sharer "rules"

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Snowysadude

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Ok so I have just had a new potential sharer ask me for a full list of the rules whilst she is ridng my horse. I have given her a full history of the horse, if you want to know days/price agreed PM as I dont want this to be seen as advertising (which its not, she will sign the contract tonight if she agrees to my rules!).

So what sort of general and ridden rules do you all have for your sharers/if you are a sharer? I have the contract stuff re. price and days but thats about it. Does this sound reasonable:

Can compete fornightly
Ride 3-4 times a week including just one weekend day (both if competing at the weekend and want the sat to practice, or if you arrange to hack with someone one weekend day and school the other). I would also sometimes want to ride on a weekend day hacking with friends!
Tack must be kept clean and general tidyness
Can have weekly lessons if wanted, can box out to patchetts etc if you want a lesson on the weeks you are not competing
Must not be overjumped (1 time a week again unless competing (jumping) that week or having a jumping lesson when can jump more in preperation)
Fittening must include hacking as he gets bored in the school and will play up/go completley dead which is what has happened at the moment and the main reason I have been hacking so much

Of course i will ride/lunge/pessoa with one day off a week when you are not riding which will help fitness


So any other rules?? Thank you muchly!!
 
Wow, very comprehensive!

The last horse I shared I was given pretty much free rein, the owner would let me know if she wanted to ride and that would be fine, if I had a lesson on him we would agree on a day, same with competitions. But I think only jumping once a week is not very much - that's only 4 times a month! Especially if your sharer really enjoys jumping you might find she wants to do it more

Mine was quite a relaxed agreement which I liked although I know lots of people have a more structured arrangement.

All that sounds very reasonable :)
 
What about?
Hat must be worn at all times when riding
Reflectives must be worn at all times when hacking
Only you may ride him / ask permission and let you meet someone before they ride him

These are ones stipulated for me, none of which I have any problem with.
 
What about notice periods for holidays/days she can't do?

What about no other people to ride?

Rider insurance?

Wearing hat/high viz?

To be honest I've shared twice and never really had a set of rules, one I'd just do stable duties and hack out as and when no hard and fast agreement. Other than drumming the yard security into me and the tack had to be returned after use.

The other I would have a lesson on one day and that was either flat or jumping and the other day I would hack, I could school if I wanted to but the school was only free for a short time on saturdays so in practice I only schooled once because he'd had time off and YO thought he might be a bit bonkers! Sharer didn't bother telling me he hadn't been ridden while I was injured :rolleyes:
 
Thank you, I have had plenty of horses and sharers before, just never had to write a list! Hence why I am struggling! It has always been relaxed before, basically sharer has 3-4 days, pays her money (very reasonable) and does what she wants within reason! I usually just discuss what she does when she is around, same with the days she is riding :). But she is very "professional" wheras I am very relaxed, normally say do what you want and dont overwork them!! I already went down the must have a BHS gold membership route and she has it. She has no jobs!
 
Friends/other people only to ride by prior agreement with you. I share one of my horses and the family (the actual sharer is a child so Mum comes up each time too) are lovely but a total nightmare at times. Often turn up with friends from school in tow who all want a go. I've had to talk to them about this.
 
I've shared twice and never been given any rules - apart from with the new horse to wear reflective when hacking. However I follow everything mentioned anyway - think its what a responsible adult does. The extra thing I do is always txt owner to say what I have done eg. been on a long hack, he was spooky with cows again or 45 mins schooling, canter coming along nicely. I think it helps put the owners mind at ease that the horse is safe and so that what we do complents each other.
 
My contract was a bit brief and having never formally shared horse before (only ever with people I already knew) I am learning by my mistakes!
They are a lovely family but I don't think they've ever shared before! They are great with my pony, and she's elderly so needs a bit of extra TLC, so thats the main thing I suppose. When this family finish with her I'm going to retire her anyway.
Hope it all works out great with your sharer.
 
Yes, I'd like a bit more communication from my sharers, they are a bit prone to guessing what to do, like which rug to put on etc, rather than calling me to check.
Still they mean well and hopefully they will get the hang of it all! They've only been sharing Bamble for a couple of months.
I'm making them sound awful aren't I! :eek:
 
Haha thank you again! I have shared quite a few times so have a comprehensive list now of two pages in size 10 :P. Good old contracts! Have added in loads for this new sharer - I always used to just tell people what I wanted, never written it down :) x
 
Wellllll, I had a "friend" riding mine and she totally abused the situation. I didn't know it but she was taking my horse up to the local pub and leaving him outside all hot and sweaty while she went and had a drink!!!!! And this person had been to equestrian college (and continually boasted of the fact - unbelievable).

She also made him very jumpy and nervous of traffic because she was too aggressive for him really; if he so much as looked at something she'd use the whip on him - although he's a cob he's a sensitive little soul at heart and he just couldn't stand her eventually. Again I didn't know this at the time, someone else told me coz they'd seen her out on him and he was all spooked up and miserable.

SO one rule I'd have, if I was sharing, would be regarding use of the whip; i.e. no excessive use and/or one of the "flappy" whips like the jockey's use which make a slapping noise but don't actually punish.

Also I'd say that the tack you use must be what the horse is ridden in - again, this girl wanted to put a gag on mine which just wouldn't have been right for him.
 
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