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Boarding varies as to where you live and what services are provided by the stable.

I have paid from $400 to $250 to board. The $400 included a large indoor arena and a good sized out door arena and some cross country jumps (not too high, 3 feet at the most) through the fields, plus it backed up onto some trails. It included grain, hay, stall cleaning... you only had to go out to ride and groom your horse. There were small lockers for your saddle and equipment. I'm sure it's prices more now, cause that was like 8 years ago. But they used high school girls to feed and muck stalls, and many of them were not very experiences. I went out there more than once when my horse's stall was filthy, and her water bucket empty. Also, she got lymphangitis there, and no one noticed... I don't know how they couldn't see it, because her front legs swelled up like an elephants! Good think I got out there when I did. She was on antibiotics for 8 days for that, and made a good recovery. Horses generally get that when a place is overcrowded and has been for a long time. It's a bacterial infection that goes to the lymph glands and settles in the legs. They can get it from a really minor scratch like from thorns, anywhere on the body... a scratch that heals over on the outside, but leaves the anaerobic bacteria inside.

Now, I board at a really nice, quiet place that only has 5 horses total (the $400 stable had more than 30 horses). This place now has only a small grass ring, but lots of wonderful trails. It includes feeding grain and hay, worming four times a year and stall cleaning. They even take care of the vet and farrier and then bill me for the fees. My horse is perfect for them, so no one needs to hold her for the farrier or vet. This is just for normal vet visits for innoculations... if she's sick I have to get out there for the vet. They are out 24/7, but have stalls open all the time to go into... and there are 6 stalls open so if there is an argument about who gets what stall (not very often) there is always another one open. The barn has a nice overhang roof on both sides, so they can use that for shelter or shade if they don't want to go into the stalls. In bad weather, like heavy rain or snow or sleet, they are shut in their stalls. Their pasture is almost 20 acres, so there's plenty of grass. This is not really a business... the owner just keeps extra horses boarded so it pretty much pays the expenses for his own two horses. Very friendly place.

This is in Maryland. Show barns here (like the $400 one) always cost a lot more than just pleasure barns, or places where there is an outdoor arena but no indoor. I'm sure the $400 is now at least $600 or more.

Board here varies on the facilities have to offer.

It'll range from $225 - $450 a month. However, it depends on what your looking for.

Pasure board which should include a good shelter and hay/grain or whatever is needed isn't all that expensive. Somewhere in the $200 range.

However, for a stall, it'll generally be a little more to cover the costs of bedding etc. Larger facilities with more to offer cost more to keep up with all the expenses and repairs that come along with it. To cover it all and still have some at the end of the month they need to charge you more. For here, it'd be $400 or more a month for full use of the facility plus a stall.

Where I keep Riley, it's $400 a month, but they allow me to work some of that off, so I pay $300 plus work as often as I can.

My board includes - feed 3x a day, contant watering, daily turn out, a stall (Cleaned daily with thick saving bedding and rubber mats), groomed if needed (Feet cleaned, legs washed, quick brush), Full use of the facility (Indoor & outdoor ring, roundpen, trails etc.) plus I get help with Riley.

The fee also includes my hay, grain, bedding, de-worming, and of course the labour of cleaning and feeding.

It's a pretty good faclity, I know the people well and trust them with my horse. They provide the best care around, so I won't move my horse. It's a quiet facility, and the owner's are friendly.