Do you think i am being unfair?

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My sharer sent me a text this morning to say - she couldn't come this weekend or next weekend but would come the following weekend when her friend returns from holiday who also shares one of my other horses. I asked her if she was still 100% interested in loaning as it seemed a little odd she never liked coming on her own, she said yes. I also told her i would need the contribution money regardless of whether she decided to come or not as the horses upkeep still continues.

She obviously didnt like this and later text me this evening saying 'I am not interested in loaning ....... anymore, kind regards.

I text her back saying she owed me for last weekend and this weekend as she has only just let me know. Last weekend she never turned up and obviously didnt this weekend. Eventually, she agreed to pay but thinks i am being really unfair. She wants me to sign a letter from her 'so called cousin who is a solicitor' to say she has paid and has nothing more to do with the horse.

Do you think i am being unfair? My agrument is that when you part-loan/share a horse, the horses upkeep still continues regardless of whether you can make it or not. I was flexible on days but due to light she could only come on weekends but hated coming without my other sharer (who is her friend from work) for some reason.
 
It is difficult to decide without hearing the other side of the story.

Was there a contract written up at the beginning stating that she was to pay towards the cost of keeping the horse?
 

I take it you did not set up a loan agreement/contract? If this is the case then you have left yourself wide open and have no leg to stand on.

Fair enough to ask for the money but you cannot make her pay it since no agreement was set.
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No agreement, i was going to print one off, but she had only been coming 4-5 weeks so i thought i would leave it to let her get use to the horse.
 
Ah! There is your mistake.
You have learnt from this so next time you will be more careful.
I would say you are not in a position to ask for money if you had not already formally agreed this.
 
I think she has a moral obligation to pay regardless of written or solictors say so, whats wrong with people nowadays, you make a commitment and should stick to it and give reasonable notice if cancelling, I always did when I had a similar arrangment, the animal needs paying and seeing too regardless of whether you turn up or not, seems to be a lack of moral fibre in people, you sound like you are being fair enough to me.
 
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