Readers Battle High Gas Prices

Exactly 590 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “How have rising gas prices affected your horse activities?”
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Exactly 590 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, "How have rising gas prices affected your horse activities?"

results of poll on rising gas prices

Results were as follows:

  • I’ve cut back on my horse-hauling trips: 52.88% (312)
  • I haven’t changed anything: 29.66% (175)
  • I’ve started buying feed/hay in bulk to make fewer trips: 22.37% (132)
  • Horse carpooling. I’m hauling with friends now so we can share costs: 17.97% (106)
  • I’m going to the barn less often: 11.19% (66)
  • Other: 8.47% (50)

(Multiple selections allowed)

Readers shared their ideas for saving gas money in the comments below

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Megan Arszman received a Bachelor of Science In print journalism and equine science from Murray State University in Murray, Ky., and loves combining her love of horses, photography, and writing. In her “free time,” when she’s not busy working as a horse show secretary or riding her American Quarter Horses on her parents’ Indiana farm, she’s training and competing her Pembroke Welsh Corgi and Swedish Vallhund in dog agility and running.

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