by Jeremy Hipes | Jul 30, 2026 | Blog
If you’ve searched “how much does it cost to board a horse” and landed on ten different answers ranging from $200 to $2,000 a month, you’re not imagining the spread — board pricing genuinely varies that much, and almost all of it comes down to two things:...
by Jeremy Hipes | Jul 28, 2026 | Barn Business
The trailers are hosed off, the last camp t-shirt has been handed out, and your calendar has gone from a wall of color-coded camp sessions to something that looks… a little empty. If you run a lesson barn, late July and August bring a familiar kind of whiplash:...
by Jeremy Hipes | Jul 21, 2026 | Barn Business
Every barn manager knows the rhythm of camp season. The waitlist forms in February. The spots fill by March. By June, you’re turning families away and adding a fourth week you swore you wouldn’t run again. This year, for a lot of barns, that rhythm broke....
by Jeremy Hipes | Jul 20, 2026 | Blog
Search for barn or stable software and you will find plenty of options advertising themselves as free. For a small operation counting every dollar, free is tempting. But free software is almost never free in the way you expect, and understanding how these tools...
by Jeremy Hipes | Jul 20, 2026 | Blog
Pricing board is one of the hardest decisions a barn owner makes. Set it too low and you subsidize your boarders out of your own pocket; set it too high and stalls sit empty. Ultimately, the goal is a rate that covers your true costs, earns a real margin, and still...
