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ok so may be I'm wrong but is there no sharers out there any more?

I needed a sharer for my 16.2 5yrs old mare. due to her temp I needed i decent rider. I was asking for a contribution of around £100 p/month but it included full affiliated competeing rights. No one was interested.

I was also looking for a pony to share for my daughter, obviously willing to contribute. no responces

My friend needs a sharer for her 16hh 13yr riding club mare, also small contribution required if possible. she is now selling her as she cant find anyone.

I have also noticed endless people loaning their horses out as they cant find sharers.

Dying breed?????????
why?
 
First question - why is it people want to have sharers for their horses? Is it because they cannot afford to look after them thesleves (ie livery/feed costs) or is it because they donot have the time to dedicate to the horse?

My idea is that sharing is quite a tricky thing to get involved in as i would feel if I did not own the horse but was paying for some of its keep what control do I actually have over that horse and what i am responsible for (ie vets bills, shoeing, worming etc)? I just imagine it can get difficult depending on what is agreed in a 'sharer' contract.

Personally I would always prefer to loan a horse so I have control over when i ride and what i do with said horse.
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I could never find anything suitable when I was looking for something to share, I felt the same. I think the most sucessful way to find a share or sharer is through word of mouth, just let as many people as possible know your looking, it soon gets round your local horsey community
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! I have a yearling now but still keep my ears open for people looking for someone to ride/ share their horses in my area.
 
I also think that if you are already on a friendly yard where you get on with everyone, it is easier to get a loan horse (if money is no object) rather than appear on a new yard to ride someones horse?? Dunno just another point to throw in the fire!
 
I know exactly what you are talking about...butthe other way round!! I have been looking for a share horse for forever and had found two but one was too strong for me andthe other, the owner was a pain in the arse with trying tyo get up the yard for a trial! I have since found one but my zagreement doesnt start until end of aprilbeginning of may so am eagerly awaiting the start of that. I have been searching for 2 years!!
 
There are decent sharers around - I'm one and i think i'm reasonable, if not the best rider in the world. I put in my HHO signature that I was looking for a share horse and quite a lot of people contacted me, I tried a few horses and the Moose worked out best.

I do think its more important that the people in the share arrangement get on well, even if riding ability is not quite what you'd envisaged. Someone can learn to ride better, but if you don't "click" with them as a person, you are never going to really trust them with your horse.

if you are looking for a really good experienced rider, it will take longer to find such a person, as most of those people already have their own horses and probably all the offers of rides they can handle. The bulk of people looking for shares are probably like me, novices who are trying to get as much horse care experience as possible, and who want to ride non-RS horses in preparation for getting their own horse one day.
 
The problem isn't finding sharers.... it is more finding suitable sharers! there are lots out there, but sometimes their idea of their riding skills are a little inflated. For example what I would class as a beginner ie being able to walk trot and canter some would class as a novice!. Others are extreamly competent riders on a riding school horse and are riding the "trickier" horses but these are a world away from privately owned horses which are not "institutionalised" if you get my drift.

With the litigatious approach to life, owners have to be very careful to get the right sharer for their horse
 
I have a great sharer, and it works well for us. Horse out in field doing nothing or being ridden almost every day. Well I have opted for not the most experienced rider but someone who will listen and wants to learn. The horse is not the most easiest of rides unless you get it perfectly right and then she is a dream. But doesn't buck or rear even if the rider is hanging off the side she will just stop. Ok if rider has already departed horse then comes back to yard to tell someone that she is riderless and to go find them! Sorry mate had to add that one in (you know who you are!)
 
I am a sharer, and I agree that clicking with the owner is almost the most important thing - but keep trying, I am sure you'll find someone. I advertised on Newrider when I was looking and got lots of responses - so might be worth trying to see if you can find someone decent there. There are great sharers out there, and when the partnership between sharer, owner and horse works it is brilliant. Me and my sister absolutely adore our share horses AND their owner (whom I found on HHO!)!
 
Just have to add... I have two fabulous sharers ( found through HHO) for my two beasties, and I trust them implicitly. So much so that I am happy to groom for them if they want to go out and compete.

 
shame I tried everything to find a sharer. Virama was only 5 yrs old hence needing someone who was competent, not needing an affiliated fox rider or anything, just someone who could manage her spoking, or stay on if she threw a cat leap over a strange fence - that sort of thing.

I did have the time and money, but she took me away from my family a lot, so just 2-3 days off a week to spend with them was the idea. I was willing to allow them to compete, and she had seriously good bloodlines and would have gone as far as they wanted.
I think its reasonable to request a small amount of money, after all this then attracts only the serious and committed riders.

I really miss her, and the new owner despite saying she will keep in contact never anwsered my text to see if she was settling in OK. only text her twice so wasnt "interferring"

gaynor is just stumped for both time and money TBH. if anyone wants to share Cleo let me kow - gaynor wants to keep her so much.
 
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My idea is that sharing is quite a tricky thing to get involved in as i would feel if I did not own the horse but was paying for some of its keep what control do I actually have over that horse and what i am responsible for (ie vets bills, shoeing, worming etc)? I just imagine it can get difficult depending on what is agreed in a 'sharer' contract.

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Supose it varies from contract to contract,but I have always looked at the sharer paying for the chance to ride just as you would at an RS.

A share suits a lot of people,maybe the owner has young children and the sharer is doing A levels so doesnt have the time and cash for their own?
Maybe the owner has recently been promoted at work and doesnt have as nuch time as they used to?

When it works its great for all involved,the horse more then anyone having an aunt to spoil them as well as mum
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Where in the country are you?? Maybe there will be someone on here willing to help you out??

I've always been a sharer - never had the time or money to own my own, so always shared other peoples and its worked just fine for me. From my experience, as long as both parties are honest with each other from day one its fine - I've had owners tell me their schooling facilities are wonderful on the phone and turned up to find a tiny mud paddock with no floodlights, for some people this may be fine but I would have needed to ride in the dark over winter... etc etc. I appreciate as well that some riders will over-exaggerate their ability but there are some good ones out there!!

So many people have misconceptions with people coming straight from riding schools but some will be the most devoted sharers you could ever come across. When I got my first share pony aged 13 all I'd ever done was ride and help at riding schools, albeit for 7 years, yet the ponies owner gave me a little bit of her time to begin with and I loved that pony as if he were my own, we had a fantastic arrangement, and my riding came on in leaps and bounds.

I don't think theres anything wrong to request a small amount of money but the reason a lot of people are just sharers and not owners is financial.
 
I found all my share horses through word of mouth. I've also never had to pay for any of them
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With my current share, owner was so keen for me to ride him that she was offering to pay me to do it. In the end I said that I'd feel much more comfortable with no money changing hands at all; I make sure Berlin is exercised whenever his owner can't ride, I do as many chores as I can spare time for (which usually involves me poo picking the fields every time I ride, and sometimes taking care of the four horses at the yard for a day or two), and I am always willing to jump in and help at short notice if I can. From the praise I get from all three owners of the four horses, I think they are just as grateful to have someone reliable and dedicated to help with the horses, as I am grateful to be able to ride!
I also get on really well with Berlin's owner, so much so that I'm taking her horse two and a half hours down the road to riding club camp next week, and I've not been riding him all that long! B's owner always says though that she has had many sharers for B, and only three have been any good. Me, and two other girls who were also reliable and dedicated and as helpful as possible (they both had to move away after only a short time of sharing B, and owner never thought she'd find anyone as good!)
The reason I have to share is because I can't afford another horse of my own (I have a retired one to pay for and can't afford two), so it works out quite well. You just have to make sure you're advertising your horse well and to the right people, and be very patient.
 
I have literally always found my sharers! I have her because its nice for me to have two nights off, for him to have a different rider (plus shes a really good rider yippee!) and she significantly helps with out livery bill (although we were sharerless for at least 7 years so this is now a luxury). I found her by typing in "horse wanted to share in X area", found her, emailed her, she tried him and the deal was done! We've both been very happy with our arrangements, she is doing him while I'm away in france at the mo for free which is very nice of her. He's moving yard in a week or so and sadly she cant come with us as its too far for her, so I spent the last month advertising everywhere for sharers, I found one girl advertising on preloved and she tried him and will be sharing him at the new yard, another girl has contacted me from and advert I put on a specialist horseshares site (cant remember its name but its been pretty good so far!) and she will be trying him when im back! good luck!
 
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