Question re: Having Pony Professionally Produced?

[hoysoneday]

Hi everyone, - love this forum, joined just to ask though - weighing everything up - I'm seriously considering sending my pony to be professionally produced.

I don't know much about it yet and don't want to approach any producers until I am a bit more armed with information. To all you experienced types my questions might sound realy silly, but hope you can help me.

1) Main one - roughly how much do they charge?

2) What does this include?

3) What do you do with your child - do they stay with them just before and after a show, or do we take them to the show?

4) What happens about your child riding their pony regularly?

5) What about tack and clothing do they sort it out and we pay, or do we provide everything?

6) Who decides which shows/qualifiers to do?

7) Do you retain some control?

I hope you can give me some answers, we are reasonably well informed and knowledgable home-producers but just wondered if any of you are being produced/ have pbeen produced and can give me fair and honest advice.

Thanks xxxxx

[alfie1]

Hope this helps it will probably cost 5000 to get your pony to HOYS I know this sounds alot but I have friends that do it and this is realistically what it costs , but that should include all your entries , stabling at shows , travel show prep etc . You normally provide tack , clothing etc some producers will take the kids with them depends on age etc and i think it does vary . They will decide what shows you do and where you will be entered you can of course ask to go to specific show but that may not be possible , as for riding your pony depends abit on the age of your jockey and how much experience they have had in the ring .

I think the main thing to ask yourself is how much you want to go to Hoys , every yard will have a pecking order with the long serving clients getting priority some yards are better at lr/fr depends what you want , smaller yards might be better but less well known . My friends have had some great times and made some good friends but also have found it very stressful at others .

Be clear about what you want for both your pony and jockey , be realistic is your pony good enough and does your jockey want to do it because believe me it is tough . Hope all of this helps it is a good way to learn and can really be fun

[hoysoneday]

thanks alfie, yes really helpful. Our pony is definitely good enough and my daughter has been in the ring for 5 years. We are always just behind the well known large producers with really good marks. I always said we'd never do it, but am really starting to consider it.

[xxx]

If your ponies are good enough your day will come and you will get there on your own back. x