Sharers Any tips

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Hi
I am looking for someone to share my horse as I really don't have enough hours in the day.
Can anyone give me advise on a website to use? any tips?
Many thanks
 
I've done a few shares and it ain't easy! Trying to find right horse, owner and location is difficult.
I would advise you to be 100% sure that you want someone else riding your horse. Set ground rules at start, be fair to sharer but keep an eye on them (esp at start) and don't over-charge them! This site has ads for sharers. Newrider.com is very user friendly and popular - and free. Saddle-up.org.uk is supposed to be OK but think you have to pay to be member
 
Thanks - I am in two minds, as I don't want some bossy sod telling me what to do with him, and he is quite sharp to ride
 
If you go into sharing with the attitude that your sharer is likely to be some bossy sod, then it definitely won't work !

The whole point is, choose a sharer that you get on with. If you think they are a bossy sod, or likely to become so, you simply walk away. As the owner of the horse, you really hold all the cards. If you like the sharer and they are a decent sort, they will go along with what YOU want for the horse. If you don't get on with them, then the share won't work out, no matter how good a rider they are.

Whether they are a fabulous rider or not is a bit irrelevant. As long as they are able to cope with the horse, they can learn to ride it. To be honest, most really really good riders aren't looking for shares as they either have their own animals or are busy riding for other people. If you want to make it a condition of sharing that the sharer must have a lesson on the horse every week / fortnight with your own instructor, go for it.

I share a lovely mare, who actually belongs to another HHO member. The mare is vey sweet, but can be a bit of a challenge to ride...but I have lessons on her and we're getting there. I get on really really well with her owner, though, and thats why it works so well for us. We'd get on well even if she didn't have the horse.

Best of luck finding someone, anyway. Be very honest about the horse and what sort of arrangement you are thinking of, and be discriminating but not to obsesive about the kind of person you want to share, and it should all work out. Get adverts up in RB and Dennes as well as online.
 
Hi babe
So sorry if I upset your sharer!!
Hope all is well with you and neds - fine here, but manic will pm you.
Love Tx
 
Try an advert in RB Equestrian (or ask Ros if she knows anyone), Blue Barn in Hardingstone or try putting an ad up at MKEC (or ask Fiona). Word of mouth is quite a good way of finding the right person. I found a lovely sharer through answering an ad at Blue Barn from someone looking - seems to work better this way round? Aspley Guise & District riding club website is also a good place to advertise (free too!)

Good luck!
 
Thanks for this, advice I needed - really only wanted to find the best place to advertise.
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Will do RB and ask at Waddingtons.
 
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Thanks - I am in two minds, as I don't want some bossy sod telling me what to do with him, and he is quite sharp to ride

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Dont discount the bossy sod
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I share a lovely horse, owner and i get on really well and all of us are benefiting but it so nearly didn't happen
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I went to see the horse, owner rode it for 15 minutes then asked what i thought. My opening words were 'do you mind if I'm brutally honest?' Promptly told her she was riding this horse allwrong then got on and showed her how I would ride it. Got owner back on and gave her a lesson. Told her if I was going to share it the horses way of going would have to change and so would the way she rode. We both then went off to think about what to do.
I'd decided i didn't want to pay to effectively bring on someone elses horse so had decided to say no. She rang me and said she really wanted me to share him but felt it would be really cheeky to ask me to pay for the priviledge of schooling the horse and teaching her. PHEW.
4 months on the horse she was told by several instructors was too dangerous to jump has BSJA winnings. She's been out doing dressage comps with him. 3 days ago she let him go full pelt on a hack, something she would never have done before. 20 minutes ago I received a text from her saying what a fantstic session she had just had over poles. She is now really enjoying this horse like she never thought she could. I'm certain she will enter her first SJ comp with him in less than a month.
What makes it work for us is that we both love the horse.
She never forgets the amount of work I put in to him and her.
I never forget he is her horse and gear his training to her acheiving her dreams with him whilst still getting out what I want.

So I guess what I'm saying is, dont discount someone who is much more experienced. It could be a match made in heaven
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Hi
That's great! however, I don't mind being advised by people who are well informed like yourself. What I do mind, and what I have witnessed on yards, is people who think they know right and know completely nothing. I am a very laid back and easy going person which can be misinterpreted!
Phew been away from this forum for far too long!!
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Anyway i think I may have changed my mind about sharing him!!
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