How much should I expect to pay for this share/part loan?

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I'm looking into a new horse share, having shared several in the past. I have recently moved, hence needing a new horse to ride.

Previously I had paid £50 every 4 weeks to ride once a week, before the mare's owner offered for me to ride 3-4 days a week for £80 (She would normally have charged £100 for this, but I couldn't afford £100 and she liked me and I helped out quite a bit, hence the lower price). This was for the use of a teenage thoroughbred (ex polo), mainly for hacking. There was only a grass school and the mare lived out, and there were issues with floods so little riding in the winter. I ended up paying £80 every 4 weeks to ride 3 times a week (so basically £20/week).

Now I have moved, I am looking to share a horse locally, ideally a fairly well schooled horse so I can progress my riding on the flat, with perhaps a bit of jumping (I do love jumping, but I want to improve my flatwork at the moment) and some hacking, but mainly schooling. I have found a lady who seems very nice, is not too far away and who thinks she has a suitable horse. Her yard has a nice outdoor school and is well kept. How much should I expect to pay for a share here? I will be meeting the lady in question in a few days, but I'd like to go in with an idea of how much it would cost me. I'd be happy to ride 1-4 days a week really, just depending on how much I could afford. I'd be happy to help out with general yard work etc, and I have my own insurance.

Thanks in advance :)
 
My sharer pays £20 pw for 2 days.
Horse is on part livery so he can turn up any time that suits him with only mucking out and grooming to do and he has access to 2 arenas, XC field/course and coutnry lane hacking. Horse is safe and sane but not ploddy.
Has she not mentioned how much she wants? Normally it is anything from £5-£15 per day depending on horse, facilities and chores.
 
My sharer just pays for shoes every 6 weeks. She also helps poo pick and feed if I'm working. Money doesn't really matter to me I'm just so glad of the help she gives me. She comes up a minimum of 3 times a week but more if I'm working. I don't think I could live without her
 
Will be very much dependent on the owner - sometimes they wont charge anything and maybe will just ask for a contribution towards shoes, others might charge quite a lot. I've had both ends of the spectrum, one was just grateful someone would ride her nutty horse so didnt charge me a thing. However with one other horse, she was bred out of a GP dressage stallion and was on full livery at a yard with great facilities, and I could ride as many times per week as I wanted (was almost a full loan but without taking on all her costs) - she was £180 per month plus half shoes.

If there are good facilties and horse is a nice all-rounder that is well schooled and you can do quite a lot with, I'd expect to pay between £80 and £150 per month depending on how many times per week you are riding. I think £120 per month is a pretty average number (at least 2 of my former share horses have been around that price and that was for 3 or 4 rides per week).

I'd just be honest with her about what you can afford if she hasnt told you a price, Oxfordshire isnt exactly a cheap area so be prepared it may be a little pricey...
 
My sharer pays £60 a month (shoes are £65...) My two live at home. For that she gets unrestricted access to Adrian, can ride him as much as she wants, use my school/jumps, get lessons from her trainer in the school, hack out, take him to clinics, whatever. Her (grown up) daughter & the odd friend come up too. She does a bit of poo picking, tack cleaning & sweeping up, but I don't really insist on anything. TBH I'm pleased for the horse to be doing something useful & getting some love (he has EPSM), & she works shifts so does other stuff that really helps, like letting the dogs out if she comes up during the day in the week. And it gives me a hacking companion as Trev won't hack out alone.

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I used to share a lovely horse, he taught me a huge amount. Kept on DIY with an outdoor school and good hacking. I rode him twice a week and did all yard duties on my days. I paid £100 a month for this and I would happily pay it again for a horse that taught me so much, both flatwork and jumping.
 
it must be because I am old that I don't understand why a sharer should pay a lot of money to ride a horse and yet still be expected to muck out etc....if said horse is on full livery and sharer just turns up to ride, ok fair enough.......in my youth(which was a long time ago) I was in demand as a rider because people wanted their horses ridden and some of them even paid ...a friend of mine wants his horse ridden a couple of days a week and pays someone to just ride.........this I understand..
 
^^ that was my thought too Splashgirl! I'm debating whether to find someone to ride my daughters mare when she goes off to uni in september just incase she can't get back as often as she's planning. I'm getting prepared to have to pay for that or if someone is capable enough & just desperate for a ride, I'd be happy if they just poo picked once a week. I've got to pay for the mare anyway whether she's ridden or not so really dont expect a financial contribution when they are in fact doing me a favour x
 
tinap said:
^^ that was my thought too Splashgirl! I'm debating whether to find someone to ride my daughters mare when she goes off to uni in september just incase she can't get back as often as she's planning. I'm getting prepared to have to pay for that or if someone is capable enough & just desperate for a ride, I'd be happy if they just poo picked once a week. I've got to pay for the mare anyway whether she's ridden or not so really dont expect a financial contribution when they are in fact doing me a favour x
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thought I was going to get shot down in flames as my (and your)view seems odd to the current generation of horse owners.....my horse is 23 and has cushings and is now on 4 prascend daily so I think I must be prepared for losing her in the not too distant future....I will not be able to afford to buy another but horses have been in my life for over 50 years so would be looking for something I could ride a couple of times a week, and I would be happy to do the necessary jobs for those days BUT I wouldn't be able to pay anything so it looks like I might be giving up once my horse has gone..not a happy thought!!!!!
 
Hi, thank you for all your great replies!

I should point out I have just moved to Gloucestershire from Oxfordshire, and I'm hoping things will be cheaper here, lessons seem to be (my lessons used to be £40 for a 45 minute private lesson).
I am meeting the lady tomorrow, so far she has not mentioned any financial contribution, so fingers crossed it won't be too much, although I will be honest about how much I can pay of course. I should also point out that I am 17, so I do not have a huge income, but I am about to start a new job for the summer so fingers crossed I can afford a share as I really do miss riding. I think I may get around £50 a month contribution from my mum and will come up with the rest myself.
Thanks again for your replies, they are much appreciated!

As for people paying for shares etc... I think it depends on the ability of the rider in part. If the sharer is a very experienced rider who is improving the horse by riding it and therefore adding to its value.. I don't think they should pay much, or even anything really, as they are doing the owner a favour. If the rider is perhaps less experienced, and is riding a good horse that will teach them a lot and that they get to compete, then I feel it is fair for them to pay a contribution towards the costs, as really the owner is doing the sharer a favour. To each their own I guess.
Thanks again!
 
My sharer contributes £20 a week for my connie, she has him 7 days a week when I am at uni. Where he is kept there is a floodlit rubber school with jumps and he does anything you ask of him. If i was being picky i think she's getting an awful lot for her money but at the end of the day she is lovely, loves my pony like he was her own and is incredibly reliable. Can you really put a price on that?

I think owners will charge whatever they can get for a decent sharer - if they like you they are willing to lower the price :)
 
The only time I have a sharer they paid nothing, rode as little or as much as they wanted as long as not when my daughter wanted to ride, days agreed in advance, didn't have to muck out, just bring in ride and put in stable. I had two lovely reliable sharers which were kind to the horse which is more important than money.
 
I pay my share money for the privilege of spending time with someone else's pride and joy and because it's extremely unlikely I'll ever be able to afford my own. He's on DIY so I do the yard work when I'm there and I enjoy it almost as much as the riding. I don't understand that argument that paying towards a share somehow means you shouldn't be expected to do the associated work. Isn't the point of sharing a horse that it's more like a part loan arrangement rather than just rocking up to ride it twice a week?

For what it's worth, I pay £20-25 a week depending on how many days I do. Lovely horse, fab owner and it's an arrangement that seems to suit us all very nicely.
 
I found that if you did it for free then people start taking the mick and being unreliable. Chances are that sharers are not going to be the kind of riders that will beautifully school your horse for you, and if they are then I certainly wouldn't be asking for payment, but I fail to see why they should get half of the riding with no contribution whatsoever. IMO they get half the horse (3 days a week each and then horse gets 1 day off) why shouldn't they pay half the costs? Years ago my first sharer paid my livery (£30 a week) and I paid everything else which worked out roughly the same.

ETA: my last sharer only paid a token amount as pony was on part livery and wouldn't be fair to pay towards that. However previous sharers were when pony was on DIY so paid half costs and did his chores as well.
 
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