being a riding school rider..

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mich123

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I can't be the only riding school rider out there that dreams of having their own horse? my OH tells me its a much better arrangement to keep on going as it is, once a week, for one hour......no ties, no large bills etc etc. but i will never get any good, always be a riding school rider.
 
Could you get a private loan/share horse or loan/share through the riding school?

Just because you only ride in a riding school doesn't mean you will never be any good. You should move to more advanced groups with better horses the more you learn, or at least that's how it was at my last riding school :)
 
There only seems to be a general 'group lesson' where I go, and it doesn't seem very easy to find any other riding schools round here. I have just found one that is in a really nice area for hacking, but doesn't seem to do lessons after work during the week. I haven't seen anything about share/loans around the yard.
 
Not true! I've been just a riding school rider for years and although I don't jump very high, that's by choice.
If you find the right school, it can be fantastic!
The YO lets me take care of Ned as if he was mine...but I don't have to go every day, so it's like my own horse, but with out 24/7 commitment :)
There's some very very professional schools out there!
 
I spent years dreaming of owning my own horse, now we have 4 and three ponies out on loan. I had to wait until i started work to get my own pony when i was 18.
Why not put an advert in the local tack/feed shop for a horse to share? We have often had people share ours. Or if your more experienced go for a loan.
 
I rode in a riding school until I was 34 - when I bought my own horse.

Definitely agree with trying to move up the groups and ride more "difficult" horses. By the time I left my last riding school - I was in one of the top groups, riding livery horses and youngsters, it was great as we got to ride "proper" horses and actually had a chance to help bring them on and school them. Quite often I would get put on brand new horses - one, Rocky, only arrived at the RS on the Saturday morning and I rode him in the afternoon. He was a 17.2, 4 year old ISH - he could hardly trot, bless him. He turned into the most super horse and one of my favourites, and I would hope that I played some part in that during my lessons.

Also, I was lucky in that in my younger days I was a "helper" at a large riding school in Berkshire and got loads of yard experience too. Which really set me up for owning my own horse.

There is nothing like having your own horse, but I do sometimes miss riding different horses and having regular lessons.
 
Take a trip to some of the local tack shops in the area and you will find plenty of adverts from people seeing loan/share agreements for their horses. Contact them and be honest about your riding ability and what you are looking for and I'm sure you will be pleasantly surprised.
Also, find out where your local riding clubs are (as opposed to riding schools) and make contacts there. Riding schools are great, but there's a whole other world out there of horse owners and you need to network with people who can help put you in touch with the right ones.
Pull together an advert stating exactly what you want and visit livery yards and put this up on their notice boards
Good luck, I'm sure you will find something really soon
 
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