Calling all Part Loaners/People who part loan/Owners

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Can you give me an idea of what you get/are expected to do/or what you as an owner want from a part loaner and what financial contributions are asked of?

Having had one of these recently and it falling apart im trying to get it right the 2nd time around!

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Depends so much on the individual situation.

But definitely get an agreement and really work out about who is responsible for all costs before starting off.

As an owner, I still pay some costs - mainly because I think that if I am still contributing then it is acceptable to have an influence on how things happen.

For example
Insurance - then I know the horse is insured
Travel for farrier - because I want a specific farrier shoeing the horse
Teeth - because it is horrible with dentists and I don't want it being left too long and a specific dentist to do it.
Some entry fees - because I love watching the horse compete.

But as I say, it is hugely individual depending on circumstances.
 
I ride Boris 2 days per week, could do as many as I wanted. I poo pick, or muckout, groom, feed, rugs etc (for B and her other horse in the winter, or if she cant get to the yard).... I have been sharing him for 3 years, could compete if i wanted to, but I dont, we go to the beach, and do the odd fun ride though. I pay £50pcm (which I know is peanuts, am V lucky).

BUT this is because his owner trusts me to be kind to him, ride him properly, and look after him to the highest standard!!
 
I pay about £65 a month and half of shoes.
I can have him whenever I want and also cover for holiday - if I want to.
I pay my own insurance.
I poo-pick/muck out if I have him on that day, groom, clean up etc etc - which I like doing any way.
I don't do morning turn out/checks (which is great for me as I commute and start work around 7.30).
 
My sharer pays me £100 a month and for this she gets

> Horse - she is responsible for all care
> 7 days a week - I school twice a week but she still rides those days. We have an agreement that I give her 2 weeks notice once he starts competing...she will probably come anyhow and do a class if it is dressage/sj
> Farrier
> Insurance
> All feed/hay etc

It works quite well. Because it is my yard she covers the basic costs :)
 
I expect my horse to be treated and loved as their own on their days i.e doing all duties I would do if I were there like mucking out etc.
I have a part loaner two weekdays and a weekend day and charge 70 a month, they help me out when I am away and we change days to suit each other all the time.
I am fully responsible for insurance, vet bills, farrier, dentist, tack and accessories, worming etc. the money covers the some of the livery rent.
I allow them to do more or less what they want on their days, as long as she is fit enough, also we share the competitions done with her equally.
 
Not a 'part loan' as such, but £60 a month [£15 a week] to come down 3 arranged days a week to ride him/groom him/bring him in/tack up/do him in general etc. Plus a contribution to shoes if/when he's shod. And her own insurance as a rider.
 
I used to have a part sharer for one of my ponies. The only reason I don't any more is that she is at Uni.

The deal was as follows:

I wanted someone to come three times a week to ride, groom, love and fuss my pony. She is too small for me to ride, and I was lacking time.

As it happens my sharer came 5 times a week (she was dead keen) on pre arranged days. She was required only to ride groom and love the pony! I did expect a contribution towards keep as the pony, due to being ridden 5 times a week, needed a full set of shoes, clipping, rugging etc. Which wouldn't have been the case had I not had the sharer. Sharer paid £15 per week.

Sharer also had one half hour lesson a week with a qualified instructor that I approved of, and paid for this herself. This was becuase she was only 11 years old when she started coming to ride.

I didn;t expect any work to be done such as mucking out etc, but sharer would get my other horse in at the same time and would often muck out, poo pick, tidy up, and do all sorts of very helpful things. She really was a great help especially in the dark winter months when she went to the yard from school and had two stables mucked out, horses in groomed, feet picked out and often tacked up ready for us to ride together!!

I do think I was very lucky. We had no contract but I think it is advisable to do so, also would now insist on insurance. This agreement went on in varying degrees (reduced to three times a week at GCSE exam times.....) until my sharer went to Uni. She still visits whenever she is back and I consider her a good friend now.
 
I have 2 sharers so that my mare is ridden 6 days a week with a day off.

They both pay £25.00 per week as a one off payment and i pay everything else (although it more or less covers everything).

I expect then to ride, groom, muck out and prepare nets and feed. They can come at any time of the day as i make sure my mare is done am and pm (fed or turned out).

I cover the insurance and they are covered as riders on my policy, i cover the farrier, worming and buy everything she needs.

I want them to pamper her and give her lots of love and attention if they don’t have a lot of time i would rather they give her a good groom than muck out.

It works really well i trust both of them and they have never done anything stupid.

I must admit i do like a quick text every now and then to tell me how she is going but other than that i done see them very often.

Oh and I must add that I never ride my mare (I am too big) because I have another horse so I see my mare everyday anyway.
 
I have more of a full than part loan situation now with my sharer.

She pays £65 a week for my boy - and I pay the remaining £25 which covers his full livery costs. She also pays for his shoes. I pay for everything else (vet / teeth / insurance etc) We came up with this agreement as I was struggling to pay for two - and was going to put him on DIY livery instead, but she would rather pay a bit more to keep him as he is as we both work full time.

She can ride him whenever she wants - and if I ever wanted to have a little ride I would ask her first, and fit round what she is doing with him. She has no stable chores to do as he is on full livery, but does help out with poo picking.

When she first started loaning him she paid me £20 a week as a part loaner, and would give me a bit extra when she rode extra days (I never asked for that - she is just lovely) I made a huge effort to help her out, as she was quite novice, give her little lessons, be around not to interfere but just to help if she needed it.

I am very lucky to have her. Its almost like having a full loaner, but being able to see my boy every day as I have my other one at the same yard.
 
As an owner I would expect a sharer to do all yard duties as well as riding, as for financial contributions I would work out how much livery is per day and then charge that(as an example if I pay £35 a week then 3 days would be £15, 4 would be £20 etc). I would expect them to have their own rider insurance and would require proof. Not too bothered about feet, worming etc all that I would pay myself. Would be happy to share at competitions but sharer would pay their own entry fees.
 
I've shared my horse a few times in the 5 years I've had her. Some worked, other's didn't. Had one sharer for 2 years who gave up due to financial reasons and recently got another.

As an owner I would like the sharer to care for my horse as if it was their own on those days. My sharers have her 3 days a week for £23 a wk contribution towards keep. My yard's DIY but I don't expect the sharer to go down in the morning to put her out or anything. It is a nice DIY yard though, not cheap as it has nice internal stabling, an indoor, decent sized outdoor etc. The sharer has to bring her in muck her out, water, feed, ride, groom etc on her days.

My sharer can hack or school her, whatever she wants. If she wanted to take her off the yard to a show or something I would want her to ask me first, this would also be the case if she wanted someone else to ride her.

I have a loan contract I ask her to sign and I've put in contract I strongly recommend she has rider insurance. If an accident happened my horse would be covered but she wouldn't.

I also leave her to it on her days, I don't go down unless I really need to for something.
 
I pay £20 per week to share (whether I ride / come upor not). I can ride as many times as I like as the owners are flexible as horse is at home, in the summer it's easier but usually 2 or 3 days a week. When I come up I am expected to do yard duties eg poo pick/muck out, water, feed, groom. As they have 2 ponies I look after both. Usually I ride in the mornings, I will also come up in the evening to put them to bed.

I don't compete as owner wants her a certain way. I hack out on the forest and school in the field mainly.

I have looked after the girls for the owners when they are on holiday, vice versa.
 
I didn't charge my sharer anything! I work full time and needed someone to exercise Donkey a couple of days a week. All I asked her to do was stable duties that day. She was great, as my horse is not the easiest to ride and so she was certainly doing me a big favour.

SHe looked after him when I was on holidays, saving me money, so I didn't mind not charging her for sharing.
 
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