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Does anyone have any experience to share on the current price of a share / part loan?

I wasn’t really considering it but have been approached about my lovely 15.1 gelding, he’s well schooled, jumps beautifully and is good in all ways except a bit spooky (not dangerously so). I like the girl and it might work well.

How to calculate the cost to the sharer for 3 days per week including a weekend day?

- do I work out the cost of keeping him and multiply it by 3/7
- do I charge per day and if so how much - i.e. £10 per day, or £30 per week?
- something else?

The first option is a bit complicated as he lives at home so the costs are actually pretty low, but I do look after him, make own hay etc, which should be factored in.

Thanks for any advice especially from anyone sharing their horse or someone else’s with a view on ‘market rates’.
 
Round here it seems to work out £10 to £20 per week depending on chores, facilities, horse etc.

Keeping him at home I assume you'll want some chores on their days even if it's catching in/ turning out after or feeding.

I would think between £100 and £150 pcm depending on your facilities. I wouldn't mess around with so much per ride but a monthly charge.
 
here it's usually in the region of £100pm for 2 days on DIY. Yours isn't cost free just because at home (but also possibly useful for you to have another person to call upon some times).

For the most part it depends what you are (both) happy with though, especially if you like the person/they are a low stress option. I didn't charge when I had a twice a week sharer as pony hacking out in the week was more important she saved me a bit in getting in costs and did only hack him (all she wanted to do)

I pay a little bit less but am also a very useful sharer who does the feed run, clipping, do sole care of the 2 of them as required etc, have first dibs on lessons/comps.
 
£10 per day plus 1/3 shoes is the going rate on my yard. DIY though, it's another £10 a day if they don't want to do the jobs.

If you keep at home would an arrangement work better, like she does holiday cover or also does the jobs for any other horses on her day so you get a rest if you'd like one?

There are some great people out there who will treat your horse exactly as you would want them to, and plenty where you'll either be gritting your teeth or nagging them. Get the first sort and it can work beautifully. Make sure she has rider insurance.
 
I'd charge around £100-£150 a month. Factor in shoes and chores too. It really depends on what works for both of you, but make sure she’s reliable and has insurance.
 
Thanks for these replies. I know she is reliable, she already shares a pony at the yard (who is moving) and is very dedicated.

I'm not expecting her to do chores - she's at school and as we have 11 here in total (mine and liveries) it's all quite efficiently handled by myself and one part time groom, there's no benefit to the sharer popping up to feed one horse. They all live out, and I harrow rather than poo pick. She would have to get him in and turn out, groom him and occasionally clean tack, but nothing more than that. Initially I'd expect her to have a couple of supervised sessions so that she can get used to him, he's very different to her current pony (either with me or an instructor who knows him). I wouldn't let her hack him alone because of the spooks but he's a lot better in company. If she wanted to take him out (competitions or whatever) she could do so but I'd expect to go with her at least for a while as they aren't a very horsey family so would probably need the help.

If he was a livery, he would cost £450 per month including shoes, chores, food, hay etc (haven't really worked out the less frequent stuff like jabs).
If I took out the cost of basic DIY livery as he's at home it would be £250.

Can't decide whether to charge them half of either of these numbers! Somewhere in between perhaps. Good point about insurance.
 
I’d have a chat with parents about what they are paying now and what their expectations are. Ultimately it could be fairly time consuming for you in the beginning overseeing a teenager with a non horsey family, but could pay off in the long run (keen & reliable ones are very useful to have around!).

A nice horse to learn on is worth its weight in gold, and whilst at school/exams, not having to do chores will be a winner for mum and dad.

I’d be stipulating a lesson each week, at least in the beginning. Maybe £150-200 a month if this is in line with what parents can afford? I mean you are probably paying at least £50 for a decent R/S lesson
 
I don't know what they pay now, I believe it is half of the livery cost and shoes but no idea if that is actually what the other owner is charging. When I have the conversation with them about it I may be able to ask them. Thank you.
 
My teen daughter "shared" our YO horse until he sadly passed away last summer. We paid £15/day and on her day she did all his jobs ie turned out, mucked out, hay, water in the winter and then poo picked, water, etc in the summer when he was out 24/7. he was an older boy so mainly only hacked, although she did take him to the odd little clinic and show.
 
Kirstd33 said:
My teen daughter "shared" our YO horse until he sadly passed away last summer. We paid £15/day and on her day she did all his jobs ie turned out, mucked out, hay, water in the winter and then poo picked, water, etc in the summer when he was out 24/7. he was an older boy so mainly only hacked, although she did take him to the odd little clinic and show.
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Thank you, that's a useful guide.
 
Abacus said:
Thank you, that's a useful guide.
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Forgot to add I took out rider insurance for us both also at approx £6/month, and we did buy him the odd thing ie headcollar, saddle pads etc as treats. We adored him and it was a perfect intro to ownership and I like to think we were of mutual benefit to his owner also.

We now ride another friends wonderful 2 horses 1-2/week weather depending, again only hacking locally but fabulous off-road hacking. She only asks for £5/ride each which is very kind but we also stuff haynets/fill water buckets and bring in/turn out if the time works out. She benefits as they're both TB/ID types who need the work and she likes very fit horses.

A good sharer-owner partnership can work wonders.
 
When I've had sharers I've generally just charged half ish of all costs, payable monthly. I always find it a bit odd when people charge X for a share and then farrier costs every 6 weeks on top, just include it all in one price!
 
I have my young horse on full loan(In my yard) to my neighbors kid.
Kid rides 4/5 days a week, uses horse for pony club exams/training/and competes.
She is paying for her full livery 120euro a week.
I still get to us horse if it suits them.
Dont sell your horse short.
 
We pay £60 per month and my daughter can ride as much as she wants to. It’s about once a week in winter, twice a week in summer. We feed/catch pony/muck out stable etc.

I pay nothing, but that’s unusual.

I think I would charge £15 per week for a sharer (Scotland).
 
I pay £15 a ride on one of my shares and £30 a ride for the other. No chores just catch groom and go. The dearer one is expensive in my view but it’s only once a week. I wouldn’t pay more than that! Adding fuel in as he’s quite far away too it’s expensive!
 
I have 2 sharers for Ollie. They were looking for something to share between them. They pay me £80 a month, and half his foot trim. I’ve always been easy going and they do as many days as they want, treat him as their own.

I don’t ride any more, but would never sell him, so it works fine for us all.
 
pistolpete said:
I pay £15 a ride on one of my shares and £30 a ride for the other. No chores just catch groom and go. The dearer one is expensive in my view but it’s only once a week. I wouldn’t pay more than that! Adding fuel in as he’s quite far away too it’s expensive!
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So if you were riding the expensive one 3 times a week it would be almost £400 a month.

However if you found a really nice riding school, you wouldn't get an hour's lesson or hack for that so still cheaper for you.
 
I had a share and was charged £60 a month for two days in the week and one at the weekend, It was a private yard and there were two ponies so I would do the jobs for both in the evening e.g. poo picking, hay nets, feeding, rugs. This was an amazing deal but the owner cared more about the right person and the pony being able to be ridden enough times than the price. I think it depends on the girl and what she is able to do and afford.
 
OP i think you need to consider which is more important, the horse having the extra exercise/attention or do you need the money

I have a lady comes to ride one of mine, because of the way it's all set up at home she can't just see to the one pony. We ride together and she will poo pick/do other jobs if needed
She did ask how much, but for me it isn't about the money.
 
criso said:
So if you were riding the expensive one 3 times a week it would be almost £400 a month.

However if you found a really nice riding school, you wouldn't get an hour's lesson or hack for that so still cheaper for you.
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Sounds good I’m theory but three local riding schools recently closed down. None of which had any nice hacking or decent horses. Hence why I only ride once a week on the posh boy!
 
If and when we get another horse I'm seriously considering getting a suitable sharer for 1-2 days a week as the help would be invaluable and a small token monetary amount would be most appreciated
 
Abacus said:
Does anyone have any experience to share on the current price of a share / part loan?

I wasn’t really considering it but have been approached about my lovely 15.1 gelding, he’s well schooled, jumps beautifully and is good in all ways except a bit spooky (not dangerously so). I like the girl and it might work well.

How to calculate the cost to the sharer for 3 days per week including a weekend day?

- do I work out the cost of keeping him and multiply it by 3/7
- do I charge per day and if so how much - i.e. £10 per day, or £30 per week?
- something else?

The first option is a bit complicated as he lives at home so the costs are actually pretty low, but I do look after him, make own hay etc, which should be factored in.

Thanks for any advice especially from anyone sharing their horse or someone else’s with a view on ‘market rates’.
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A good rule of thumb is to charge what it costs to keep your horse daily. Eg, your on DIY you charge less and they do jobs. Or your on Full and they pay that days livery, hay ect stuff. Basically if they share three days a week they pay 3/7ths of what it costs to keep your horse!
 
I have a budget to ride twice a week and could afford to buy a horse. That was the plan, but instead I share a horse and have been a sharer since 2010.
My current ride is the second of my two long term shares. Both my shares have involved my riding at a fixed time each week at a cost which is roughly the same as it would cost me to hack out with an escort from a local RS. There is no yard work involved. My shares have been on the equivalent of full livery and I ride the same horse all the time. I can be escorted if I prefer.
ester said:
See I think very few people pay the actual % of what it costs to keep the horse for their days.
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I did pay exactly that daily cost through the years of hacking my old share. She lived on a livery yard so I knew the daily cost.

But sharing is a liberation for non owners like me. RS clients need to be escorted but as a sharer I am able to hack solo if I want to, which I regard as far safer than going out accompanied by a RS girl on an unmanageable RS pony.

Sharing gives less flexibility as one pays regardless of whether or not one rides but, due to my age and NHS advice on old peple avoiding freezing weather, I made sure from the start that my share mare does not depend on my riding her for her necessary exercise.

My diaries show that I havent ridden much in winter for some years. That was to avoid my needing A&E when there was a lot of Covid and flu in the hospitals - which was how one of our elderly neighbours died. And indeed I am now sitting at home with a streaming cold . Not riding though the sky is blue.
 
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