Sharers/part loaners - how much do you pay?

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Sorry to be nosey I am just intrigued. What do you pay, per week, and what does that cover? Do you have to pay a portion towards farriery? What do you think is reasonable price-wise and how much would be too much?
 
I pay £15 a week for 3/4 rides, including 1 or 2 weekend days. I will also contribute extra for dentist/osteo/vet depending on what I can afford (i'm student so not that much money). I also poopick and sometimes will do other jobs but I dont have to do anything. However my circumstances are a bit different in that the pony I ride was basically a rescue who has turned out to be a lovely little pony, but he's too small for the owner and she has her own anyway, so she wanted someone to share him so that he got some love and attention, as she just doesn't have the time. Most shares around here are normally in the region of £25-£30 a week.
 
Ive had a few share horses. One was £18 a week, for 3 days, i didn't pay towards shoes but i did the mucking out/cleaning tack etc when it was needed (in winter). Another I paid £20 a week for 4 days, and nothing towards shoes but again i did all the jobs. And the last i paid £21.50 a week, nothing towards shoes for 3 days a week but it was all on the owners terms etc, and i did all the jobs. <-- All of which i felt was reasonably priced for the horses i shared.

I did look at one who wanted £45 a week, which i thought was far too much for 3 days a week but he was on full livery. Even so i could have had my own for that amount!

ETA- Im now very lucky and ride for somebody for nothing but I do all the jobs i can while im there.
 
On our yard the sharers pay different amounts depending on owners. One pays £5 a ride (1 to 2 times a week), one pays £100pcm and £40 towards shoes (3 days a week but only gets to ride 2 times) and the others just pay for horses shoes. All sharers do both ends of the day and jobs! Quite a lot IMO. I dont have a sharer just someone I trust completely who occasionally rides and does the odd bring in or turnout for me as a favour.

All the owners work and would otherwise have to pay someone to look after their horse on the days the sharers do! :)
 
Interesting, thank you.

I used to share a stunning gelding but I felt because he was nearly 19 miles away (there and back) it was costing me too much in time and money. The actual agreement was only £15 pw but he was on very basic grass livery with good hacking but no where to school.

For me that was expensive but only cos I knew my contribution covered the cost of his livery and for livery of her shetland too.

I've seen another for £12.50 PW + shoes which could potentially be £60 every six weeks. So that's almost £27.50 PW. I am wondering if that is a little bit pricey for 2-3 days per week. Hmm.
 
I pay £25 per day, plus proportion of shoeing costs. Expensive, but it's Herts and full livery, bar riding. I really need to move (please see moaning post re area). Lovely horse, though.
 
Interesting thread, people actually pay to share :D

I have a rider for our warmblood who doesn't but I'm gratefull and wouldn't ask for money.

The people who borrow our cob for their daughter a three or four times a week dont pay either.
 
i think an equal share of the costs is in order! it costs upwards of £25 for an accompanied hack at a decent riding school. so take into consideration the livery costs, the shoes, vets fees, dentist, chiropractor, saddle fitting, insurance. and work out a day rate!!!! ok might be cheaper if you do jobs if horse on diy, or really helping someone out, but cheap loans tend to end in tears! and really do you want to sponsor someone elses hobby? if helps you out then maybe ok. whichever is the scenario you really should have a loan/share agreement in place to cover both parties from the start.
 
I'm thinking about taking on a sharer to make sure my horse gets enough work - I'm thinking about £10/week for two days riding (no duties), and I'd insist sharer had a lesson at least once a fortnight with my instructor. The money would help to cover wear and tear on shoes, etc, but if I found an amazing person I wouldn't charge them (although I'd still insist on the lesson).
 
My sharer pays £25pw for 3 days. Based on the fact that my horse has 1 day off a week and I ride the ther 3 days so we split the costs in half. I worked out what it costs me to keep him including shoes, livery, hay, feed, insurance etc etc and £25 is definitely less than half of that! Plus as another poster said, if you compare to what you would pay for even one ride at a riding school it is not expensive I don't think :)
 
I pay £10 a day for 2 days a week. My share horse is on DIY and I do mucking out etc. on my days. I'm in Herts though so everything is more expensive! Seems to be the going rate round here. When I was up in Yorkshire I just paid for the horse's shoes.
 
More of a loan, but owner still mucks out some days..

£60 every 6 weeks for shoes
Feed when needed, usually every six or seven weeks(Topspec £27 for 20kg, Mollichaff £5.40ish for 10kg)
School hire £12 per week.

I muck out Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat and Sun. Sometimes Thursday. I ride 5 or 6 times a week, hack out occasionally but mostly use the school.
 
I paid 1) half the livery bill (full) for my first share 2) nothing for my second, but was keeping a spare horse schooled/competed so was doing them a favour 3) £100 a month for twice a week with horse at full livery, and 4) currently nothing for two days hacking a week (very nice hacking and I rarely school by choice - horse would never hack out if I schooled too and he gets enough input from his owner on that score) - in return I muck out (if owner hasn't), clean tack and poopick weekly, deal with her youngster when owner is not at yard, and accompany her out to lessons etc as a spare pair of hands/driver if necessary. I like my current arrangement best - it is very harmonious and I enjoy being owner's eyes on the ground.
 
I pay £30 per week for 2 days riding. The yard is also about 30 miles away from where i live and about an hours drive to get there in traffic. Am only able to do it as horse is on full livery (at an amazing yard with great facilities!) as i definatly wouldn't be travelling that far two times per day. Its a lot to pay but then the livery is £470 per month, and horse is worth her weight in gold to a numpty like me :p and i ride her more than the owner as she has a lot of commuting to do.
 
Mr Cobs mum does not expect any money off me. However I do tend to pitch in a buy hay and bits and bobs that he needs, including the lightweight rug that he has happened to have managed to shred today... Lol!
 
I loan one of mine to someone, she has full use of him to ride, compete etc.
She pays £130 per month plus full cost shoes, I look after and pay everything else.
She doesnt have to do any chores but is lovely and will always have skipped out any boxes, swept yard, redone water etc on days she is here.
 
My friend is trying to find a share for her cob, more or less as much riding through the week as they want and one day at the weekend. She's asking £10 per week plus a little help with the chores (they live out so not many to do).

Shares don't seem to be as popular where we live so she's not had much interest yet!
 
My sharer pays me £10 a week just towards keep. She gets to ride as much as she likes at the moment while I am pregnant, and will continue to do so until I can get back on, and she does stable chores 4-5 days a week as horse is DIY. Once I am riding again I *hope* she will carry on sharing and maybe we can both ride 3 days a week. If she can't keep paying then it won't matter.
 
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