has anyone ever put a horse on loan to Queen ethelbergas?

Having heard plenty of negative stuff about the place I probably wouldnt want to but rumours arent always founded- prob best to go take a proper look round for yourself
 
No, and I wouldn't.

TBF all the stuff I have heard is rumour, but I've been listening to that for nearly 20 years, so they can't all be wrong. Why are you loaning? What do you need from a loaner? :)
 
Ditto all of the above... I went and looked round about eight years ago thinking of going to sixth form there and taking my two with me.

Decided against it within the first ten minutes.
 
No and I wouldn't either - there are better places. Plus, the fact the guy who owns the place is also the director or something of the well know dodgy insurance company I'd steer well clear!!!
 
Can you advertise in your local tack shops, then you might be able to keep them with you, get some financial and manual help and keep an eye on them too. People might bite your arm off given that many people might not be in a position to buy at the moment? :)
 
please please please please,... take my advice and find somewhere else like a person keen to ride out with you or something...

i had my horse on exclusive livery when i was at school, (in the south west :rolleyes:).. and one day found out they had put him up for a lunge lesson .. 6 years old, needed an experienced rider (someone better than myself!!!) to ride him reguraly and they span him round in circles till he was dizzy with a person on the back who had had 3 lessons before hand (not, may i add, a natural!!!!) poor guy was quivering and really shaken up ... (had to be taken to a rehabilitation centre 2 months later!)

so yea.. do do it!! :)
 
Many years ago I was in the same position & sent my horse to Yorkshire Riding Centre on loan for the winter (as suggested by a friend who had trained there). They considered her so good they only used her for their good riders & I could go at weekends & ride / compete if I wanted to. It worked well for me & my horse, she went to them for 2 winters & came home to me the rest of the year.
 
Stencilface said:
Can you advertise in your local tack shops, then you might be able to keep them with you, get some financial and manual help and keep an eye on them too. People might bite your arm off given that many people might not be in a position to buy at the moment? :)
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they have been advertised online and locally and i have only had one person come out to try them in about 4 months
 
The volume of leaflets, CDs and other junk that falls out of any horse/pony magazine you buy would be enough to put me off. From my impression of this proliferation of advertising I think it gives me the impression along the lines of 'We are hidiously expensive but we give you this discount and that discount if you sign up to our wonderful school with amazing facilities, so in actual fact we only end up just quite expensive'
And 'We twisted the ear of our pupils to say how wonderful our school is, that's why they speak in a squeeky voice/write in such unnatural English for a 13 year old'

I'm not sure I'd want to send a horse there. Facilities might be amazing but it all sounds so false, I'd rather somewhere more homely and ordinary. You could always go and look and see what you think.
 
I had a tough situation many years ago and had to loan out my beloved Arab or sell him.

I was working at a local riding school at the time and they took him in for me.

It took me five years but I finally became financially stable enough to take him back. He even came with his own slave (who has been with us for ten years now) and a small but loyal, fan club!

Am I proud of those five years? No. But I did what I had to and he was none the worse for it all. At least I could check up on him as it was local (even though it killed me to see him).
 
Plenty of decent working livery type places or riding schools to loan them to but not QE - my friend worked there for a while and hated the way they treated the horses - bugger all turnout etc.
 
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