Perhaps the place you feel most comfortable in the world is in the saddle. Perhaps you can’t decide which you like better:
- Dressage
- Show Jumping
- Cross Country
Perhaps a dream way of living for you is combining these 3 disciplines and having people support you so that you can ride and work your way up the eventing ladder. I can definitely understand how some people may make this their ‘career’ choice.
One thing that seems prevalent at the top level in Australia is that eventing isn’t a sport or job choice that is easy financially. In other words, it will prove very difficult to have this as a main income source.
There are many costs involved, which tend to outweigh the revenue that can be earnt from performing well at top events:
- The expense of keeping a few horses of high enough quality in peak fitness
- The expense of entering events
- Riding gear
- A place to keep the horses
- General living expenses
This doesn’t make eventing impossible – far from it! It’s just a challenge financially, one that is often aided for competitive riders in the form of sponsors. For those who dream of making eventing their life goal with horses, I’d highly recommend reading An Eventful Life, clocking up many hours in the saddle whilst under the tuition of great mentors and working your way through local and interstate events as time and funds permit.
Perhaps you want a career in the saddle, but your sights aren’t set on eventing. Check out the horseriding category of this site which focuses on polo, track work and other horse riding related careers.
‘Things that are worth fighting for often require a fight to get them.’ – Anonymous
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