Does anyone lease horses?

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Elysianstud

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Hi all,

I have a much loved 12 year old eventer who I just don’t think I could bear to sell, however I am just not enjoying competing anymore (nothing to do with the lovely horse) and am in the process of beginning my long awaited venture into the word of breeding so am really not going to be able to give him the time needed to event. I really don’t want to sell my lovely boy and would love him back in the future for hunting once his competing days are over, but it would be a waste for him to not be out eventing whilst he still loves it so much.

In the USA leasing competition horses out for a yearly/monthly seems to be extremely commonplace, has anyone done anything similar in the UK and, if so, roughly how much have you charged? All I ever really see advertised are free loans.

The horse in question is a well established BE100 schoolmaster with novice experience (no BE points thanks to his inability to perform a novice dressage test!) who was placed/DC virtually every time out last year and has never had a cross country penalty. Has also showjumped to 1m15. He’s completely sound with no non-routine veterinary history. Would he be worth advertising for lease? The alternative would be keeping him to hunt which does seem a waste!

Big thanks to those of you who made it through all that waffle!!
 
yes people in the UK lease horses,however they do tend to be competition schoolmaster horses/ponies who are at quite a high level and they do tend to go to the leasers yard.
finding someone to take on a lease can take a while and you will have to put up with the dreamers asking "would you loan him to me for free".
Normaly it is between 5 and 10% of the horses value per year that is charged.
 
Agtee with Conniegirl that the leased horses I've come across tend to be competing at a higher level so you may find it better to find a good loan home close to home so you cn keep an eye on him.
 
I would advertise and see if anyone is interested. I may have been before I bought my current one. Having said that, I would not have paid a fortune as I would have taken care of all expenses and not over cooked your horse, being in a similar stage of my life as your horse is ;). We would both have been taking a step down.
 
Thanks guys, i’m happy for him to move yard and it may end up that once i’ve got over the ‘emotional shock’ of him leaving that the loaner/leaser could buy him. I guess there’s no harm advertising him to test the water (not that it’s the best time of year to do so).
 
The only pony I know of who is leased is an FEI international event pony who is very successful. I think a loan would be the way to go.
Genuine question - I thought horses gained points at novice for double clears - has that changed?
 
They do (I believe it’s 2 points for a DC but I may be wrong) but he didn’t do many novices, simply because my ambitions have always been grassroots and I didn’t want to risk having to do opens, and in the few novices he did he had a pole or two. In hindsight it was probably a bit of a waste on my part as he has the jump and bravery for Intermediates- but we have had fun!
 
Leasing isn't as common here as in the US but we have leased competition ponies for my daughter when she was in BS Juniors. A young rider on our yard currently has a lease on a young showjumper. Sometimes I think the term lease is off putting? Its really just a loan in exchange for money. As you say not the best time to advertise but no harm in testing the water. But he would absolutely not be "wasted" if you kept him to hunt. He has no concept of whatever it is you think he is suspposed to do. He'd be perfectly happy in a feild. And certainly perfectly happy hunting! So don't feel bad if you decide to keep him.
 
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