how much to pay 17yr old for riding pony?

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Hi,

a girl at the stables who is 17 is going to ride my step daughters pony on her day off work to help keep him fit in winter.

She is a very nice rider so will be schooling on i suppose.

so what would you pa a 17yr old? She is currently training for her exams at a riding school so im guessing she is getting peanuts from them.
 
Will she be getting him ready, caught, tacked up etc or will you do this and she will literally just ride him for an hour? If you have to factor in her travelling to yard, catching, grooming, tacking up then riding for an hour followed by brushing off, rugging up, turning out then £10 is nothing. I get between £15 to £20 for doing the above.
 
My friend has a 17 year old lad who works for her doing "grotty jobs" like mucking out livestock and he is happy with I believe £3.50 per hour, so I would say your original thought of £8 is more than generous as it would allow for grooming,tacking up, riding etc.... Best to start low and be able to offer an increase if they are good rather than regretting paying them too much!
 
I am 19 and self employed. I charge £7.00 an hour for general yard duties, etc and £10.00 per hour for exercising horses which the owner gets ready for me and to cover petrol costs etc. If I had to groom, tack up, etc as well I would charge £15.00. It is a bit different for me though as I am self employed, I can charge people whereas I am guessing this girl is employed? In which case, at 17 £8.00 is plenty. I know I would have done it for £8.00 at 17!
 
juliette said:
My friend has a 17 year old lad who works for her doing "grotty jobs" like mucking out livestock and he is happy with I believe £3.50 per hour, so I would say your original thought of £8 is more than generous as it would allow for grooming,tacking up, riding etc.... Best to start low and be able to offer an increase if they are good rather than regretting paying them too much!
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Wow, and he is happy with that? I wouldn't insult anyone over the age of 12 by giving them £3.50/hr.
My daughter charges £10/ride, the horses are brought in and groomed for her.
 
I always charge my wages but never usually ride for an hour (40mins max) so £6 for schooling and £7 for a hack.
I normally get paid around £5 an hour for my erm, normal? job. I just make tea, skip out etc;

I'd say about £7.
 
juliette said:
My friend has a 17 year old lad who works for her doing "grotty jobs" like mucking out livestock and he is happy with I believe £3.50 per hour, so I would say your original thought of £8 is more than generous as it would allow for grooming,tacking up, riding etc.... Best to start low and be able to offer an increase if they are good rather than regretting paying them too much!
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This sounds really low to me - well below minimum wage . . . . .

I'd say it depends if she's got to bring in / tack up etc and then turn out etc after.

I'd say around £10 ish.
 
im 16 and personally i would pay someone to let me ride there horse but then i dont know, if she is riding your horse instead of having a normal saturday job then maybe she should get a wage but personally I wouldnt expect anything
 
I charge £15 an hour for bringing in/tacking up/ etc etc. I'm 18yo. When I was £17 I would not have have taken less than £10 as when driving etc is included it wasn't worth it!
 
when i was 17/18 and freelancing I was charging £7/hour for yardwork, £10/hour hacking and £15/hour schooling.

depending on where it was/how many there were to do i was also charging some places for travel.

why should a 17yro be paid less than someone older if they are doing a good job?
 
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