Revised February 2024
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HORSE BOARDING SERVICES AND FEES
Stall Equipment and Setup
All stalls are equipped with floor mats, fans, feeding buckets, two water buckets, and salt block holders. Initial costs for this equipment total over $300. To enable ongoing replenishment of this equipment, each assigned stall is assessed a one-time stall equipment fee when a stall is occupied for the first time by a member or trainer. Stalls are initially bedded with 8-10 bags of shavings, the cost of which, along with labor, is billed to the member when the horse first occupies the stall and each time the horse returns after an absence of over a month unless the horse is boarded on an annual basis.
Fixed Stall Overhead Fee
Members choosing to take advantage of the Annual Board rate must pay the annual board rate or a fixed stall overhead fee for 12 consecutive months. While direct costs of keeping a horse at BOH are not incurred for horses when they are not in the barn, there are many fixed costs (e.g., management and full-time staff pay and benefits, security, stable upkeep, etc.) that continue on an ongoing basis. These fixed operating costs enable BOH to maintain a top-quality, year-round Equestrian program for its members, and fixed stall overhead fees help ensure the program’s viability and quality upon the horses’ return. Stalls may be held on a monthly basis by paying the Fixed Stall Overhead Fee when the horse is gone for more than thirty (30) consecutive days. Holding a stall guarantees that there will be space available whenever your horse returns to the barn after an extended absence. Holding a stall also holds your horse’s turnout time and paddock, and requires payment of any applicable assessments. When a horse leaves the barn and the stall is placed on hold, no grain, hay or shavings may be taken out of the barn unless separately paid for. This “separate payment” may be billed “all at once” in the case of the material being removed all at once for all horses on fixed stall overhead fee (e.g., horses leaving for Florida), or it may be billed as a “surcharge” to the regular fixed stall overhead fee in the case of the material being removed periodically for horses on fixed stall overhead fee as well as for horses not on fixed stall overhead fee (e.g., Traverse City). The amounts to be billed will be based on the cost of the material plus a 10% administrative fee.
Stall Waiting List
Placement on the waiting list for a stall requires a deposit, equal to one month’s fixed stall overhead fee, which will be credited when the stall is assigned to you or when you cancel your waiting list placement request.
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