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FoxTrotx

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Sharing/part loaning a horse?
I know circumstances/type would vary the price greatly but say:
No stable duties (unless you wanted to)
On small, friendly yard with indoor school,
Chance to compete if required (local level but working way up)
Well behaved horse, would look after novice or does very well with experienced rider?

Not an advert as no horse/location details given ;) but just curious. Many thanks in advance :)
 
I pay £50 a month for use of two horses 2 days a week.
Small grass school, but can school in field if I want to.
Loaaads of hacking nearby, but 1 horse can't do anything more than a steady trot (due to injury) and the other is seriously unfit, so I don't get to do much with them other than plod around and build the pony's fitness x)
 
My sharer pays £10 per ride. She mucks out, replenishes hay nets, grooms, catches in and turns out as necessary. Mucking out is more like skipping out, it's not a full on clean out. She rides three times a week.

HTH
 
Sounds just like what I was offering but I only had outdoor floodlit school - my sharers always paid £20 a week for riding 3 times a week - I often took them with me to competitions

Sharers get a great deal cost wise as this didn't really go anywhere to cover the costs of them - but it did keep them fit and happy which is what I was after
 
depends on the horse and situation

I had a sharer who used to pay £30 a week, but really, she could come up as often or as little as she liked (with prior notice if she wouldn't be there so I could sort the horse out)

It worked well for me as I had another which was young and it gave me someone to ride with and the sharer basically had their own horse at a reduced cost!
 
I was thinking around £20 a week but then felt cheeky to be charging, then went off the whole idea, lol. I hate it when I see adverts where people want people to pay them to educate their horse and didn't want to be seen like that. Difference is my horse is well schooled, has impeccable manners and really is a good, fun ride for just about anyone. Aargh, I don't know!
 
I used to offer free shares as it was exercise I was after not cash but I found people who didn't pay didn't turn up! It was too hot, too rainy, too windy, etc etc. whereas £20 ment they did turn up.

The cash is so ovbiously just a contribution to costs from a liability perspective thet'd struggle to suggest you were running a business in any way - BHS covers you 'for recreational purposes'

"What does the Public Liability Insurance cover me for?

The Public Liability Insurance provides cover for any third party injury or property damage that arises out of your legal liability/negligence as a BHS member. This is in respect of riding/handling of horses and must be for recreational purposes only."
 
FoxTrotx said:
I was thinking around £20 a week but then felt cheeky to be charging,
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I know what you mean BUT it often seems that people who don't pay anything are prone to not turning up and are more erratic. Not some huge generalisation before anyone goes off on one, just what I have found through personal experience.
 
It's a very difficult question and one that I feel has to be addressed on an individual basis.
I see there being several types of sharerand owner.
Sharer
1) Novice, can ride horse but will not improve, may well need horse to be corrected at times between sharer rides.
2) Some experience, wont necessarily improve the horse but wont do any harm either.
3) Very experienced, will almost certainly improve the horse and could help improve owners riding.

Owners
1) Needs the money to keep their horse
2) Needs help with jobs as lacks time
3) Improving the horse and themselves more improtant.

So 1 matches 1, 2 matches 2 etc and all is rosey in the garden.
Problems arise where owner fits in cat 1 and 3, this is where they try to get rider 3 to pay (no chance).
Sharer 3 can work with owner 2 happily but not often owner 1
Sharer 1 and owner 3 will not generally work either.

Thats all very black and white and often sharers and owners fall someehere between categories. This is why I suggest level of contibution should be agreed on an individual basis.
I've shared with both 2 and 3 type owners, never with type 1 and class myself as type 3 sharer
 
Replies have all been very helpful, thank you all so much. I was going to start looking for a sharer as I'm thinking about getting a baby to back and bring on, so will probably need some help to keep my current girl fit enough (I ride 5 times a week but work full time, I think backing a baby might be a little too much to fit in without a bit of help, lol).
I was thinking £20-£30 would be reasonable for someone paying that per week for a lesson but not ready for ownership at present. Plus it would be nice to have the company at shows and I like watching people enjoy my fabulous horse :)
 
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