bz88
Well-Known Member
Hi guys hope it’s ok to post. Question to yard owners/managers regarding waiting list for your yard as well as general opinion on the subject from everyone else.
I’m at the yard I’m quite happy about, yo is great, people are great, it’s very friendly and we are having blast together but I’m outgrowing it in terms i need bigger school(our one is tiny) with lights to prepare for next winter(recent one was tough) Yo is getting old and I’m finding myself(others too) spending lots of time at the yard doing maintenance work from fences in my horses field to levelling and harrowing sand school. Last year yo bought new surface after some if us told him school is unusable and unsafe and we were expected to spread and level new school surface which we did by hands and pitchforks and it took a group of 4 people around 3 hours per day over 2-3 days which was fine I thought then but it was hard manual labour. Not to mention that it is hard to get to use the school now as people that didn’t help with it are in it all the time, booking for individual use month in advance for pretty much everyday of the week at peek times and that’s not for lessons, it just to ride on their own so they don’t have to share. School surface is sand and carpet fibre which in summer hot days gets really dusty and when we asked if he could wet it with his tractor and tank he blandly refused due to lack of time and suggested we should do it with hose. Hose isn’t long enough to reach it so we would have to chip in and buy. If we want a jump we all have to chip in for second hand jumps and poles ect. Like I’ve mentioned I’m finding myself spending awful amount of time at the yard away from my family and that’s not even tending to my horses. It’s to do maintenance and general cleaning. It’s starting getting to me and I hate to say I’m getting quite annoyed.
Im on the waiting list for another yard and I’ve been waiting for nearly two years and I’m getting quite inpatient now. There was a point where I thought we are moving but someone who lost the horse at that yard last minute decided not to give up riding and got another horse and I had apologies from yard manager so I’m still waiting. She offered me grass livery as a gesture of goodwill and as apology even though they don’t have grass livery service there but I need stables. It is highly reputable yard with long waiting list. Maintenance gets done, their school gets harrowed regularly And wetted in dry weather, i know few people at this yard who moved from my current yard. I just want to be at the yard spending time with my horses not cleaning and doing maintenance to facilities I’m paying for. Yard I’m at is not cheap yard it’s in average price bracket so really I don’t get a deal.
How does waiting list work? I’ve been near at the top as I’m in touch with other yard manager. We know of each other in horsey world and we’ve got each other’s number so once in a while I’ll text her asking if there’s any stable coming up which she replies not yet but I will let you know. I understand that if yard owners/managers having a good word put in for someone or someone knows someone who’s looking to move they can jump the queue but am I correct? I’m kind of getting to the point where I feel spiteful toward current situation at my yard because I do have family and where normally takes me less time to do my chores and ride I’m spending majority of the weekends on working parties arranged by yo. I come home absolutely exhausted. Yes there’s cakes and tea which is lovely but I feel we shouldn’t have to do that. Yard consist of around 25 liveries and only 5 of us does it. I feel guilty for not doing it therefore I’m doing it.
How does waiting list works and how it is with your maintenance at the yard?
Thank you
I’m at the yard I’m quite happy about, yo is great, people are great, it’s very friendly and we are having blast together but I’m outgrowing it in terms i need bigger school(our one is tiny) with lights to prepare for next winter(recent one was tough) Yo is getting old and I’m finding myself(others too) spending lots of time at the yard doing maintenance work from fences in my horses field to levelling and harrowing sand school. Last year yo bought new surface after some if us told him school is unusable and unsafe and we were expected to spread and level new school surface which we did by hands and pitchforks and it took a group of 4 people around 3 hours per day over 2-3 days which was fine I thought then but it was hard manual labour. Not to mention that it is hard to get to use the school now as people that didn’t help with it are in it all the time, booking for individual use month in advance for pretty much everyday of the week at peek times and that’s not for lessons, it just to ride on their own so they don’t have to share. School surface is sand and carpet fibre which in summer hot days gets really dusty and when we asked if he could wet it with his tractor and tank he blandly refused due to lack of time and suggested we should do it with hose. Hose isn’t long enough to reach it so we would have to chip in and buy. If we want a jump we all have to chip in for second hand jumps and poles ect. Like I’ve mentioned I’m finding myself spending awful amount of time at the yard away from my family and that’s not even tending to my horses. It’s to do maintenance and general cleaning. It’s starting getting to me and I hate to say I’m getting quite annoyed.
Im on the waiting list for another yard and I’ve been waiting for nearly two years and I’m getting quite inpatient now. There was a point where I thought we are moving but someone who lost the horse at that yard last minute decided not to give up riding and got another horse and I had apologies from yard manager so I’m still waiting. She offered me grass livery as a gesture of goodwill and as apology even though they don’t have grass livery service there but I need stables. It is highly reputable yard with long waiting list. Maintenance gets done, their school gets harrowed regularly And wetted in dry weather, i know few people at this yard who moved from my current yard. I just want to be at the yard spending time with my horses not cleaning and doing maintenance to facilities I’m paying for. Yard I’m at is not cheap yard it’s in average price bracket so really I don’t get a deal.
How does waiting list work? I’ve been near at the top as I’m in touch with other yard manager. We know of each other in horsey world and we’ve got each other’s number so once in a while I’ll text her asking if there’s any stable coming up which she replies not yet but I will let you know. I understand that if yard owners/managers having a good word put in for someone or someone knows someone who’s looking to move they can jump the queue but am I correct? I’m kind of getting to the point where I feel spiteful toward current situation at my yard because I do have family and where normally takes me less time to do my chores and ride I’m spending majority of the weekends on working parties arranged by yo. I come home absolutely exhausted. Yes there’s cakes and tea which is lovely but I feel we shouldn’t have to do that. Yard consist of around 25 liveries and only 5 of us does it. I feel guilty for not doing it therefore I’m doing it.
How does waiting list works and how it is with your maintenance at the yard?
Thank you
