Sharers - how much do you pay/charge?

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Am interested to see what you guys either pay or ask for under the bracket "sharer".

Have been looking at some adverts tonight and I'm quite surprised at some of the costs that are expected to pay. I can understand why people ask for a contribution as horses arn't cheap, and many people need that extra bit of help.

I'm semi looking for something to share as can't afford to ride weekly at my yard. But from some of the adverts I've seen, they're more expensive than lesson prices.

I went to see a horse during the summer - owner wanted £60 every 5 weeks for me doing 1 day week, literally ride, bring in & feed. If I wanted to ride him more, would have been more money. And she was also getting a sharer for another day - same arrangement. Owner was getting free livery as knew YO plus think had massive discount on feed/hay etc - so to me seemed like she wanted other people to pay the main costs.

What are your arrangements? And do you find it works well?
 
My sharer pays £40 per month plus shoes, she has virtually exclusive use of the horse and can compete/hunt if she wants, and she helps with yard chores. This doesn't go anywhere near to covering the costs but I get the pleasure of seeing the horse working nicely and a guaranteed companion for the other one that I don't need to worry about too much.
 
I pay half of the day to day costs - livery, hay and feed, shoes and wormer etc. £135 a month in winter, £115 in summer. For 3 days riding a week and opportunity to compete.

I think this is reasonable - I do half the riding so pay half the costs.
 
When I shared I paid for half the total costs minus insurance. So we split the livery 50:50 and same for shoeing and vet bills. We took it in turns (roughly) to buy feed and bedding. I had the pony four days a week, her owner three. When she went home over the holidays (she was a student so over the summer this was for almost 4 months) I paid for everything (not insurance). I could compete as and when I liked but as I don't have a trailer it wasn't very often. I always asked her if she wanted to do a class if I was going somewhere but was never taken up on it. Was a very good arangement and a fantastic pony but very accident prone so most of the summers were spend with vets and bandages.
 
I've got 2 sharers (8 ponies!) and they both pay £40 a month. They can ride as often as they want for that as I have 3 ponies being ridden at the moment.
 
I shared Paris over the summer and didn't charge anything - H got about 50% use of the horse, but also looked after and helped with chores with her.

If it had been a long term share I would have asked about £20 a week, but basically she was helping me out as I didn't have the time really, and I was helping her out so she could ride. It worked out well.
 
When I shared Beau it was 50/50 work and costs - feed, farrier etc. But she could ride when ever she liked, but it was basically her sharing ownership of the horse.
I know some people said I should pay her, but what for as she never taught the horse anything new.
I view it as a busy persons loan really.......... and if they want a horse to ride then they can pay to look after one, or buy one.
 
Bloss is 'shared' by a BYRDs rider, who happened to be on my yard which was lucky. My arrangement with them is that they pay £10 a time to use her. They have her most weekends and one day in the week, but its their choice when they have her, we dont have set days. They will pay half the sedation for clipping, half for her back and half for her saddle fitting when any of these need doing.

They are getting a very fit competition horse in the deal, i school her every evening and hack her out on the weekends if they arent using her. i also do all the mucking out and pay for everything apart from the things mentioned aboce. They can enter her for whatever competitions they want and they will be downgrading her shortly which means i cant compete her at all anymore.

They get a seriously good deal imo, and i dont know many other people who share their horses and do what i do! Or anyone whos got a good a deal as they do!
 
When I have had a sharer I have charged nothing and done most of the work myself,and I have only asked for exercise and to finish off at night,and that my tack is left clean.....me thinks I'm a soft touch somehow!
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We had a sharer at our last yard for my sisters pony. The got her as much as they wanted in the week and competed her/took her out most weekends - I can only think of a few occassions where they wanted her and we wanted her on the same day.

They paid no direct financial contribution but paid for their own entry fees, transport costs and any extras they wanted for the pony. We covered everything else.

It worked brilliantly as my sister could only get down once a week on average so the pony got love, fun and exercise.
 
I share Baron with my friend. She pays me £30 a week which is approx half of everything. Obviously it costs me less in the summer and more in the winter but we averaged it out as she prefers to pay the same all year. We are best mates though so we do alot together, really its like he is as much hers as mine although I can make the decisions. We share classes at competitions and she is free to take him where she wants. She does him 3 days, I do 3 days and we both go down on a tuesday. I do him every morning though
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Do consider the type of horse though, it can cost virtually half the cost to keep a small pony as it does a big hunter type. Also it may cost more to keep an old pony than a young fit one.
 
When i had my old loan horse i payed £20 week in summer and £25 in winter, then after a few months i payed half for shoes as owner was struggling

This was for unlimited used which i think was a pretty good price.

£60 every 5 weeks does seem like quite a lot, but when you think how much riding schools charge for their lessons/hire of money its not too unreasonable as works out at £12. Its exponsive but depends how much there livery costs ect..
 
I pay £60 a month, plus insurance once a year, shoes, wormers, and in the winter feed/haylege/straw. They pay vet bills though. I am practically given Carling cause I have him 7 days a week, so unlimited riding, I do all the chores myself, and they will take us to shows when they can.
 
I used to to share, and i paid owner the livery (£120 a month), she paid shavings hay & farrier. Got to ride 4 times a week.
 
I shared a couple years ago, before I bought B.

Looking back on it it was a rip off!! I paid £120 a month, for use three times a week (although in the winter it was pretty much as often as I liked) plus 50% of shoeing. I had arrange and be there for him getting shod, plus had to feed everyone in the field once a week (I ended up doing it twice a week tho as they wernt fed by the time I was getting up in the mornings) He was out 24/7 and facilities wize it was just a field with a field shelter in it and a shed for tack. I must have been paying most of her costs, if I wasnt then she was paying a heck of a lot for grass livery!

I'm charging £20 a week for sharer to have B two days a week. I worked out that it costs £10 a day to keep him, so they pay for him on the days they use him. I pay for insurance, yearly check up (inc blood tests and jags) and I'd pay for any vets bills unless it was an accident caused by there negligance.

I think they are getting a great deal!
 
well i look like a mug
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mine have never paid!!! i only ask that they insure themself with personnel accident/public liabliaty insurance
If we have lesson they have to pay for their lesson and share diesel cost
I ask them to ride 2/3 times a week and i had really nice ones, but find it very,very hard to find realiable people to help...
 
I used to charge £80/month for 3 days a week, can use for competitions and any extra days if I'm busy/away etc. I wlaways wanted to charge more as it's a fair bit under half of the costs, but where he is only 14hh and not a childs ride I struggled to find someone small enough and capable enough. I've given up now. Someone may turn up sometime. I'd prefer to find someone through word of mouth than advertise.
 
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