thinking of a sharer?

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cob&onion

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Been having a think, i was going to do this last year but i fell pregnant!. My baby is being backed in December, he will be over 3.5 with the hope of having him hacking quietly till end of jan (weather permitting) then bringing back to work early spring ready for a few w&t tests in the early summer :) i have decided to get some help in as he is a bit "spirited" being a welsh inall ;) took him for a walk through the village inhand yesterday and he can storming out like a dragon, snorting with his tail on his back doing a HUGE welsh trot down the lane, all because there was a man riding a bike with a hi viz coat on! he is generally a good boy though, sat on him the other day and he wasn't bothered. Going to do a bit more long reining and walking out with him before his education starts which brings me onto my other question...........
My cob mare is the ideal candidate for the welsh boy to go plodding with as shes absolutely solid and very sensible in any situation (been a few hair raising moments and she hasn't battered an eye lid). Also i have gone back to work and therefore could do with someone to keep her ticking over when am not able to ride (difficult some weekends too with the baby and the kids) trying to get her fit.
So i thought a sharer maybe what i need? someone to come every other weekend aswel as 3 x per week to hack with me and youngster and when am working they can either hack out/school/jump, possibly chance to compete next year too. There is a lovely flood lit ménage for hire next door and beautiful off road hacking full of open fields, woods and bridleways. There would be no work involved apart from the odd poo picking as they live out.
I was thinking of asking for £10 PW and a £25 contribution toward shoes which she goes every 8 - 10 weeks.
DOes this sound fair? also do you think there would be many takers this late in the year?
 
Hi. I've been looking for a share. I think at this time of year you'll find people who are serious about it. I think I'm mad taking on a share at the start of winter but I just don't want to wait. :)
 
This sounds like a great opportunity and not that different to the arrangement I have now. The time of year might put some off but at least you will know they are committed if you manage to find someone. There is no harm in putting an advert up and just see what happens.
 
I think the sort of people who are interested at this time of year may very well be the ideal people you want - if winter doesn't put them off, nothing will!

Be as clear as possible about exactly when you'd need them as this will definitely help people decide if it's the right share for them or not. If most of their riding needs to be done at the same time as you then that might limit things a wee bit.
 
Yes and yes! I've always found my sharers in Feb/March but that's more because that's when I've neeed to look!
What you suggest sounds very fair. My sharer pays me £60 month for 2 weekdays and a saturday (but not for shoes on top) so that sounds about right. Maybe one weekend day a week rather than every other weekend would be easier to find someone to do?
She sounds lovely. Good luck with finding someone - and with starting the Welsh Dragon!
 
We have a sharer for my son's horse & she is lovely but we had to kiss a lot of frogs to find her. Be prepared to bang your head against a wall while maintaining a sweet smile at some of the responses. Actually had someone who wanted us to move him to a yard of her choice 25 miles away for a 3 day a week share!
 
Thanks for replies :)
Yes will def advertise. I hope I can find someone I like I sm quite particular when it comes to my neds :)
 
I have just become a sharer for a local lady and I pay £15 per week. She also lets me take my daughter on a lead rope on her now grown out of pony and I can also ride her mare. I can do all of this as often as I like but I don't get to do the stable management side so much as the owner likes to do that. I think I am very lucky, although I would like to do more of the mucking out, poo picking, feeding etc, particularly as my daughter comes with me and I want her to realise that there's more to ponies than just riding them. That and I like to sniff the horses as much as I can! I have also been offered another share horse and the cost of this one is the price of the shoes but no weekly contribution. I have taken the share on recently and I agree with the others that if you get a sharer now, then they are pretty much in it for the long haul - we are always covered in mud but it doesn't put us off!
 
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