Loan- looking for the impossible?

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Laura2013

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I'm in the process of looking for a horse on loan to move to my current yard and am beginning to wonder if I am looking for the impossible!

My criteria is basically 14.2+ (15-16hh is my ideal), sound, and broken and hacking in company.

I want to use it mainly for dressage, hacking and ridden and groundwork clinics but happy to bring something on for this (i.e not looking only for ready made).

Other than wanting to move to my yard, I am really open minded about the arrangement and would take something short or long term.

I don't think I'm being particularly fussy or restrictive in what I am looking for and can't even find anything to go and see. Am I being unrealistic in looking for a rideable, not massive project horse on loan?
 
Not at all! I have a wonderful horse on loan that we do a bit of everything with.

There are lots of people out there who cannot for one reason or another keep their horse but don't want to sell them. You might find more become available as we head towards Winter with all the associated bills.

I actually found mine through word or mouth but it might be worth you putting up an ad on the various horsey FB pages, especially your local ones.
 
I wouldn't say your being unrealistic with what you want, it's just the wanting to move yards that people generally get put off by.

Loaning out can be traumatic as it is, watching another love your horse can be a massive guilt trip on some people, and it takes a hell of a lot of trust to let it go to another yard what your already settled to the run of the one the horse is on already.

I don't think it's impossible, however you may think about maybe having to loan from another yard before enough of a relationship is built up between you and the owner before they trust you enough to move said horse.
 
Ok thanks re charities- will give them a try.

ConnieLove- my yard is on my way to work (10 mins from home and work) which is ideal for winter mornings! But offering a trial on current yard is a good idea.
 
We have just moved our loan boy closer to home, after having him on part loan at his owners yard for about 8 months. Gave us a chance to really get to know him and his owner, and owner is happy with him moving as she knows us and how we handle him. He is doing fab at his new yard, and being much closer to home we are able to ride a lot more.
 
I recently put an angelic pony on loan. I don't ride now, she's too young to retire and I'm not going to sell her.

I was prepared to let her go to a new yard, though would have visited often to check on things. As it happened, the time wasted on the world's greatest timewasters, proved massively useful as it made the time right for her to go to a good friend, very locally!
 
I have a horse to loan at the moment who would fit your bill except for the fact that he's to stay at my current yard and I feel this will be your stumbling block as I and I'm sure many owners would be reluctant to hand their horse over to someone they don't know and allow them to take them away. I would only consider allowing my horse to move once I had got to know the loaner and was sure everything was working out so you may have to consider being on the owners yard at least at first.
 
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I have a horse to loan at the moment who would fit your bill except for the fact that he's to stay at my current yard and I feel this will be your stumbling block as I and I'm sure many owners would be reluctant to hand their horse over to someone they don't know and allow them to take them away. I would only consider allowing my horse to move once I had got to know the loaner and was sure everything was working out so you may have to consider being on the owners yard at least at first.
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Thanks all- have had a bit more success this weekend and now have a couple to go and see- flexibility over keeping at current yard for a trial seems to have helped too.
 
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