We have V.I.P. Clubs for Polo!
Only people with much money can play it!
You need around 4/6 and more Poloponys.....
We have in germany clubs for breeder, where you must be a member if you will breed a horse.
The fee is different (in north and east Germany more, in west and south cheaper)
And you must be in the club, what kind of horses do you have!
If you have a Hannoveraner, you must be member in the Hannoveraner-club...Oldenburger... Westfahlen...
Than we have clubs, if you like to go on competition...
If you will go Jumping/Dressage you must be member in the FN.
If you have Icelandichorses you must be member in the Iceland horse club....
Some competiton you can only ride if you in the club (and your horse, too) some you can ride so, but mostly you must pay the double price!!!
If you will "only" take ridinglessons:
For Exemple how the most people ride in Germany:
1. The most people go in a week ridinglessons (1-2x in the week ridinglessons)
The stable take the money mostly infron of the month or for 3 month...
So if you say: I ride on Monday and Wednesday, you must pay it!
If you can not come, you must befor (mostly 24 hours) and say that you can not come.
So it is possible that you can ride the lesson You have pay infront next month (you pay than the next month one lesson not)...
If you not ring/or say it the riding teacher it is your Porblem, with the money....
Or:
In some areas is it so that there are riding association.
That is (I find it so, I do not if its tru?) that is for people with not so much money/ or they like it more cheap and not so much the good ridinglessons..., because its "only" club-horses and all own they....
I have search and find for exemple this:
Member fee:
For ridingpeople: 120 Euro in the year
For not riding: 60 Euro in the year
For children: 60 in the year.
If you like (children) Vaulting, you must pay + 10 Euro every month.
If you take ridinglessons you must pay (around) 1/3 less than a not member!
But if you not member they look at you!
In other riding association you can ride for testing around 8x and than you must be a member, if not you can not ride there...
In so a riding association is the price of a ridinglessons less, than if you go in a stable....
(Because they have member, they do not ride "only" pay and sponsor the young people!)
And the ridingteacher make it honorary, or only for a very smal/little money (mostly).
So it can be that they oft change!
But it is very different in Germany, because some people make it?s only as business.
We have some stable they make it together as Franchise, so the people go to the "Boss" he teach them and now "akrakadrabra" he is a horse- expert!!!!
They must do (buy / sell the horses he say...) they must go for train all 3 month to him... they have all the same price for a ridinglessons (Germany is big and the people have different money in the area...)
Yes it is a good Idear, the make together publication...., but they can not think self!
If you a competition rider, you go (mostly) to a special teacher and take there the lessons, yes maybe you drive for him 2,3 or 4 hours, but you will have the best lessons! -Or would you not win?
Here in germany is RINDING a "Volkssport" popular sport! All girls like to ride!
Yes, in west Germany much more ride...I hope I can help you with this....
If you like to know more, ask!