timed and dictated by the individual horse's needs and abilities, and each horse is assessed on a daily basis. Depending on the time and experience a horse has had to benefit from training, we judge when each horse can be ready to show and where he would benefit best from showing. Likewise, if a new horse is sent to Crystal Farms, we can make a fair and accurate appraisal of the horse's ability (talent and soundness) and desire to be show worthy within two months training time. Typically within sixty days of professional training, the owner can be advised if the investment is worthwhile to proceed in training, or if it could be better allocated elsewhere.

Training methods are varied throughout the week to keep horses fresh and of a sound mind. Training includes, but is not limited to, being ridden, jogging, ropes and/or biting rigs and long-lining. Horses are typically worked six days a week with at least one or two days off a week. The amount the horse is worked is determined by age, health, growth in training, and other special needs. The schedule and routine for your horse can be discussed in detail with Mary during a scheduled meeting.

Training without lessons ($22 per day or $420/ month): This program is ideal for those clients who have an investment horse and/or a young horse that will be shown by the Crystal Farms staff. We offer this reduction in the training rate since weekly lessons are not needed. Your horse’s progress can be shown to any owner upon prior arrangement.

Training with lessons ($25 per day or $560/ month): At Crystal Farms we have many people who desire to show their own horse, so this program is ideal to allow for lesson time as well as daily training of your horse. Training with lessons is a flat rate fee. The number of appropriate lessons can be determined by a mutual agreement between the client and Mary. Lessons may not always be done on a “show horse” or the horse in training. Crystal Farms is equipped with many fine lesson horses that can and will be used in lessons. For clients with multiple horses, the lesson fee amount will only be charged up to the number equal to riders. For example, two horses with one rider ($560 + $420) and two horses with two riders ($560 + $560).

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