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April 21, 2021

2021 Membership Costs

With being a part of my GP trainer's show team and (hopefully) getting my amateur status back, this year felt like the year to "go for it" for the first time in terms of year-end awards. Plus that whole post-pandemic (are we there yet)? YOLO feeling.

Pony Cup 2017, the last time I was able to go.

And I'm paying for that decision, literally, in terms of more membership fees than I've ever paid in my life. Up to this point, I've been a GMO-only, don't-care-about-Regionals-and-All-Breeds kind of rider. So I thought it would be an interesting exercise in self-flagellation to see how much "going for it" costs.

USEF Membership: $80 + $25 insurance
Required for: Rated shows, and the optional insurance is a cheap, well, insurance policy 

USDF Participating Membership: $90
Required for: Regionals/Finals, All-Breeds

Welsh Pony and Cob Society of America: $50
Required for: Attending Welsh shows and earning Welsh Open Program year-end awards 

Indiana Dressage Society GMO: $53
Required for: Supporting my local GMO and getting GMO year-end awards
 
WPCSA Open Program: $60 ($30 per division entered, and rated and unrated Second Level each count as one division)
Required for: Street cred for the Castleberry name in the Welsh world and year-end awards
 
National Dressage Pony Cup: $50
Required for: Attending National Dressage Pony Cup, plus some year-end awards
 
USDF All-Breeds Declaration: $35
Required for: Earning WPCSA-specific USDF year-end awards. One time fee (I think).
 
Upgrade Connor to USDF Lifetime Horse from HID #: $80
Required for: All-Breeds, Regionals/Finals. One time fee.

USEF Amateur Status Reinstatement: $50
Required for: Actually having a shot at earning year end awards in all of this stuff, lol. One time fee.

Okay, are you ready for the sum total? $573! $165 of that is one-time costs, but that still leaves over $400 of membership fees every single year that I put a full show season together.

It's a first world problem to be sure, and I'm excited that I have the opportunity to do all of this and can afford it, but there's no denying registering for all of this is painful.

Anyone else feeling the membership rodeo pain?

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February 25, 2015

2015 Memberships

I've put off my membership renewals long enough, trying to let my bank account recover from Christmas and the saddle purchase.  This year, I am joining three organizations:

Welsh Pony and Cob Society of America
Why: If I can ever get him a ride to the local Welsh club's in-hand shows, those points go toward year-end awards and contribute to Connor's sire's points as well.  Also, they have Open Discipline awards, one for each discipline, so I can turn in results from the events and Dressage tests Connor does and earn awards for those as well.
Cost: $40/year
My first and last time showing Connor at a WPCSA show, and I didn't even own him then!

United States Eventing Association
Why:  I've actually never been a member before, because until you're doing more than 3 rated events per year, it makes more sense financially to pay the extra $25 BN non-member fee per-event than the $85/year USEA fee.  You can't qualify for AEC's that way, but who am I kidding, it'd be tough to get him down to Texas even if we did manage to qualify.  Also, bonus, 10% off at Bit of Britain.
Cost: $85/year

This win would have been a qualifying score for the AECs if I had been a member.

Indiana Eventing Association
Why:  Trainer's on the board?  Year-end awards?  Discount to the Doug Payne clinic in August?  Never been a member of this before, but it's a good organization that does a lot to promote the sport in our area, including running a long format 3 day.
Cost: $30/year



Total 2015 Membership Cost: $155
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