Okay so first i have to give you some back ground info
Where i have my horse now is kinda a friends place a girl i grew up showing withs parents place. They are really nice people but.... it's a hunter jumper barn now that i'm riding western i find that i don't fit in at the barn at all. I end up riding by myself alot of the time because i'm the oldest rider there (at 26) and have to work till 6 pm. I don't mind riding by myself and if that was the only issue i wouldn't think of leaving. However I do barrels and poles now and the footing in the two out door arena's isn't good for that. The other riders are suppose to put the jumps away after thye are used but no one ever does so that means i have to take everything down to practice which is a pain. Also i find that thye treat thier horses alot better then the boards they have raised the board twice in the last year saying it was due tot he increased costs in bedding and hay. I would be fine with shelling out the extra cash (which i really can't afford). However they are cheaping out and reducing the amount of bedding they are putting in my horses stall to the point where he is laying in pee all the time I end up on top of paying higher board also buying extra shavings and hay to supliment the little he is getting there. They also say they are giving him 2 flakes of hay 3 times a day i have never once seen them give hay at lunch which they say the do (since no one is home during the day i don't know how this is happening unless the horses are feedeing them selves) the hay i see in his stall is like 1 large flake maybe 2 small ones where thye give thier horses more then mine including their old pony that doesn't even eat the hay just chews it and spits it out. On top of that my horse is in a small paddock with no grass just dirt and rocks they have one grass paddock but won't let him out there unless i'm there to supervise him since i work days it's not likely to happen other then weekends and they aren't allowed in it when it's wet (which i understand).
My mom boards there in the winter and the BO told her that in the next month or two they are raising the board another $20 a month.
So.... since i'm having some issues there i started looking for a new place to board i've found two different places that i like and i'm stuck not really knowing where to pick so here are some details.
place 1 is $50 less will be $70 less a month then where i am now it's about 10 minutes futher away in a different direct it's a really layed back place it's a converted cow barn with lots of air flow they get hay in side and round bales out side durnign the winter thye are out on pasture 24/7 in the summer on approx 20 acres. the down fall is again not many people to ride with everyone there is older then me and alot of them are competitive trail riders i just don't have time to hack for 3 hours every day on the weekends sure but the week days i wanna ride and get out as bad as that sounds. the arena there is horrible it's on a big slope and is kinda small.
place 2 is the same as where i am now will be $20 less a month when where i'm at raises their board. it is about 20 minutes futher away then where i am now they are arabian show barn have a small lesson barn have a small indoor arena and a larger outdoor arena they ride english and western there. there are alot of horses there approx 20 once mine is there. they feed haylage which i have never fed before ande thye don't vacinate for botolism (sp) they also bed in peat moss which i've never used before. my horse will go out in either place with a couple other horses he will have grass in either place with lots of room to run
I just don't know if i should save some money and go with the palce with out an indoor or the place thats the same price i'm paying now and have a place to ride all year round. What are your guys opinions??