Poll
Hauling Off-Property
With fuel prices rising, how often do you haul your horse off-property to ride?
Total votes cast: 628
Comments & Write-in Answers
1-3 times per month but only to compete... I can't afford to haul to ride
4/9/2012 11:00:07 PM
Have no choice, as there is litte to no local riding
4/8/2012 10:40:15 PM
can't afford m y own truck and trailer
4/7/2012 9:01:16 PM
varies depending on time of year
4/7/2012 2:10:56 AM
we trailer out 5 times a week for endurance training. Average trip is 45 minutes one way (38 miles)
4/6/2012 11:18:00 PM
Sometimes just need to give them a change!!
4/6/2012 6:05:20 PM
mostly shows,
4/6/2012 4:37:48 PM
used to be alot more frequent
4/6/2012 11:49:43 AM
Hauling now in a 2 H BP, decreased trailer size to afford trailering
4/6/2012 8:35:34 AM
I'm retired. Have not been able to take him somewhere to ride has become impossible. Gas prices!
4/6/2012 2:12:06 AM
I haul my horse into the racetrack everyday to work. If we don't work, we don't eat.
4/5/2012 6:09:53 PM
Fuel price is not the issue-2 older horses and grad school are!
4/5/2012 4:11:29 PM
Depends on own time when we can get away--the horses usually go along.
4/5/2012 3:46:05 PM
I am cutting way back on traveling anywhere for anything!
4/5/2012 3:24:42 PM
better stay close to home, gas is way to high!
4/5/2012 3:18:33 PM
it was every weekend and 1x during the week...until the high gas prices stopped our travel.
4/5/2012 1:41:32 PM
once a week
4/5/2012 10:00:26 AM
weekly our winter months and less in the hot summer hence the average of 1-3x per month
4/5/2012 4:59:05 AM
I have several miles of trails on my own property
4/4/2012 7:38:45 PM
I ride the closer trails more when gas prices are higher
4/4/2012 4:30:45 PM
We are blessed to have 72 lovely acres, much of it in riding trails as well as a ring, roundpen, etc
4/4/2012 3:51:19 PM
25km to the track every morning
4/4/2012 3:42:06 PM
Seasonal with horses leaving property much more often in late spring, summer and early Fall
4/4/2012 2:28:06 PM
we try to trailer pool if possible-hauling another horse in our 2 horse trailer and share gas cost
4/4/2012 11:48:38 AM
I have an outdoor arena at home and trail access.
4/4/2012 11:32:51 AM
Have 3 endurance horses and only an arena on my property
4/4/2012 11:17:28 AM
We are not showing this year due to fuel prices.
4/4/2012 11:09:40 AM
my parents don't own a trailer!
4/4/2012 9:14:12 AM
We try to get out once a month for clinic, lesson or show
4/4/2012 7:20:06 AM
Our neighborhood has grown up around us and there is only one small piece of conservation land near.
4/4/2012 7:09:54 AM
My mare is retired at 25 years old and there are trails on the property. Do not leave the barn.
4/4/2012 2:38:54 AM
we have in & outdoor rings + trails on and very near property don't need to leave to ride
4/4/2012 12:35:52 AM
I do not have good riding facilities at home
4/3/2012 11:22:20 PM
Fortunately I have a lot desert trails near my home, & my trainer lives just 1/2 mi down the road
4/3/2012 10:42:12 PM
Used to be more except we moved them off the farm to a boarding facility.
4/3/2012 8:51:58 PM
I can ride directly off my boarding property.
4/3/2012 8:31:39 PM
My horse hauls to lessons and shows. I travel less in my daily life to save.
4/3/2012 7:25:29 PM
I have had to severly adjust my horse shows to only one or two local because of the fuel prices.
4/3/2012 6:31:27 PM
Only taking to shows once a month now
4/3/2012 6:15:26 PM
I lease 100 acres plus access to another 300 and a national park.
4/3/2012 6:07:25 PM
Sometimes only a couple miles away
4/3/2012 5:52:25 PM
He lives on 142 acres. We ride around home--we're very lucky.
4/3/2012 5:32:44 PM
Hauled to riding lesson weekly. To the vet as needed. To about four shows a year.
4/3/2012 5:22:06 PM
I ride off my property, but I don't have to haul as I live on the edge of nowhere.
4/3/2012 5:05:17 PM
Finding the disease of horse and it' prevention would help in improving the economy of the country.
4/3/2012 5:03:09 PM
In the past I just rode from the barn to the park but traffic got rto heavy
4/3/2012 4:48:48 PM
when i travel I go for a few days
4/3/2012 4:42:12 PM
Just to ranch sorting events and sorting practice.
4/3/2012 4:37:28 PM
i take barrel racing lessons at a different stable.
4/3/2012 4:27:56 PM
once a week trail ride
4/3/2012 4:26:56 PM
as fuel prices go up, taking my horse anywhere will decline!
4/3/2012 3:59:02 PM
Only for competition
4/3/2012 3:55:22 PM
Once a month-vet or trailride
4/3/2012 3:44:41 PM
don't have a trailer!
4/3/2012 3:44:04 PM
We have also cut WAY back on traveling to shows & pay vet for farm call instead of trailering to vet
4/3/2012 2:53:45 PM
we haul horses to support Rescue Equine events. Our family supports the Rescue groups100%
4/3/2012 11:24:47 AM
I do leave the property but I ride off. I live next to a reserve that I can ride through and on.
4/3/2012 11:18:24 AM
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