loaners- would you let your loanee move your horse?

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ive had the same loan horse for a year now and ive become really attatched to her, i could not bear the thought of giving her up (although i do know i will have to eventually but not for another 2 years)

she is a perfect loan horse for me, and we have built up quite a bond. the only problem is im more of a jumping/hacking person and at my stables we have 2 falling down jump wings held together by bailer twine and there is no way of me going on a hack unless the owner is around because of the location of the stables (which isnt very often)

its more of a dressage yard but the horse is more of a fun horse, and in a year i have hacked twice and jumped about 3 times (when i got her i thought id be able to hack and jump more often but its just not really possible)

we have a contract, and i do understand the owner wouldnt really want to move her horse because of loyalty to the stables and i would totally understand if she didnt want to move her, there is a ard about a mile down the road from where she is with a selection of show jumps and great hacking which seems perfect, plus one of my friends is already there having moved from the yard i am at now. its a long shot but all i do is trot and canter round the school every single day and im not really that type of person and i think the horse would love to be able to hack every week and she really enjoys jumping.

thoughts? (again i would completely understand if the owner would not want to move her horse and i know she has good reasons to say no)
 
Probably not, not if I was planning to have the horse back at some point and the loaner moving the horse would lose me my place at a nice yard which I might not be able to get back on easily.

Otherwise, possibly. But I would have to check out the yard, and speak to the YO/YM first, and make sure its somewhere Id be ok with my horse being. Also letting the YO/YM know that I was the horses owner and it was only on loan to you, I wouldnt let the loaner just up and move.
 
If the yard is only a mile away is there no way that you could hack there to then hack with your friend and have the great hacking? Could your friend hack to you to then hack back with if you can't leave the yard by yourself?
also could you not go over there and hire the jumps? Just a thought if the owner doesn't want you to move her.
 
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I've let loaners move my horses. One was a yard down the road (her friends were there) and another was to a yard over an hour away!
Both worked out fine. I would ask the wuestion
 
Degan said:
If the yard is only a mile away is there no way that you could hack there to then hack with your friend and have the great hacking? Could your friend hack to you to then hack back with if you can't leave the yard by yourself?
also could you not go over there and hire the jumps? Just a thought if the owner doesn't want you to move her.
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unfortunatly not, current yard is on a extremely busy 40mph road (in a year we have had 3 series crashes where the road has been closed and someone died)

i just dont really feel like im progressing much as a rider just riding in the school every day or having much fun if that makes sense
 
No, in my case I did not allow the loaner to move the horse. I allowed her to move it from my yard under my supervision to another yard where she was supervised by a friend of hers who is a very experienced horsewoman, loaner had very little experience and needed frequent support and advice. When the two of them fell out loaner wanted to move the horse onto another yard and this was presented to me as "I'm going to move her but you can look round the yard if you like". As it was a condition of the loan that the pony stayed at the friend's yard and loaner had already given notice I pointed out that she had breached the contract and I wanted the pony back, she gave me two days notice, not the required month and I had to pick it up instead of it being returned. Hey ho.

So I suggest that you ask the owner before making too much noise about moving or she may well have a reaction like I did.
 
If it was in the horse's interest, eg better facilities so it could do more, and it was an establised relationship and I knew where the horse was going, I could check it etc then I don't see why not?
 
As others have said, if the owner is happy with the partnership you have built with their horse, and the new yard seems good, they might not mind at all. When my mare was on loan, she moved from Northhants to Huddersfield to Hull. I was fine with the moves as my mare was beautifully looked after by her loaner. Similarly, when my young horse was on loan to my trainer, they moved to Brussels - she did buy him once they settled in though.
 
I have 2 horses on loan and both have moved yards. Chester has been at 5 yards since I've had him. Hes orginally from North Yorkshire and now lives in Leicestershire. I'm lucky as his owners are my aunty and uncle in law. Lady came from Stoke to Leicestershire.
All you can do is ask and the worst she can say is no.
 
Is this a full loan or just part loan?

As an owner I'd be pretty reluctant to move my horse to a new yard, but that's because it took me ages to find anywhere suitable.

However I can't see the harm in asking, although I'd so some research first e.g. are the costs comparible, what is the quality of grazing etc. if you can go with a well presented case (and make it clear you're just asking and it's not a problem if not) then there can't be any harm in it!
 
Gut instinct said no when I read the title of your thread but having read that you've had the horse for a year I think I'd be willing to consider it, especially when presented with good reasons, like not being able to hack out at the moment. I wouldn't make too much of an issue about your friend being on the new yard though as owner might then wonder if you'd want to move again if your friend did. I think you need to speak to the owner, if you don't ask the question the answer is always no. Good luck.
 
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