Sharing...how much to ask?

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Hi guys, I just wanted to ask some advice RE sharing. I'm having to find a sharer for Louis just to help with costs etc and wondered what is normal to charge? The sharer will do three times a week. I was thinking around £12 / ride e.g. 36 a week? I'm stabled just outside the London area on part livery so costs aren't cheap.

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just to add, he's competing Medium Aff dressage and there is opportunity to compete. He also jumps, XC etc
 
I share mine 3 times a week and pay £15 a week but to be fair that's in Norfolk lol where it's a lot cheaper. I think £36 a week is definately reasonable as i was paying £25 a week for an hour lesson at my local RS before i got my share horse so yes £36 a week is reasonable, especially if there's a chance to compete!
Hope you find someone :-)
 
I used to work out what my daily costs for the horse were and then multiply by the days the sharer would do. In London I was asking something like £30-£35 for 3 days so sounds like you are within normal range especially if you can offer such a well-trained horse and lots to do with him. Think of how expensive it would be to take a lesson! Good luck!

PS I was always surprised to see how many people I got enquiring and would think it would be too much money but when you look at lesson prices and the real cost of a horse it is rather a bargain but a lot of people want things for free, it always drove me up the wall...
 
I never used to charge my sharers-they would muck out in return for riding. To be honest they were doing me a favour, so if anything I should have paid them!
 
thanks guys that's very helpful. UKa thanks, I was worried it's too much but I also did it by working out daily costs and around us 30 is normal for lesson and considering he's a perfect dressage schoolmaster, it's a good deal
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I think that is more than fair! My sharer pays £20 per week for Monty and she can ride every day if she wants as she is his sole rider, but we have no facilities at all, not even a school.

Can I be your sharer!!!!
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I've just started paying 20 pounds/week and half of (front only) shoes in a similarly priced area for 3 days/week (but we're both flexible). Horsey does SJ/XC/Dressage locally (although not yet with me) and we have school, hacking & access to gallops. He lives out atm so really all I have to do is turn up, brush off, ride, bath, sunscreen & flyspray. Fed only when on winter grazing.

20-25/week depending on shoes being included was about average when I was looking over the last couple of months. Some wanted a similar amount but horses lived in and needed chores doing so I guess if yours is in but you pay for chores that might be OK.

I pay for occasional lessons (30 pounds/hour) so the comparison with RS needs to account for that too.

To be honest it put me off when people thought that you should pay /exactly/ in proportion to time because obviously you don't get to make the decisions about horsey and s/he is never going to be yours.

I do feel very lucky to have 'my' little man!
 
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To be honest it put me off when people thought that you should pay /exactly/ in proportion to time because obviously you don't get to make the decisions about horsey and s/he is never going to be yours.



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Totally agree with this. It also depends on how many chores the sharer will be expected to do........ if you will expect her to poo pick/muckout then consider reducing the costs, if it is all done then potentially you could raise them slightly.,....... I pay £50pcm, and usually ride twice a week, although I could ride every day if I wanted to,........ I am extremely lucky with that tho!!
 
Hi. My sharer has my boy 3 days a week and pays £20 a week. I wanted to up it by £3.00 a week to £100 per month in total allowing her the option of another day per week thus covering my livery - this is what another sharer pays and she has her share horse for 4 days a week. This is in West Sussex at a yard with lots of hacking and an outdoor school and small indoor school.
 
when i had sharers (2years ago) they paid £25 pw they had a choice of 3days a week and had sole use of him for there days and i didn't go down unless they asked me. the one thing i can't stand with owners when sharing is interfering owners. you need someone you can trust 110% other wise its not worth the hassle. i am a fussy owner but both my sharers excepted that infact my last share was more fussy than me about my boy which i really liked.
 
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