Fruddy
Well-Known Member
This isn't my horse, by the way, but a friend of mine.
She took on a sharer about three months ago for her Section D. From the outset, she informed the sharer that the horse was NEVER to be jumped, as it has arthritis, and also that only the sharer was ever permitted to ride the horse. She had a comprehensive Share Agreement, including these stipulations drawn up, signed and witnessed by two independent witnesses.
At first all was fine. Two weeks ago my friend went down to the yard to ride her horse, to find him absolutely dog lame. Called vet. Vet said that there was heat and swelling in both lower legs and pasterns, confused as to what this could be, as obviously not a strain or a knock in the field. Advised bute and box rest for a week.
Yesterday, my friend was approached by another livery on the yard, who asked her if she thought it was possible for the horse's lameness to be as a result of her sharer's SIXTEEN STONE boyfriend riding him two weeks ago, plus the fact that following this, on the same night, he had been jumped over a fence over at least three feet for over an HOUR!!!
Absolutely and understandably bloody livid, friend went round to see sharer, who at first denied all knowledge of this, but confronted with the evidence that she had been seen (she thought that she was alone on the yard at the time, apparently) she admitted it. My friend's poor horse, who is a Section D of 14.2 hh had done over two hours work, firstly carrying a sixteen stone LARDARSE who had never ridden a horse in his entire sorry life for nearly an hour in walk and trot (the numpty couldn't canter) and then jumped by the sharer when he was absolutely exhausted and not supposed to be bloody jumping anyway.
My poor friend is devastated. She has phoned her vet and told him that she believes that this is the reason for her horse being now chronically lame and presently, doesn't show any signs of coming sound yet. He is on two bute a day at the moment and the vet has advised box rest for at least the next month.
The sharer has been given her marching orders but my friend is now stuck with a badly lame horse on box rest (who is incidentally on full livery) and a string of vet's bills to pay. Given the fact that the sharer has clearly breached the terms of the share agreement, is there anything that my friend can do, to recoup some of the money that she is having to spend? She has asked the sharer for a contribution only to be told by her obese excuse of a boyfiend to f**k off.
I really feel for her. She only started to share her horse as a favour to this girl, who is a friend of her sisters - she didn't need a sharer to ride as he is full livery and the yard do it, and now she has been let down in the worst possible way.
She took on a sharer about three months ago for her Section D. From the outset, she informed the sharer that the horse was NEVER to be jumped, as it has arthritis, and also that only the sharer was ever permitted to ride the horse. She had a comprehensive Share Agreement, including these stipulations drawn up, signed and witnessed by two independent witnesses.
At first all was fine. Two weeks ago my friend went down to the yard to ride her horse, to find him absolutely dog lame. Called vet. Vet said that there was heat and swelling in both lower legs and pasterns, confused as to what this could be, as obviously not a strain or a knock in the field. Advised bute and box rest for a week.
Yesterday, my friend was approached by another livery on the yard, who asked her if she thought it was possible for the horse's lameness to be as a result of her sharer's SIXTEEN STONE boyfriend riding him two weeks ago, plus the fact that following this, on the same night, he had been jumped over a fence over at least three feet for over an HOUR!!!
Absolutely and understandably bloody livid, friend went round to see sharer, who at first denied all knowledge of this, but confronted with the evidence that she had been seen (she thought that she was alone on the yard at the time, apparently) she admitted it. My friend's poor horse, who is a Section D of 14.2 hh had done over two hours work, firstly carrying a sixteen stone LARDARSE who had never ridden a horse in his entire sorry life for nearly an hour in walk and trot (the numpty couldn't canter) and then jumped by the sharer when he was absolutely exhausted and not supposed to be bloody jumping anyway.
My poor friend is devastated. She has phoned her vet and told him that she believes that this is the reason for her horse being now chronically lame and presently, doesn't show any signs of coming sound yet. He is on two bute a day at the moment and the vet has advised box rest for at least the next month.
The sharer has been given her marching orders but my friend is now stuck with a badly lame horse on box rest (who is incidentally on full livery) and a string of vet's bills to pay. Given the fact that the sharer has clearly breached the terms of the share agreement, is there anything that my friend can do, to recoup some of the money that she is having to spend? She has asked the sharer for a contribution only to be told by her obese excuse of a boyfiend to f**k off.
I really feel for her. She only started to share her horse as a favour to this girl, who is a friend of her sisters - she didn't need a sharer to ride as he is full livery and the yard do it, and now she has been let down in the worst possible way.
