The Barrington Hills Observer

Posted in Agendas, Barrington Hills Park District, BH Polo Club, Friends of Forest Preserves, FRVPC, Riding Club of Barrington Hills, Taxes | 2 Comments

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1. on March 14, 2016 at 10:24 AM | Reply Frustrated Equestrian Resident

   Has anyone considered selling or giving the riding center to Cook County? Given it’s heavily used (and cannot be enforced) by people from all over, even coming from Wisconsin to use our facilities. Hard to enforce because you have to park in our section to access the Cook County Forest Preserve right next to the riding center.

   Handing over the responsibility to Cook County would seem a logical decision.

   Most people use our riding center to have lessons. Trainers (with questionable riding ability) are using our taxpayer money for their financial gain. We are subsidizing these trainers. They take up rings with multiple horses at once, and you feel squeezed out. They wear heavily on our rings which need constant maintenance. Drilling, lunging horses. Damaging and misusing the beautiful new jumps, which are no small expense.

   Why pay for the riding center when there’s no way to enforce who uses it? This is heavily used by non-residents all the time.

   There has been construction over the winter, rings are dragged, stalls maintained. What is this all for anyway? I am a resident, have horses, and haul them to the riding center, but am tired of it being abused. Most notably our taxpayer money! The riding center is a liability and a financial drain.

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   • on March 14, 2016 at 8:54 PM | Reply Longtime Resident

     Couldn’t agree more…

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