Kallibear
Well-Known Member
Pink may be moving to a new expensive yard so a sharer is in order to cover the extra cost. But they would need to pay a decent amount to make it work (see below if interested).
How much would be an acceptable amount to ask?
Advert would run something like this:
15.2 MW cob. Gentle, kind and bombproof. Suit literally any rider. Real confidence giver. Done RDA work. Forward-going, athletic and sensitive enough for more advanced riders: safe, quiet and gentle enough for a beginner. NEVER bulshy or grumpy. Lovely manners. 110% bombproof and unbelievably traffic-proof. Amazing hacking horse, alone or in company. Been well-schooled in past but rusty. Ideally suited for novice or nervous riders but equally great fun to whizz about on.
New facilities include good hacking, flood lit 20x60 outdoor arena (lovely surface, very sheltered, brilliant drainage), posh stables with all mod cons.
Looking for either one person for 5/6 days a week (Pink's rarely ridden at present, so they can do basically what they want with her) or two people for 2/3 days a week. No chores unless desired.
How much would be a reasonable amount to ask? That people will actually be WILLING to pay - i.e i'd get lots of replies to an advert!
(long back story for those who can be bothered reading it!): I have been caring for Pink (owned by C) for years, looking after her like she's my own and did whatever I wanted with her.
C paid for the basics (livery, insurance, hay) but only saw her occasionally and riding even less. I paid for 'extras' like tack and rugs etc. C got a fit, schooled well-cared-for horse on what-amounts-to full livery, and people to ride out with her if she wanted to ride (worlds most nervous rider). I got an amazing horse, mostly paid for, to play with. It suited everyone involved perfectly.
Over the last couple of years A (who owns Kalli) has grown up enough to look after her horse by herself (i'd been helping her) and has taken over looking after Pink, taking over my role, as I now have my own horses. C is still perfectly happy with this arrangement and A has an extra horse to take her friends out riding on for company.
The only reason this has worked so far is Pink is dead cheap to keep. Livery was £10 a week, she's not fed (cob!) rugged (cob!) or shod (cob!) and therefore cost very little to C.
HOWEVER, A is now wanting to start doing more with Kalli and wants to move yards to somewhere with much better facilites (actually, ANY would be nice!). This obviously costs more. A LOT more. But it rather ruins everything. A desperately wants to take Pink with her. And if Pink is left behind (with no field companion
) then C will have to start looking after her herself, and won't be able to ride as there'll be no-one for her to ride with. However, C is understabdably rather less than willing to pay the HUGE extra livery cost!
How much would be an acceptable amount to ask?
Advert would run something like this:
15.2 MW cob. Gentle, kind and bombproof. Suit literally any rider. Real confidence giver. Done RDA work. Forward-going, athletic and sensitive enough for more advanced riders: safe, quiet and gentle enough for a beginner. NEVER bulshy or grumpy. Lovely manners. 110% bombproof and unbelievably traffic-proof. Amazing hacking horse, alone or in company. Been well-schooled in past but rusty. Ideally suited for novice or nervous riders but equally great fun to whizz about on.
New facilities include good hacking, flood lit 20x60 outdoor arena (lovely surface, very sheltered, brilliant drainage), posh stables with all mod cons.
Looking for either one person for 5/6 days a week (Pink's rarely ridden at present, so they can do basically what they want with her) or two people for 2/3 days a week. No chores unless desired.
How much would be a reasonable amount to ask? That people will actually be WILLING to pay - i.e i'd get lots of replies to an advert!
(long back story for those who can be bothered reading it!): I have been caring for Pink (owned by C) for years, looking after her like she's my own and did whatever I wanted with her.
C paid for the basics (livery, insurance, hay) but only saw her occasionally and riding even less. I paid for 'extras' like tack and rugs etc. C got a fit, schooled well-cared-for horse on what-amounts-to full livery, and people to ride out with her if she wanted to ride (worlds most nervous rider). I got an amazing horse, mostly paid for, to play with. It suited everyone involved perfectly.
Over the last couple of years A (who owns Kalli) has grown up enough to look after her horse by herself (i'd been helping her) and has taken over looking after Pink, taking over my role, as I now have my own horses. C is still perfectly happy with this arrangement and A has an extra horse to take her friends out riding on for company.
The only reason this has worked so far is Pink is dead cheap to keep. Livery was £10 a week, she's not fed (cob!) rugged (cob!) or shod (cob!) and therefore cost very little to C.
HOWEVER, A is now wanting to start doing more with Kalli and wants to move yards to somewhere with much better facilites (actually, ANY would be nice!). This obviously costs more. A LOT more. But it rather ruins everything. A desperately wants to take Pink with her. And if Pink is left behind (with no field companion
