I’ve recently been researching something for a client and came across a finance company that was consistently referencing horse businesses. This got me thinking about things that we need finance for in the horse industry.

Can you think of any?

• a stallion
• a share in a racehorse
• a float
• land
• a truck

There are definitely some items that are horse related that can cost a lot and perhaps need finance.  So in this niche area, I got to thinking: what if there was a business out there that provided finance – specifically for the equine industry, or equine related products?

Lending money is risky business and it’s important to know that you’re going to get that money back (plus interest).  Having a particular focus in the equine industry could help financiers to determine if indeed what is intended to be bought with the loaned money, is a risk or a worthwhile investment that can be paid back in full.

Perhaps you have an interest in money and investing, and would consider it worth your while financing others’ interests in the horse industry – at a return rate, of course.

“A horse is the projection of peoples’ dreams about themselves – strong, powerful, beautiful – and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence. – Pam Brown”

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So as a little girl, I dreamed of arriving at my own wedding in a horse drawn carriage.  At some point, I must have shared this dream with my parents, because they remembered!

In 2012 I married a wonderful man and was under the impression that I was getting driven to the church in an aunt and uncle’s car – they’d even cleaned it up and organised the traditional wedding ribbon!  You can imagine my surprise when I stepped out of my parents’ front door and heard ‘clip clop, clip clop’!

I got my dream of being taken to the church in a horse drawn carriage and loved it.

For those who have a passion for carriage work with horses, there are a few business opportunities to consider.  These include (but are not limited to):

• Carriage rides to weddings
• Touristic rides around historical towns or in the city
• Horse drawn hearses for funerals

One such business in the United Kingdom provides horse drawn carriages for the first and last services on the above list.  You can check them out at Clayton Carriage Masters.

“He was hard and tough and wiry – just the sort that wouldn’t say die; there was courage in his quick impatient tread; and he bore the badge of gameness in his bright and fiery eye, and the proud and lofty carriage of his head.” – Author unknown