Horse Community

[ [http://www.lta.org/ The Land Trust Alliance ] ] [ [http://www.marylandhorseindustry.org/disaster.htm Disaster Guidelines ] ] [ [http://www.horsecouncil.org/economics.html American Horse Council ] ] Orphan|date=February 2008Unreferenced|date=February 2008A horse community or equestrian community is a planned real estate development where people live with their horses. There are usually a number of deeded restrictions that can include specific rules concerning the use of the property, deeded horse trails, number of horses allowed per lot and restrictions on commercial use of the horse trails. Many of these communities are gated and or guarded but not all of them. These communities can have a centralized barn with arenas where all of the horses are stalled or they are established where the horses are kept on the individual property owners lots. These communities are located throughout the country and are diverse in both price and size. These communities appear to be growing in popularity as the availability of riding trails decreases and urban sprawl increases.

The American Horse Council Federation recently commissioned a study on the horse industry. They have concluded that as much as $102 billion dollars are either directly or indirectly contributed to the American economy with over 2 million horse owners throughout the country. There are horses in every state, even Hawaii (8,037). California (698,345), Texas (978,822) and Florida are the three largest populations for horses.

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