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If you knew someone who was looking for a loan/share and they got on with your horse and were to offer them to ride/look after your horse 2 days a week would you ask for a bit of money or not? If so how much?
 
I was looking for a share and person at my yard was looking for a loaner. I didn't want committment of a full loan and instead did a 3 days a week deal. She's mine for those three days. I pay £20 per week and half shoes. A year on and in reality she's mine most of the time and I pay full shoes. BUT that's just what's developed to suit both her owner and I. Her owner has another horse on the same yard and we ride together a lot.
 
Well I'm of the opinion that if they're getting something out of your horse, they are expensive animals and they should contribute. Around here the standard amount is £10/day.

The only exception would be if you really didn't have time to look after the animal and were desperate for help.
 
I help/share a couple of horses with a girl and she asks for nothing in exchange except the help. I do about 2-3 days a week and it works really well for both of us. I can see why people charge but then if you need a sharer then surely they are doing you a favour and in return they get to ride/help out.
 
Not everyone needs help with care... My friend has a sharer at the moment for financial reasons. I had a sharer for my old boy as I'd been there done everything with him and he still had so much to give and was a PC schoomaster for a teenager. I didn't need help exercising/caring for him just wanted him to go out and have lots of fun and for someone to enjoy him. But I didn't see why I sould do it for free!
 
Probably sounds odd but I quite like giving a financial contribution as well as my time etc. I'd certainly feel guilty if I didn't pay for the shoes at least. It's me who wears them out!!
 
I had a sharer for my pony and she paid for shoes/clipping extra rugs etc. Only because pony wouldn't otherwise have ridden and therefore not shod/clipped rugged!

I paid livery, feed, worming vets etc - everything I would have normally paid without the sharer.
 
I have a sharer, combination of lack of time and finances. I started with 2 but then moved and 1 came with us. I charged her what it costs me to keep my horse per day for each day she rides. Then we moved to a yard with much less facilities and I reduced the cost and haven't wanted to put it back up. She now pays £5 per day, but I trust her totally which is v important and as she's an EDT, the horse she rides gets free / discounted treatment.
 
We don't desperatly need help with pony but I know she wants a pony on loan or share and likes one of our ponies, for a couple of weeks she has been riding her with me once a week and thought she might like to have her 2days a week. she helps my instructor at her place and occasionally has lessons and used to ride one of the other horses on the yard til he went on full loan to someone else so i trust her.
Was wondering if £5 a week was too much to ask if she accepts.:confused:
 
If I found a share that was £20/25 a month, I'd be very happy. I'm looking at the moment, and anything under £80/month is hard to find.

It isn't a lot of money, but I suppose that depends on her circumstances.
 
galaxy23 said:
Well I'm of the opinion that if they're getting something out of your horse, they are expensive animals and they should contribute. Around here the standard amount is £10/day.

The only exception would be if you really didn't have time to look after the animal and were desperate for help.
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I agree with this, when Bloss had a sharer she paid £10 a day. When she went out on full loan obviously the loaner was responsible for everything.
 
Depends, if you need the financial help ask for money, if you need physical help get that instead.

Just because a sharer can stump up the cash doesn't make them the best person, and surely it's better to have someone you can trust and that gets on with your horse than a cash cow?
 
I normally pay anything between £15-£30 a week for 3 days. I think it is only fair for the sharer to pay a contribution, whether it is shoeing or a set weekly amount. After all they are sharing your horse. On the other hand, if you are not in a financial situation where you need the extra money I think that at the end of the day the sharer is exercising your horse and is doing all your jobs.
 
I have shared many horses in London before getting my own, and I always paid around 20-35 pounds a week to ride 3-6 times (some yard duties involved too).
 
I pay half my share horses costs and have him exactly half the time (3 days one week, 4 the next). What I pay equates to about £10 per day. Suits me. OH and I wanted a second horse so we could do fun rides, camp, hackeing etc together but in reality we don't have the time to have two horses full time. So having one of our own and half of someonelses works out great for us. I think I should pay, I be paying double and having nowhere near as much fun if I hadn't been able to share a horse already on my yard and had ended up buying/full loaning a second :)
 
I shared a horse and I paid half the cost of the basics for the horse per week which was £28 then I bought her bits and bobs that I needed (I did jumping with her so bought her tendon boots) and paid my own show entry fees but I ended up looking after/riding her 5 days a week for the same cost which worked out well for me! Her owner was short on time and also a bit on money so the arrangement worked for both of us.

Then at uni I was riding someones youngster that was very spooky, and had chucked her off and injured her, I rode him for free as I was doing her a favour getting him out and trying to desensitise him and also keeping him schooled and in work. She paid for everything, including my petrol money to and from the yard, lessons for me on the horse and all show entries.

So I guess if the sharer is helping you out with schooling the horse or keeping him fit etc I wouldn't ask for money but if the horse isn't going to be improving from the extra riding and its just for her enjoyment I think £5 per day is very reasonable
 
I shared prior to getting my own. Paid £20 for three days a week which I was happy to pay because I felt like it made it official. I did all DIY duties on those days and even helped with the owners other horse.

£5 a week - very reasonable.
 
I put an ad out for a sharer just to ride, not to muck out or anything 2-3 days a week. And was asking just the money for his shoes every 6 weeks 60e.
I didn't think it was very much as for 1h at a riding school it's 12e..
Had a cheeky reply saying how dare I get some teenager riding my horse without paying her !! :O I was quite shocked.. I mean do people expect to ride at riding schools for free or is it me...?
(I never found anyone so just forgot the idea).
 
I have had a few shares over the years.

Safe cob on full livery, could do shows/ sponsored rides etc, real schoolmistress, fantastic facilities (4 schools, x-country course etc) rode 3-4 times a week =£180 per month

Safe mare on DIY, unfit, opp to do shows but no transport, one very poor school, great hacking, rode as many times as I liked and did all chores on my days =£60 per month

Current horse- excitable competition type, can be very fizzy, doesn't hack alone, opp to take part in RC activities, brilliant facilities and yard, practically on full livery =£80 per month

I guess it depends on the situation but it really does vary! I prefer to pay as makes it more formal. I also like to do some chores as it feels like i'm more part of the horses life not just a rider.
 
I'll be looking for someone to exercise a couple of times a week and I will probably ask a token amount but not much.

I feel sometimes (and this doesn't apply to everyone ) if people aren't paying they don't value it and don't always turn up and are more likely to cancel at the last minute. If you've paid for something you want to get your money's worth.
However they wouldn't be expected to do any chores just turn up ride and groom if necessary.

A friend who wasn't charging but on DIY did a deal that the sharer didn't pay as they had to muck out etc but if they cancelled at the last minute they had to pay for the day's livery which would be needed.
 
When I share I really like helping out with the care as well as just riding - if I just wanted to hire a horse I could go to a riding school. I enjoy looking after a horse and making sure it is happy and healthy just as much as I do riding one, if not even more so! I also believe that caring for a horse is an important part of bonding with it, and part of ther value of a share for me is getting to know the horse and building a partnership up, which I find incredibly rewarding to do. I would never take a share where all I did was turn up and ride, what's the point of that? Paying or not paying is just a side issue for me, I would never not show just because something is free (in fact, having a horse to care for free of charge is something I'd value even more as at the moment there's no way I can afford even a share).:)
 
Spudlet said:
I would never not show just because something is free
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And with reliable people like you it's fine but there are people out there who as soon as they are tired or it's raining think it doesn't matter if they skip a day.

Incidentally I wouldn't stop anyone from doing things if they wanted to, they'd be welcome to groom, fuss, clean tack, skip out etc. He's on part livery but it's not the sort of yard where they don't like you doing things, it's just you don't have to muck out if you don't want to.
And the reality of people working in London and going to the yard after work is that if you get there at 7pm, it's quite late to start mucking out etc before you ride.
 
criso said:
And the reality of people working in London and going to the yard after work is that if you get there at 7pm, it's quite late to start mucking out etc before you ride.
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I know, I used to do that myself (although I used to get up at the crack of sparrow's f@rt and muck out and ride before work instead);) Got some highly odd looks on the Tube marching about in boots and carrying a schooling whip:D Luckily there were showers in our office!

I know what you're saying, just generally pointing out that everyone is different:) I worry that sometimes on this forum some people (not meaning you here!) seem to view sharers very poorly, and we are not all like that.
 
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