SHARERS - a how much ?

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People who share a horse or people that part loan there own horse out ...

How much do you pay per month ?

Also do you have to do any yard work ?

I have shared / loaned / part loaned horses before and they have all been about £20 - £25 a week but then that they where on DIY livery and I done all stable duties and exersized 3 days a week .

Now looking for a horse for share but it all seems to have gone up in price from when I last shared ( a couple of years ago ) and people seem to be expecting £20 Per ride
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Seeing as sharers are ( sometimes , not always and certainly not in every case ) not even treated as part of the yard , more like hinderences rather than help and critisised by everyone and anyone is it fair to ask for over half of the horses fees ?
 
I have been sharing for nearly two years now. On the days I ride I do all the normal stable jobs, i.e. muck out/feed/do hay nets/turn out or bring in and sometimes poo pick. I usually only go to the yard once in the day though and someone from the yard will feed etc at the other end of the day. I pay £6 a day and do two days a week. I think this is pretty cheap but it is what the first share horse owner said and everyone since has agreed to that price too!
 
at home i charged £25 a week for 2/3 days a week plus when i went to the local shows in summer etc the sharer could do a class or clear round (with ultra safe confidence giving cob). they did all the stable duties on those days.

Now i charge £15 a week for 2 days at uni (everything seems a lot cheaper here) and when on DIY the sharer did all jobs and could compete (on more of a competition horse). Moved to part livery and she pays the same with none of the jobs.

So i think £20 a week is stupidly expensive! You may as well go and have lessons on a riding school (good one) at that price!
 
Sounds a bit expensive- when I had a sharer for my mare, she came up three days per week and did all the chores and rode on those days, contributed £50 per month towards livery/costs etc and paid for her shoes which she had every 10 weeks at a cost of £60 a time. Shame you aren't near me, I am thinking of looking for another now
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hi, my sharer pays £150 a month for 2-3 days including sat and sun for a good horse on DIY although she doesnt really have to do any chores
 
i worked out how much my horse costed me and then charged that much, my current sharer pays £10 a day. at the end of the day you are giving up your horse for a day, you aren't getting any enjoyment from it and they are expensive animals to keep.
 
I shared a horse and had her for 3 days sole use and 1 day shared (owner and I did her that day together) use per week. I paid £110 per calendar month so about £27.50 per week. Did all stable 'chores' on my days and treated the horse like my own. However I ended the loan because the horse on more than 1 occasion lost shoes as owner had not booked the farrier in time and then went 7-10 days without being able to ride because farrier couldn't come out... and I was still paying money. Horse was also bad to catch, on my days I often couldn't ride as she refused to come in.

I now help out a lovely couple with their horses, help in return for rides kind of thing but it works really well and they have given me fantastic opportunities to hunt and go to shows that I never got with my old share horse.

The share horse was very much a business agreement and as long as I paid my money and mucked out on my days, the owner I don't think was that bothered about what I did with the horse, no support, and she also let the YO daughter ride the horse for nothing on the days I didn't have her (and sometimes on my days too
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In my experience people share their horses for 1 of 2 reasons- either they need financial help, or they need help timewise... if you can find someone who hasn't got the time I think it's a much better situation and is far more successful than someone who is just in it for the financial side of things. I couldn't be more happier with the horses I help out with now, their owners are fab and we all get along really well... proper team effort
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The last horse I shared I had to pay £20 per week for 3 days. I would do all the normal jobs asif he was my own. Mucking out, grooming, feeding, turning out etc.. And put half towards the shoes. I got to ride the horse whenever and take him to the local shows with the girl who owned him.
I also would feed and groom her colt, off my own back just because he was gorgeous and I was already there!
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I have had different experiences with people on the yards I have been at, some people absolutely great helped me with all that I didnt know and would come riding with me whenever. On the other hand other yards do look at you asif you shouldnt be there because you dont 'own a horse'..shock horror!
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Hope this helps?
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I shared a horse at beginning of last year. I didn't say anything but would often go down to feed and check on then. Treated and loved them like my own. Was repaid by owners moving horses, telling me i could still ride but never heard off them. I then shared another and paid 50 a month. That didn't work as didn't bond with horse. Now share a horse who's owner has little time for her (she bred her 14yrs ago so doesn't want to sell) i pay nothing and ride whenever i want and can use her for what i want (within reason!)
 
20/week + half of shoes. He has fronts only. On 5-day livery and I do (usually) 1 weekend day with chores and 2 week nights without. Out 24/7 in summer though which is fab for all of us :-)
 
£20 a day isn't that much if you consider that a lesson is normally at least £25 an hour.

I worked out what it cost me to keep mine per day and then asked my sharer to pay that. She's very reliable and I totally trust her, I moved to a cheaper yard further away for her and so charged her less once we moved as I was so worried about losing her. She normally rides once a week so I do one end of the day when she's riding and she does the other. As I have another she normally doesn't have to do many chores because I do both at once. However she is happy to look after both of them when I've been away.

When I shared about 6 years ago I paid £25 a week, unlimited riding and no chores. That was the difference between working and part livery.
 
We shared our old pony out to a few teenagers/kids over the many years we had him. We charged £15 per week and they had 3 or 4 days on him (or more if my daughter wasn't riding him and they wanted to - she rode for other people). I don't think half of the cost should be given to a sharer though even if they get half the rides. It's the *owners* horse at the end of the day so I think they should pay the majority, the sharer is helping keeping the horse fit or whatever else so doing the owner a favour. That's just what I think anyway. My daughters friend shares a horse for £40 a week for 3 days, which I would never pay for someone elses horse.
 
When I shared Ellie I used to pay £110 per month payable on the 1st of the month. I could ride as much as I wanted in the week and had the chance to compete at local shows if they were going anyway. I did things like mucking out to save her owner time and not because I had to do.

Although I no longer share Ellie I still get the chance to ride her now and then and pay £10 a time for that
 
I was going to advertise for sharers @ £20 per week with no limit on how often the sharer could ride & no yard duties.
 
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£20 a day isn't that much if you consider that a lesson is normally at least £25 an hour.



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Yes but when you have a lesson you turn up, the horse is groomed, tacked up and ready, you have an hour of good quality instruction and then you get off and go.

I think its ridiculous how much some people charge sharers when you consider that to all intents and purposes, the sharer is doing the owner a favour by saving them both time and money, and keeping their horse fit.

Of course, the sharer hopefully gets something out of the arrangement too, and I think a financial contribution is fair but it certainly shouldn't be more than a proportional amount of the upkeep costs and often less, depending on how much yard work there is to do and how much freedom the sharer will have to do as they wish with the horse and opportunity to compete etc.
 
I have a sharer for george simply because I struggle to get two horsess ridden all the time and i have a youngster to concentrate on. The girl who rides him pays me 25 pounds a week and probably comes 2/3 days a week. if im not at work/competing the other one i do drive her dressage shows too - its nice for g to get out to a party!
 
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