really annoyed about sharer situation

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well i advertised for a sharer for my young welsh sec D hes only recently been broken and is coming on really well but obviously it limits who can share him as i dont want a young person ragging him round the fields and he needs an experienced rider.

Any way thought i had found the perfect person she was local and in her 30's so i thought she would be reliable. She came to see him and try him, he was impeccably behaved and she said if i was happy she wanted to share him a couple of days a week we arranged for her to come and ride out at the weekend with me and my mare she text and said she had been held up at work and that she didnt work sundays so i suggested that she came sunday cause that was the only other day i had off. After that txt i never heard from her again
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i wouldn't have minded if she had said he wasn't for her but i ended up turning other people away that were interested cause she said she was definatly interested and would sign a contract,.
Grrr just wondering where people find reliable sharers? ive given up id av given anything to have the oppertunity to share a horse before i bought my own but oviously people aren't the same as me
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sorry just a bit of a rant but i didnt think finding a sharer would be this hard.
 
Oh, join the club. I have been let down so many times - they talk the talk but then don't walk the walk.

Don't get disheartened though, there are plenty of good sharers out there, they just seem to be sharing other peoples horses!

There is a special person out there for your boy, just may take a while to find them.

Good luck xxx
 
its annoying isn't it- good sharers are hard to find. i had this last year- found a girl who came and hacked out, said she loved him, organised days, money etc etc and then she texted the next day and said he wasn't the right sort of horse- fine, but why not just say!?!!
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just persevere, one will turn up eventually
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I know you said you don't want a young person just running around the fields with him, but I don't think you should discount younger people (16/17/18 kind of age). We used to have a pony and a few shareres from time to time and I have found that they are often more keen and reliable as they are dying for a horse of their own. Hope you find someone to share him.
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The only good sharer I've had was 15 when she started. She was so nervous I would discount her she got a more experienced friend to phone up to "introduce" her. Totally reliable and was such a successful share, she ended up buying my mare when I decided to sell, and still owns her, 3 years later.
 
I have 3 horses and advertised for sharers,more because i was struggling to get them all ridden. After wasting sooo much time taking people out on rides i thought i had finally found 2 that were suitable, they are friends and come from london,it was going well until the middle of december and then they said they couldnt come for 3 weeks, they were going to send me a little bit of money towards the horses as they only ride on sat and suns and wanted to give a retainer in return as those days are wanted most in the sharing world but i havnt heard from them for ages! I will see if my 3rd horse can get a rider and if i dont hear from them soon i will look for other sharers again,its so frustrating as i had soo many phone calls about the horses but went for these 2 girls and i have to start again,i just hope they contact me to save me starting over. I wasted so many times taking people out on rides the first time i met them and then them not getting back to me so now i just show them the horses first and then suss them out from there,if they are really interested i book another time for them to come for a ride,i usually leave it up to them to ring me and then it shows they are def keen.
 
I'd love to share a horse cos i am just not in the situation to have my own (2 year old, time, money, the list goes on) i don't understand why people feel it's ok to waste other people's time.
don't give up, you'll find someone
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I know you said you don't want a young person just running around the fields with him, but I don't think you should discount younger people (16/17/18 kind of age). We used to have a pony and a few shareres from time to time and I have found that they are often more keen and reliable as they are dying for a horse of their own. Hope you find someone to share him.
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Well ive let a friend of mine ride him shes 17 and a good rider,ive know her years, im only 19 myself. Ive been contacted by 13 and 14 year olds that have only ridden in riding schools which im not so keen on letting loose with a youngster.

Its just a shame so many of us get messed around when it seems so simple.
 
Had the same situation a few years back. Lost my old mare who I had a regular rider for (competing etc) I told her I would buy another horse for her to ride and compete. (I do all the work and pay everything including entry fees and take the horse to shows all washed and plaited etc.)

Three months later found a lovely young but unbroken horse so had it professionally broken for this rider, got horse going, she competed it a few times (successfuly) but I could tell something was going on (she had a very dodgy boyfriend at the time who was just using her), the next thing she had taken on another horse on loan and didn't want to be bothered with my horse, but in stead of saying she didn't want to ride my horse any more she just started being rude and not turning up etc.

So I advertised for another rider and got a super young girl who has bought this horse on under the guidance of an experienced trainer and the pair of them are doing extremely well.

There are good sharers out there its just a matter of time trying to find them and it can be hard sometimes because people think they are better than they are.

Good luck with finding someone. May be worth advertising on a website if you compete say BE or BD - just a thought.
 
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