What is reasonable money per week for sharing my horse?

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Hi all,

After a bit of advice please. I am somewhat reluctantly looking at getting a sharer for my 15hh chunky cob mare, but don't know what terms are reasonable. She is 6 years old, fantastically calm and well behaved, hacks out alone or in company, schools nicely, although still learning the tricks of the trade. She jumps well. She is very respectful on the ground. She used to do both ridden and in-hand shows and consistently came first (she is very pretty if I do say so myself :D!) She is the perfect novice riders horse.

I am DIY livery, and am on a great, small yard with access to miles and miles of forest bridlepaths without any roadwork, and also have a full-size menage (have it all to myself in the evenings and generally in the day as most of the horses are retired, bar two).

I am looking for a sharer partly through lack of time, and partly through lack of money!

So, what would you charge for:

A. Share of horse 2/3 days a week (incl. 1 weekend day); no jobs involved.
B. Share of horse 2/3 days a week as if it was your own. e.g. mucking out, haynets, feeds, rugging as necessary.

I have absolutely no idea what people expect to pay / do in the way of duties.

Many thanks for your help x
 
I would say roughly 1/3 of your costs, maybe slightly under depending on what you are prepared for them to do with the horse. Costs vary massively round the country as livery and shoeing costs vary so widely.
 
For a horse on DIY livery the charge for 3 set days per week (including one weekend day) would normally be between £25 and £30 per week. If less than 3 days a week then it is usually seems to be £10 per day. Sometimes the sharer has to pay half the shoeing costs on top as well. The sharer would be expected to do all the chores on their days as if it was their own horse.

Certainly in my experience the only time when the chores are not involved is when a horse is on full livery when the charge can vary depending on whether the person who wants to part loan their horse are doing it purely for exercise or to help pay the bills.
 
Thank you. Just worked out that my costs are about £80 per week (:eek: No wonder I'm poor!). So £25/£30 per week, plus yard duties, sounds about right?

I am happy for the sharer to do pretty much what they want with her as long as they treat her kindly and make sure she has a lot of fuss!
 
Round your way £80 per week is not bad!! You will prob find someone happy to pay £30 plus half of shoes if your horse is safe in the forest.
 
Thanks Zaminda, that's very promising! Yes - she is as safe as houses.

It is lovely where we are, so I know I am lucky with how cheap my rent is. Shame hay etc. is so very expensive!
 
I'm a sharer and have been in both situations (with chores and without) so here is what I paid/did (keep in mind I'm in north Warwickshire so not as expensive as down south!):

Horse 1 - 4 days per week (only riding 3 of the 4), all chores in evening as horse was on assisted DIY and all chores on my weekend day (turn out and bring in plus the usual). I paid £110 pcm and half his shoes every 6 weeks.

Horse 2 - 4 days per week, no chores aside from grooming before my ride, feed him after the ride and put his rug on. I'll occasionally bring him in too at the weekend. I pay £120 pcm and no contrbution towards shoes.

I think as long as it works out somewhere between £100 and £150 pcm that is fine, keep in mind that sharers are usually only sharing because they cant afford their own horse so they wont have loads of money either! The more you can offer the sharer the better value for money too - so it is always good if they can take the horse out to compete (if you have transport even better!), if they can do different disciplines with the horse (jumping, flatwork, XC etc not just dressage for example).

Your horse sounds lovely though, being able to hack out alone is a bonus so I'm sure you wont struggle to find someone.
 
I've had two sharers over the past year and I think I was undercharging my sharers based on these prices!

The first girl was paying £50 per month - sharing 3 days per week and doing mucking out etc on her days. The second lady who shared for a few weeks this summer paid £50 and rode two days per week. She didnt have to do any jobs as the horse was living out at the time.
 
My sharer pays £20 a week to ride my boy 2 days. She can use the school or hack out. He's a novice ride too. She has the option of mucking out/feeding etc, but YO does it if she hasn't. Will have to ask her for £25 soon (reluctantly) as having my horse stabled 23 hours a day is draining my savings!
Yours sounds like she can do a bit more than mine so if I was looking to share her I'd probably pay £30 a week for A and B.
 
Hi i have a sharer for my old boy and she's fab :) she's only 15 years old and loves my boy to bits .
She has him at weekends and pays £20 per week and i do all the mucking out stuff but this is my choice as i have 2 more ponies and once i get going i just can't leave a messy stable .
I also let her ride anytime in the holidays as i am wraped up with work and kids but she has to poo pick in payment .
 
I am amazed anyone will pay I cant get riders for free and I know I am not the only one. I just want capable riders any shape or size within reason to play with the ponies. I will pay competition fees and transport and all costs associated but still no takers
No work involved either although the current lass is happy to help from time to time. I do the chores while she rides as I dont interfere with her
 
windand rain said:
I am amazed anyone will pay I cant get riders for free and I know I am not the only one. I just want capable riders any shape or size within reason to play with the ponies. I will pay competition fees and transport and all costs associated but still no takers
No work involved either although the current lass is happy to help from time to time. I do the chores while she rides as I dont interfere with her
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If you were in the West Midlands I would jump at this sort of opportunity! I'm sure you will find someone eventually, make sure you advertise everywhere possible and with any luck someone will come along!
 
I cant find a rider for free either! As much hacking and jumping as someone wants on a safe pony that hacks alone. No charge and not a jot of interest!

My friend part loans her tb gelding for £100 per month for 3 days a week. My other friend part loaned her cob for £60 a month over summer (3 days) but she was on grass livery.

I think it all depends on what the people want. My Haffy is cheap to keep so I can keep him for about the same a week as most people charge for a 3 day a week loan, but then I appreciate not all horses are that cheap and most are native types.

I would say advertise and see what happens. Be ware of the people who reply, come and see your horse, fall in love and then tell you they can only afford £5 a week! There are a lot of them!

Good luck x
 
Crikey, I think some of these suggestions on price are very optimistic! My horses are both on full livery and my sharers pretty much have free rein to ride whenever they want to and neither pay me anywhere near the costs of keeping either horse! Admittedly it's my choice to have them on full livery but one pays approximately half of what the horse costs per day she has it, and the other pays about a tenth of what it costs to keep the horse! I'm in the south east too. Both can hack, school and I'm happy for them to go out or do shows etc. I'm in the south east and I feel lucky to have two such lovely people sharing! Advertising in winter is never going to be easy either! Good luck :)
 
Hi,

I am based in East London and looking for a share.

I am 26 and 10 stone. I am a uni student and have at least 2 days free per week (increasing during holidays).

I am not a 'complete' novice, I do have some riding experience although mostly from when I was a child but I am confident in handling horses, tacking up etc.

Please feel free to contact me if you would like any more info or if you think I could possibly be what you are looking for
 
I share a 17hh ISH and I'm not expected to pay a penny! Owner is just glad of the help. I do a combination of mornings and nights on different days.

I do all jobs and yard duties as required and treat the horse like my own. I pay half his shoes as I feel guilty about not paying for him but that is all the owner will take. I buy bits & pieces for him if I see something I like but again this is not a requirement.
 
HI all,

I had a part sharer for a short time over summer. I originally asked for £10 (on full livery so no work besides, groom, feed, tack up) - advertised, was honest etc - I had takers but no-one suitable - mostly test-pilots, chancers, penny-slot donkey riders - eventually I found an experienced rider - I offered her rides for a lower fee to cover insurance and shoes and after a few week's rains she called it a day - by text and owed me money :rolleyes:.

Put me off TBH.

My advice would be to advertise locally and once you find someone get money in advance and then arrange an on-going financial agreement either in cash or paypal in advance..:)
 
The way I would calculate a contribution would be to figure out how much your horse costs you per week and divide it by how many days sharer would do.

My lad costs roughly £46 a week in winter, so if I had a sharer for 2 days I'd charge around £23 a week :)
 
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