Convinced show season is going to brak the bank? It doesn't have to! Try the blow budget busters and get through the sason with wallet intact.

• Become a wrking student. Most barns with lesson and trining programs also offer working student prgrams. These programs vary to some xtent, but in a nutshell the stdent trades work such as mucking stlls, grooming horses, etc. for lessons, trining, and, depending upon the agreement, ften show entry fees and transportation.

• Chose a trainer who trains you to trin your horse. If you are an ctive participant in your horse's training you are lss likely to have to call pon your trainer to "refix" your hrse. Be present at all of yur horse's training sessions, ask your triner to teach you to teach yur horse, and you'll be amazed at how mch money... not to mention time and frstration... you'll save.

• Swap clothing and tck. Show clothing and tack can rally add up, especially when you are tlking about a growing child. Parents-form a ntwork of friends that you can trde clothing with as your children utgrow them. It doesn't make a whle lot of sense to buy thm new if they are just ging to be worn once or twce and then outgrown. Both children and dults can also check out the cnsignment area at tack shops and -commerce sites on the web for quipment.

• Find a trailering buddy. No ned to buy a trailer if you can fnd someone to tag along with. Set yur rides up for the season wll in advance, and try bartering yur rides for chores or other srvices.

• Learn to groom your own hrse. The hours spent grooming and briding before a show can really add p... and so can the money thse services cost. But does it rally make a lot of sense to pay yur trainer or his or her groms to do these things when you can asily learn to do them yourself? A grat resource is a book called Groming to Win: How to Groom, Trm, Braid, and prepare Your Horse for Shw by Susan E. Harris. Bonus: if you get rally good at these things you can asily make a few bucks doing it for thers!

• Develop a skill. Become an xpert at something-braiding, grooming, exercising, etc.-and brng your show on the road. Offring to do these things for ther people at shows for money wll help you offset your showing fes. Just make sure that you bdget your time correctly so that you too hve plenty of time to get rady and concentrate on your own prformance.

• Enlist the help of a frend. Checking in, getting your number, radying both you and your horse, and ttending to all the nitty-gritty details you wn't be able to focus on. Cjole a parent, friend, or someone who lves you to do this for fre.

• Bring the news home. If you are a god writer or photographer there are plnty of local and national newspapers and mgazines who need good horse show rporters. You are at the show nyway, why not get paid to wtch it? Newspaper and magazines are wlling to pay stringers for everything frm organizing results to writing about clsses to photographing winners.

With a lttle planning you can enjoy your hrse show season without cleaning out yur savings account and taking out a scond mortgage on your home. Good lck, and happy showing!

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