Is this too much for a horse share?

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I am sharing a horse who is not very well schooled and my instructor thinks she's not helping my riding abilities though she has amazing scope.

At the moment I'm paying £140 a month for the share, but am limited with what I can do on her as the other sharer hunts a lot. I feel I am not getting as much enjoyment as I should be for what I am paying but found it so hard finding a good horse to share in the first place!
 
Depends on what you are doing, really..

How much riding are you doing? How is the horse kept: at grass, on DIY, part or full livery?

How much would you be paying for lessons if you had a lesson instead of a horse share with the same amount of riding? Like say you pay 20quid for a lesson, would you be riding more than 7 times a month- do the figures add up for you?

Are you enjoying it? What has made you question it, other than what your instructor has said about your riding?
 
Echo what Sheep has said.
Is it part livery, DIY, full ? & how often do you ride?
Are you happy with this horse?
 
I charge £140 per month for my horse which is two rides a week. I have divided the cost of my livery, plus shoeing etc and come up with a daily rate. My sharer can do whatever she wants with my boy riding wise - hack, school, lessons, dressage comps and if she uses my horsebox she has to replace whatever diesel she uses. We're in Surrey, on a fantastic yard and generally the going rate amongst the other girls on the yard is £160 per month for the same number of days.

For me as an owner - the "quality" of the sharer is more important - Ive been incredibly lucky to have a fantastic sharer in the past and currently.
 
You must be near me then and similiar rates from our yard but I am on part livery. I now have 2 sharers for my mare but that doesn't cover all her costs by any means. My sharers help reduce the bill of my semi retired mare and she gets extra attention from them as well.
 
I agree with the other posters re needing more information to be able to assess, and I don't think there is any real 'going rate' as such as it depends so much on the share arrangements you have etc.

But to give you an idea, I charge my sharer £55 a month for one weekday and one alternate weekend day, with extra rides when I'm not around. She mainly hacks but I wouldn't mind what she did, but not competing/hunting him. Full livery, no extras etc. It doesn't go very far in terms of actual costs and it's too low really but it's more important to me that he is well ridden and she's reliable and flexible. I would have to pay to get the yard to exercise him so it helps me out too.

Other people at the yard charge £125 for 2 days a week riding, and £25 per ride for other arrangements. No extras and no mucking out etc.

A proper share arrangement with 50/50 split livery, costs etc would be more like £250 pcm. Yikes, hosses are expensive!!

We're based in the South East.
 
PS I meant to say as well that the main thing is you should be happy with the arrangement and feel like you're getting your money's worth out of it. If not, if you get on well enough maybe have a chat about whether it is possible to make a different arrangement?
 
This is interesting and obviously different to where I live. I don't charge my sharers money, all I ask is that they do the chores for the horse on the night they come up. I muck out in the mornings. All they do have to do is bring in, hose legs off, make feed up, soak hay net and change rugs.

If anyone fancies sharing a nice young Dales mare give me a shout!
 
Why dont you keep your current share but look out for another one that might be more fun for you? If you are having lesson i dont see how it will ruin your riding.

Good luck :) i share as well and it can be really hard going!!
 
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