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Hi, I'm seeing someone tomorrow with a view to her helping me exercise my 2 horses. She's a friend of a friend and sounds nice enough on the phone. I just want someone to hack out with me a couple of times a week as I'm not comfortable with someone taking my babies out without me. I don't want help mucking out, etc., I just want someone who wants to ride only. She is happy with all of this and is looking for the same thing. I said I would appreciate a contribution towards shoes and she agreed. The question is, how much do I ask her for? I've not done this before and don't even know what it would cost someone to have an hour's riding lesson/hack at a riding school. What do others charge their sharers if you have someone on a similar basis.

Thanks :-)
 
an hours hack at a decent riding school is £25 plus. i think you need to work out how much each horse costs you per week and break it down from there. make sure the other person has riders liability insurance. yourinsurance may/maynot cover her though if you think she will work out you could add her on to your own insurance.
 
My sharer pays for Kias shoes one month and the same for feed the next as he is done every 8 weeks.

She hasnt got any stable duties she just rides although she does like to help out when she is up :)

Nikki xx
 
I charge £50 a month for someone to hack mine out once a week. He's on full livery during the week so she can just turn up and ride.
Round here that's not particularly high as the main thing for me was for my boy to get out during the week as it's dark by the time I get there after work.
 
Depends on what you really want from her, the help or the money?
My sharer just wants the help so I get to ride/look after her three horses for nothing (yard work involved though)
Work out how much she'll be paying towards the shoes, and then create what you believe to be a fair price and something you'll both be happy with. Then put it to her and see what she says. :)
 
Ooh, I would hate to work out what each one costs me per week!!! I think I would rather not know, lol :-) Especially at this time of year!

Shoes are £65 every 6 weeks so I'd be happy with £10 a week and if she offers more then great. I asked cos £5 seems too cheap but wasn't sure if £10 was asking too much.

Thanks guys, let's see what happens.
 
A couple of people have this arrangement with their horses on my yard and they pay for the horses shoes. They also muck out etc on the days they are up.
 
But, if she's only riding a couple of times a week (2-3??) are you riding the rest of the days? Then why should she pay for the full set of shoes??! so I would say £10 is enough.
 
I'm a bit OCD about how my stables are mucked out and actually enjoy all the "caring for them" side of things so would prefer she didn't help me tbh. The money side of it is not a big issue as I'm paying for it all anyway, though am constantly poor, but at the same time any contribution is greatly appreciated and I think if you give rides for free they maybe won't be as conscientious and caring. I'm currently riding each one alternately every day and it would just be nice to have them both going out at the same time on the same day and get them fitter quicker. We do seem to have the same ideas; it's just if we get on together as friends I guess.

Though if she likes to tack clean she's in, ha ha :-)

Wow, £50 a month would be great :-)
 
If I was riding a horse twice a week then paying for shoes every 6-8 weeks would be perfectly reasonable. As someone else said, riding school lessons are a lot more than that if you work it out.
 
Well, not towards OP but at a riding school you pay for professional instruction ( i presume on a schooled horse), including insurance which covers that. So it does make me twitch a little in irritation every time someone says that. It's not comparable.

But. I think you are being very reasonable suzysue, and i would say £10 a week for 2 days riding is very good, even if it is only hacking. I happily pay £20 per week and half of shoes (£35 every time) for 3 days hacking/jumping/ whatever i want with my share.
 
When I used to share a horse I was happy to pay up to £20 a week as that was what I was paying for half an hours private lesson! So to get more than half an hours riding for the same money was great. I actually enjoyed doing the jobs too.
Now I have my own horse and have a sharer for her, mainly to help me out with mucking out midweek whilst I'm at work and also to keep her fit so I only ask £10 a week from her just for a bit of help but as I say I was on the other side for a few years and would happily pay £20 a week!
 
I think she is just looking for hacking, but if she wants more then I'll probably be fine with that once I know and trust her. My 2 are showjumpers but happy for her to jump them or try dressage with them if that's her bag :-)

We can have a proper chat once we meet up; she may not like my babies :-)
 
somethingorother said:
Well, not towards OP but at a riding school you pay for professional instruction ( i presume on a schooled horse), including insurance which covers that. So it does make me twitch a little in irritation every time someone says that. It's not comparable.

But. I think you are being very reasonable suzysue, and i would say £10 a week for 2 days riding is very good, even if it is only hacking. I happily pay £20 per week and half of shoes (£35 every time) for 3 days hacking/jumping/ whatever i want with my share.
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you do not pay for professional instruction if you hack out at a riding school and that can cost £25 per hour, it makes me twitch with irritation every time someone suggests a sharer shouldnt pay a reasonable contribution, just exactly why should such a valuable commodity be free or cheap?
 
SuzySue said:
Ooh, I would hate to work out what each one costs me per week!!! I think I would rather not know, lol :-) Especially at this time of year!

Shoes are £65 every 6 weeks so I'd be happy with £10 a week and if she offers more then great. I asked cos £5 seems too cheap but wasn't sure if £10 was asking too much.

Thanks guys, let's see what happens.
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I used to be in the same kind of arrangement, and paid £10 per week. I'd also just do some poo picking as i didn't like to just turn up and ride then leave again! I think what your asking is ideal though :)
 
Work out who it's helping out. I think £10 a week is fair for hacking twice a week as this roughly covers the shoes
 
Nigsha said:
you do not pay for professional instruction if you hack out at a riding school and that can cost £25 per hour, it makes me twitch with irritation every time someone suggests a sharer shouldnt pay a reasonable contribution, just exactly why should such a valuable commodity be free or cheap?
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Where did i say it should be free or cheap? I do not think that £20 pw plus £35 shoes plus full jobs on my days is free or cheap, i am glad to do it and i love it. Have had the same share horse for well over a year now. I do favours for the owner and she does favours for me when required. We both appreciate each other.

I just don't think it's comparible. If people wanted lessons they will have lessons. And if you want help with your horse then you should be as grateful as any prospective sharer. It's a two way thing. For a while when i started sharing this horse i also continued with lessons as i had been out of regular riding for a while and still needed some.

Don't go off in a huff without reading my post properly. I said £10 a week was very reasonable.
 
My sharer pays £20 a week. She gets free use of the pony to do whatever she wants and has to do all chores on those days.

I originally asked her for £15 in the summer and £20 in the winter, but she said £20 all round was fine. When I was sharing I was also £20 a week. Seems to be the going rate!
 
somethingorother said:
Where did i say it should be free or cheap? I do not think that £20 pw plus £35 shoes plus full jobs on my days is free or cheap, i am glad to do it and i love it. Have had the same share horse for well over a year now. I do favours for the owner and she does favours for me when required. We both appreciate each other.

I just don't think it's comparible. If people wanted lessons they will have lessons. And if you want help with your horse then you should be as grateful as any prospective sharer. It's a two way thing. For a while when i started sharing this horse i also continued with lessons as i had been out of regular riding for a while and still needed some.

Don't go off in a huff without reading my post properly. I said £10 a week was very reasonable.
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Im not going off in a huff:confused: what I'm responding to in a perfectly reasonable way is your comment that riding at a riding school means professional tuition, it doesnt, or that its not comparable, it is! I think thats fairly clear if you read MY post properly. An hours hack at a school is £25 approx, you ride where you're taken not always on 'well schooled horses' either.£10 per week is therfore cheap! Of course this can be compared with sharing a horse where you may have hours of riding each week, in fact paying the equivalent of an hours riding school hack for several hours of riding per week compares very favourably indeed! I am merely commenting that it is irritating when others suggest otherwise, where is the problem with that???
 
depends if its a favour to you?

im wanting mine hacked out in spring once/twice a week and im asking nothing - purely as it will do me a favour as i dont hack!....

so wont ask for any jobs to be done nor money taken - im just planning on tacking pony up and off you go!

so if its doing you a favour then nothing imo... however you could ask for a tenner a week and see what she says...
 
Sharers at our yard pay £10 per day that they ride in advance. So if they ride twice a week then they pay £20 per week. It's paid whether they ride or not. Otherwise you get problems with them just not turning up or when they are on holiday or ill, or if the weather is bad. Sharing a horse is a commitment and a stepping stone to getting your own or taking on a full loan, so I always advise agreeing a monthly or weekly amount payable in advance, preferably monthly.
 
Nigsha said:
Im not going off in a huff:confused: what I'm responding to in a perfectly reasonable way is your comment that riding at a riding school means professional tuition, it doesnt, or that its not comparable, it is! I think thats fairly clear if you read MY post properly. An hours hack at a school is £25 approx, you ride where you're taken not always on 'well schooled horses' either.£10 per week is therfore cheap! Of course this can be compared with sharing a horse where you may have hours of riding each week, in fact paying the equivalent of an hours riding school hack for several hours of riding per week compares very favourably indeed! I am merely commenting that it is irritating when others suggest otherwise, where is the problem with that???
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Apart from that in real life in contrast with riding school life, there is not always a horse to ride due to various common reasons, which sometimes require you to keep paying for a horse you cannot ride. Also there are commonly (though granted not always) jobs involved which are not at a riding school.

Having part care and responsibility for a horse is not like turning up for a lesson and then leaving it all behind immediately after.
 
It is doing me a favour but I can and have been managing by myself, and have thought long and hard about doing this beforehand because of the fact that I'm so protective about my horses. It's very unlikely I would let anyone take one of them out on their own just because I'd worry so much! I love hacking but it takes HOURS if I take them out separately for a couple of hours each :-) It's schooling that bores me rigid.

I like your comment Wagtail about them paying in advance whether or not they ride; it does save them messing you around I guess.
 
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My sister rides out, mucks out and feeds her brother in laws hunter for free!!!! She gets half the price of feed and he does both horses if she's away,(not very often), she's totally mad in my opinion!!
If it's just riding out, i'd work out the cost of shoeing on a weekly basis, and half it. she's doing you a favour really. I know she gets to ride, but you need her more than she needs you!!!
Or you could just get my sister to do it for free!!!!lol!!!
 
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