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So either if you share a horse or own a horse and have a sharer for it.

How much do you contribute financially and how much do you do? E.g riding wise, stable duties etc?
 
hi, i have a horse that i sort of have a sharer for.
The other lady at mine has a kids pony and wanted to get herself something so i said ride mine instead.

So she poo picks during the week, and looks after him exercises him. Then i ride at weekends.

We go halfs on feed/hay and shoes.

I pay the livery for him, and jabs.

But only because i compete on him, and shes just a happy hacker
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works quite well really!
 
Im a sharer, I ride 2-3 times per week, but could do more if I wanted to. I muck out, do water etc etc for both the horse i share and the owners other one when im there (if she hasnt done them in the morning). I will also bring in and feed her other one aswell as B on my days to save her a trip......

ETS_ I poo pick in the summer, and can do pretty much what I want with B which would include shows if that was my thing!

I pay a pitance of £50 PCM
 
Usual rate at our yard and others in the area seems to be £20 a week for two or three days, sharers usually do the chores on those days.
My ponies sharers ride once a week and only have to groom and are charged £5 a week.
 
I pay 20/week + half of shoes (fronts only so actually just one shoes worth!). Ride 2-3 days and in the winter muck out & feed on w/ends (5-day livery). In the summer he lives out 24/7 so just occasional feeding when he needs extra.

We're quiet flexible so for instance my ride tonight is cancelled for him to be clipped but I got to choose which day next weekend and so forth.
 
when I shared a horse in the past I would pay half of everything and have the horse about 3-4times a week and could do pretty much what i wanted even though I would always ask owner if it was ok to take to shows etc...was always OK...
 
I have a sharer for our girl and she pays £100 a month for essentially unlimited riding. If she wanted to compete she could, and as mare lives out the only chores are feeding/grooming which she does on days she is up and I do rest of time.
 
I have sharers that do 2 days each a week all chores on those days for £100 per month. A few people i know charge £140- £150 for 3 days though.
 
i share and pay 20 a week plus half of shoes and half of wormer. In theory it is a 'part loan' but i do her mares jobs as well when i am up. All too often i end up doing all 5, which is a pee take. We have just had words and this will hopefully end now. Also they are going back out in the days now yeyyyy so less jobs after a hellish couple of months of them being in 24/7.

I ride 3 times a week. Horse doesn't load so no shows, but i don't like competing anyway as i get too nervous.
 
I will be getting rid of both mine when I move and I won't be getting others.

Sharer 1 - Used to ride twice a week, now only rides once and that is if she isn't too busy with anything else. If horse is in at night she quickly skips out stable (but it is not up to my standard really and she doesn't do the haynets /waterbuckets) She doesn't contribute financially. At the moment whilst they are living out she will do a barrow of poo from the field if I remind her.

Sharer 2 - Supposed to share my sons pony. They pay £10 a week contribution, for that they get 3 days a week and to take her to shows. They don't have to do any chores with her or buy her anything.
Despite this they haven't been near the pony for over a month they haven't even been up to the field to give her a pat and a carrot (admittedly they have still been paying for her)
They also think that they are having her on loan for 6 months starting Jan 1st but given their recent behaviour I obviously can't trust them.

I have spent the afternoon composing letters terminating both sharing situations.
 
I'm in a complicated situation and have a sharer for my horse, while I share a friend's! It's too long a story for me to go into. My sharer pays me £60 a month for 3 days a week. I pay for my share horse's shoes (£60 every 7 weeks) and I also insisted on getting some insurance for him as his owner hasn't got it. It's the most basic and costs me £27 a month but I just know I'd feel terrible if I broke him and couldn't afford to fix him for her. I have him 4 days a week. On that basis I offered £80 a month but my friend was more bothered about him being ridden than the money and his shoes are the only extra cost that riding incurs as he lives on fresh air so doesn't need any extra food.
 
Does it depend on where you live? There seems to be quite a broad range. I will need a sharer for my daughter's pony by the end of next year when we buy her the next one to move onto. But he's such a honey we couldn't bear to part with him.

But to make it work I need to at least cover his livery and feed - about £300 a month, preferably £400. Vets fees and shoes to negotiate. No chores. 2 or 3 days per week / weekend plus shows - including transport if they go with us. 13.2 13 years old Piebald Cob X ideal 1st/ 2nd pony. Real confidence giver. Anything from lead rein up to 1m tracks. Dressage probably up to good PC standard (although we SJ and haven't done dressage outside of eventing for a while), Top class PC pony, ODE, XC and safe to hunt. Hacks brilliantly, alone and with company. Has won PC first pony / coloured pony etc but we haven't shown him since our first year either. Good handy pony - but doesn't do gymkhana games; he just doesn't get it and gets upset. At a good livery yard in Surrey will all mod cons, 2 schools etc.

We're only moving on becuase she wants to affilliate and he really can't make much more than 1m. Plus he isn't the whizziest in the jump off.

Would anyone pay that or do I have to do a dramatic re-think?
 
OMD i am going to charge my sharer more!! She pays £15 a week for a 2 day share (she picks the day, is a student and gets 1 weekend day and one weekday), horse is on part livery so she does nothing one of the days apart from ride and at the weekends he is turned out/in, rug changed, feet picked out and haylaged etc so she just has to muck out and ride.

Think she gets a good deal considering she also gets to do whatever she wants on her days and if i take him out competing i always offer for her to do a class (which she has done)! And he is a nice horse, not spooky and jumped up to newcomers/ dressaged up to medium! Right will have to talk to her about poss paying 1/2 shoes or something as well if that is what you all charge, i have been struggling with costs!
 
i'm really really shocked at prices some folk want for sharing their horses

I ask for a small weekly commitment, as then it makes people more commitment to agreement, but ask for asking for hundreds of pound and lots of work!!! OMG

But hay we all work in different ways
 
well I think you all do very well, I'm currently paying £80 a month for one day a week riding, and I do all stable work except finishing off in the evening (which I have to pay for on top of the £80 as it is a weekend day that I do and she is on DIY at weekends). Although this is a lot, i think it is fair given that it probably does just cover costs given we are in expensive north london! Horse is a little legend, but v old though, so no real competing opportunities or regular jumping/fast work.
 
i have a sharer for my older lad and i charge £10 per day as this is what he cost me minus shoes. they ride him on there days and sometimes muck out depends on what i am doing. i only do my boy once a week as the other person on the yard does the other time. so if i do the morning i will muckout to make sure they have enough time to ride which is the most important part.
 
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Does it depend on where you live? There seems to be quite a broad range. I will need a sharer for my daughter's pony by the end of next year when we buy her the next one to move onto. But he's such a honey we couldn't bear to part with him.

But to make it work I need to at least cover his livery and feed - about £300 a month, preferably £400. Vets fees and shoes to negotiate. No chores. 2 or 3 days per week / weekend plus shows - including transport if they go with us. 13.2 13 years old Piebald Cob X ideal 1st/ 2nd pony. Real confidence giver. Anything from lead rein up to 1m tracks. Dressage probably up to good PC standard (although we SJ and haven't done dressage outside of eventing for a while), Top class PC pony, ODE, XC and safe to hunt. Hacks brilliantly, alone and with company. Has won PC first pony / coloured pony etc but we haven't shown him since our first year either. Good handy pony - but doesn't do gymkhana games; he just doesn't get it and gets upset. At a good livery yard in Surrey will all mod cons, 2 schools etc.

We're only moving on becuase she wants to affilliate and he really can't make much more than 1m. Plus he isn't the whizziest in the jump off.

Would anyone pay that or do I have to do a dramatic re-think?

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Im sorry but do you really thin anyone would pay you £400 to share a pony, especially one for a child??? they could easily have their own for that!!! Dramatic rethink required me thinks!!
 
The lady that shares my mare pays £25.00 per week and does her jobs and exercises her everyday, I cover morning feeds and evening feeds and any day she can’t make it (which is rare).

I think she has a good deal but it is more important to me that she rides my mare than the money.
 
You may have a point lexiedhb. But I know one of the other PC ponies on yard is shared by 2 people at £200 per week each for 2 days riding each so I was rather basing it on that.

Lessons around here are an easy £60 an hour so that would be £240 per month just to ride for two hours - 2 lessons a week, no competitons, hacking, pony club or anything. You can't get a pony of your own on livery around here for less than £400 per month - £100 per week - including feed, shoes, wormer, insurance, vaccinations etc . I wasn't wanting to make a profit off him - only to cover what he costs me.

Take BFG's point too - it is more important that he is treated well which is why I'd rather hang on to him than sell or loan him.

Still - I suppose we'll see when the time comes....
 
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So either if you share a horse or own a horse and have a sharer for it.

How much do you contribute financially and how much do you do? E.g riding wise, stable duties etc?

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My sharer pays half of Ed's livery bill for half of the responsibilty and riding.

On a Sunday night we arrange whats days we can do on the following week and she mucks out, rides etc as applicable.

My sharer is amazing and I love her, and she loves Ed - which is hard to do!!
 
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