Acolyte
Well-Known Member
The horse I ride is on full livery - well, really I suppose it is part livery since they do all the care etc but dont ride.
Is it unreasonable to expect that, if I say I am coming at 9.30am to ride and ask that they leave the horse in after it has its breakfast, the horse is in the stable waiting for me?
It is fine when the groom is working but every single time she has a day off I come up to ride and the horse is still in the field. I then have to spend time chasing it around the field (he doesnt want me to catch him cos he knows he has to work then
) before I can ride.
All the YO says to me is 'oh I havent got round to feeding him yet, he can have his breakfast when you come back' - so he gets fed 'breakfast' at around 11-11.30am instead of the usual time of 8am.
I am not sure whether my request is unreasonable, or whether I am right to be irritated by this? I am inclined to say to the horses owner that she is being completely ripped off paying for full livery, and I will look after him daily in return for all the free riding I am getting!
Is it unreasonable to expect that, if I say I am coming at 9.30am to ride and ask that they leave the horse in after it has its breakfast, the horse is in the stable waiting for me?
It is fine when the groom is working but every single time she has a day off I come up to ride and the horse is still in the field. I then have to spend time chasing it around the field (he doesnt want me to catch him cos he knows he has to work then
All the YO says to me is 'oh I havent got round to feeding him yet, he can have his breakfast when you come back' - so he gets fed 'breakfast' at around 11-11.30am instead of the usual time of 8am.
I am not sure whether my request is unreasonable, or whether I am right to be irritated by this? I am inclined to say to the horses owner that she is being completely ripped off paying for full livery, and I will look after him daily in return for all the free riding I am getting!