Prize money for horse competitions?

<p>Is prize money usually awarded for winning competitions such as endurance, cross-country or trial riding?</p><p>I mean, I know you get Prize money for horse racing but money is never mentioned in the other competitions.<br /> <br />As a rule of thumb most horse events do not offer a prize pool of money.</p><p>Usually it is just a ribbon/sash/rosette or even trophy to acknowledge that you have won. Some events offer a &quot;trophy&quot; rug that is presented to the horse.</p><p>At agricultural shows here some classes will attract prize money. They can range from ridden classes judged on the rider or the horse, novelty events and also show jumping.</p><p>However the prize money is usually just enough to get your entry fee back in most cases. Except for showjumping, you can actually make a reasonable amount of money if you have a couple of good horses. Most ag shows will pay $250 for first prize in the higher grades of jumping.</p><p>Royal shows (our capital city shows) also attract prize money from sponsors for the main events and classes.</p><p>Most rodeo events here also carry prize money for the barrel racing, team roping etc.</p><p>Although it is not as common these days. Some prizes are also donated goods, such as bags of feed, tack and equipment. My mother used to have a palomino stallion that won every event he ever entered and was grand champion many times. At one point she even won a voucher to a saddlery with such a high dollar value, she was able to purchase a new kieffer saddle with the voucher!<br /><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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//--></script><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script></p><p>We travelled to a country show earlier this year that offered sponsor prizes to several of the main events.</p><p>I made contact with a show breeder in relation to purchasing a new broodmare. I had to laugh when the husband said to me that he would buy his wife a ribbon. He thought showing was such a waste of time and money, and it would be cheaper if he just brought her some ribbons and not gone to all the effort to actually &quot;show&quot;&#8230;lol poor fellow <img src='http://dwz5xm66m54hg.cloudfront.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt="icon wink Prize money for horse competitions?" class='wp-smiley' title="Prize money for horse competitions?" /></p><p>Any events associated with PC will not have prize money (dressage, combined training, 1 and 3 day events, showjumping, novelties etc.)</p><p>We played polocrosse for a number of years, after a hard weekend of tournament play, the only &quot;prize&quot; was a first or second ribbon at the end.</p><p>I truly believe that most people ride for the enjoyment and not to win prize money. A few lucky people have a horse good enough and are in the right sport to make some great pocket money <img src='http://dwz5xm66m54hg.cloudfront.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt="icon wink Prize money for horse competitions?" class='wp-smiley' title="Prize money for horse competitions?" /></p><div class="ce4-share" style="margin:10px 0"><script type="text/javascript">/*<![CDATA[*/document.write('<div class="g-plusone" href="http://enterandwinonline.com/prize-money-for-horse-competitions/" data-size="medium" data-count="true"></div>');/**/(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id)){return;}js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,"script","facebook-jssdk"));