Sharer

[kc921]

Hey,
I am moving my horse onto a part livery yard ( 7 days a week) and will be wanting a sharer 2 days a week roughly.
He is a TB 15.3 gelding, hacks out alone or in company, schools very well.
Yard has immediate off road hacking with loads of different routes you can take!
It has a grass school and a sandschool nearby that you can rent out ( not sure how much it is though)
How much would you charge per day?
I was thinking £15 per day as there are no stable duties, but exercising the horse
Thanks in advance! ?

 

[I'm Dun]

Most sharers seem to want facilities. No school will put loads of people off. I charge mine £80 a month for 4 days a week due to not having a proper school.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

I agree about not having a school most people in winter have to ride in the evening during the week so without a floodlit school they wouldn't be able to ride.

 

[BatHorse]

I pay £7 per day for my share horse, also no school and good hacking. £15 seems a little steep with no facilities

 

[kc921]

Okay thank you, I was thinking 1 weekend day and week day so they could still ride out in the light during winter.
Some of my horsey friends were saying £20 a day for where he will be and because of the part livery, but obviously I thought that was a bit too steep in price

 

[ester]

I think you will need to advertise and see who is about. I don't think it's unreasonable for the right person with the right availability, especially if you can do 1 weekend day.

 

[Skib]

I pay far more for sharing. The local rate for sharing needs to be commensurate with what it costs for an hour's private hack from a riding school. And this is a week day rate in a high price area.
But both my shares have been on full livery and I have not had to do any chores.

 

[Afon_34]

I think £15 is too much if I’m honest but I guess it depends do you need a sharer more for help exercising the horse or to help cover costs? My sharer pays minimal but as I have 2, I more needed help keeping him exercised than I did money (& she’s turned out to be fantastic anyway!)

 

[kc921]

I pay far more for sharing. The local rate for sharing needs to be commensurate with what it costs for an hour's private hack from a riding school. And this is a week day rate in a high price area.
But both my shares have been on full livery and I have not had to do any chores.

In my area it's about £30 for an hour hack, but I wouldn't charge that, as I think that's too expensive for a share per day.
I will advertise at about £10 per day and see how much interest there is

 

[quiteniceforacob]

How easy is it to get to the sandschool? I would find out how much it is to rent as that could be a game changer - v cheap + short hack = much more desirable to share your horse!

 

[criso]

I used to charge £50 pcm for someone to hack out 1 day a week on a yard with amazing hacking on a very well behaved tb. I would have doubled that for 2 days. No chores as horse was on part livery however I did expect her to catch him to ride if he was out and turn out again. However the yard did have facilities, it's just the person wanted to hack, they had lessons at a riding school in London and this was something they didn't get there. She did weekday daytime as that is what suited her.

 

[coblets]

Depends on where you are. Round here (London) you could probably expect up to 25/day for the off road hacking and lack of stable duties.

 

[Green Bean]

You haven't indicated what your horse can do? Is he good at dressage or jumping? Will you allow loaner to take him to shows? If it is just to hack him out then your price is probably a bit steep.

 

[kc921]

You haven't indicated what your horse can do? Is he good at dressage or jumping? Will you allow loaner to take him to shows? If it is just to hack him out then your price is probably a bit steep.

He loves jumping and I have always had my sharers jump him if they wanted to, some have taken him out to beach rides, but I don't want him competed, etc.
At my previous yard they would have lessons on him for schooling and/or jumping once a week and then hack out the other day they had him. I charged £10 a day only differences at my previous yard was there was a sandschool (but the rising school had primary use of it) and it was DIY.

At the new yard the hacking is alot better, the yard is quieter and he is on part livery so there are no stable duties they just have to come and ride him, the only down side is it's a grass school rather than a sandschool.

 

[QuantockHills]

I don't charge my sharer anything... and I pay towards competition entry fees and lessons... and she has use of my lorry and I paid for her to be on the insurance.... my way of thinking is that she does me a huge favour by riding my horse during the week when i'm at work.... I don't have a surfaced arena, only my field to school in but I do have amazing hacking...

 

[ester]

It depends what is most important people offer shares for all sorts of reasons.
Mine didn't pay because it was more important that as an oldie he got hacked in the week and she had daylight hours available. It also meant I didn't feel guilty about taking him hunting those days or specifying if he needed a quiet one

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

It's probably a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string question' as there are so many variables, and I think people have different needs for having a sharer.

I used to pay £10/riding day for my share which was mostly hacking only (had a few lessons with instructor on site) plus did all DIY jobs on those days (muck out, poo pick, haynets etc) and then on days I didn't ride I just did the jobs. So based on that what you're offering sounds quite good to me. I gave up my share for other reasons but part of why I haven't looked again is because I would struggle to make so much time commitment because my work has intensified significantly - a share without the jobs in such circumstances could work well for someone.

 

[Lipglosspukka]

I think £10 a day would be more realistic.

 

[chaps89]

To me it depends on how useable the grass school is. If someone wants to school and the grass school is too wet/slippery/hard/not maintained etc then they have to hire the local one which could be another £10-30 on top.
If you find someone who isn't bothered by schooling and is happy to hack then that's less problematic.

 

[Sealine]

Depending upon your area £15 excluding stable duties sounds reasonable and you may find someone who is older and not working or working part time who is happy to hack in the week.

I have a friend who pays £15 a day for a horse at a DIY yard so she also does all stable duties. She has her own semi-retired horse but she has lessons (flatwork and jumping) and hacks on the share horse.

 

[Southern]

I never used to charge people for exercising my horse. Apart from the fact they were doing me a favour by keeping my horse fit, I didn’t want any kind of obligation to them. If I had decided that it wasn’t a suitable arrangement for whatever reason I could just step away from them.
I appreciate that a non financial arrangement is not suitable for everyone especially in these trying times. It’s just how I wanted it to be for me.

 

[Chianti]

I think £15 a day is very reasonable. If all the sharer has to do is turn up and ride then I would think you'd get lots of interest. If you really want to scare yourself work out what your horse actually costs you per day - livery, insurance, vets fees, dentist, etc etc. You'll probably find that £15 doesn't come close. Don't feel bad about asking for a payment. If your horse is nice to ride then they are not doing you a favour by riding it.