[rosfreed]

Hi,
We moved to Costa Rica 5 months ago and our two horses are due to arrive Monday night! As you can guess, we are very excited! The only airport they can fly horses from is Miami, and since we lived in Az it cost a lot to get them across the country. My friend did the work in the US, I will get the shipper’s name for you, they were way the cheapest. There is a very nice Dutch lady called Githa who will help you with all the paperwork this end for $100.00…..it is well worth it! She has a good veterinarian, and she will arrnage transport also. I will ask her if it is OK to send you her name. She has a good tack store near Santa Ana.
As to how well they do, it seems to be according to where you live. If you are at 1000 metres or above, they are fine, but down on the beach areas, there is a lot of …..oh, I’ve forgotten the name, if you are in the US, it’s what we do a Coggins test for. Also there are snakes, a lot of horses get bitten by snakes, deadly. I got info from a girl who worked at a stables near Nosara, and she said she would not keep horses if she lived in the beach areas. We live above Alajuela, at 1500 metres, so it is more or less 16c to 23c, but of course humid and rainy, I DO NOT like the rain! But almost always the mornings are sunny, and you could ride.
Githa brings horses from Holland all the time, and they do fine, she lives in La Garita. They have more flies than we do because it’s lower, but still not many. She does dressage…what style do you ride, and what horses do you have? I have a quarter horse and a Rocky Mountain horse…I guess he will be the only one in Costa Rica.
Dow rite back and tell me where you are going to live, etc! My e mail is freed55@racsa.co.cr. My name is Rosalind
Hope to hear form you soon.

[Author]

Posts