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Ride Costs

Huffman Horse & Cattle Co. (HHCC1@htcomp.net)
Mon, 1 Sep 1997 22:02:58 -0500

I have managed many rides since that first Cowtown Express way back in '89
and have learned lots of lessons. I could have bought a new truck with what
we lost on those rides. Big Lesson is to use a budget. It is a little
harder that just putting down a few numbers.

Some costs are fixed.
Insurance
Some costs are fixed once you decide on them.
vet
awards: placement, top weights, top 10, BC, Completion
(for each distance)
sanction fees
advertising
food for vets/volunteers
Some costs are per rider
per rider fees to AERC
Misc costs
postage
printing
'stuff' like signs to camp and pens for people to sign entry forms &
checks!

I try to estimate costs that I can't pin down and than figure a per rider
cost. Since you NEVER know how many are going to show, you just have to
take a best guess.

The examples I worked up for the 1995 Cleburne Clop
number of entries per rider cost
15 $58.87
10 $86.20
20 $45.30
number of entries is total number of riders. When you figure cost, it does
not matter what distance they are doing. The cost is the same for the rider
manager if a rider pays $35 to ride 25 miles or $135 to ride 100.. Many
offer free or half price to juniors, but that does not lower their costs.

The costs listed above will be very low for most ride managers, if you
remember The Clop was a very basic, no frills ride. I charged $65 entry
for 55 miles and we had 16 riders. So that was a pretty good guess.

Becky

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