Would you try and half loan or not bother?

[charlie55]

Im not sure what to do! Me and my partner are planning on having another baby but im not sure what to do with the horse!! Here is what i need...

Someone to half loan, 3-4 days a week as time will be limited
Plus side of things:

Lovely powerful dressage horse
Can school/hack on there days
Wont be asking a fortune off the loaner
Lovely yard with great hacking
Nice people who will always help you out
Indoor and outdoor schools

Here are the not so good parts:
He is a lovely horse but is very spooky, and can be a handful at time if he gets worried/scared of anything, especially out hacking!
Needs to be a very experienced rider (i dont think the sort of rider im after will not have there own horse, hence not wanting to half loan?)
Hes 17hh so may put alot of people off? Although im only 5'2!!
Cannot jump due to injury a few years ago
Cannot compete, he has major confidence issue, he hasnt got any!! Which means everytime we go to a new yard/show he gets very tense, spooky, worried about everything and he just gets naughty, so were working on this atm.
He will need to be put to bed before i gets dark :-/

I havent got a hope in hell of finding someone have i? I think i do make him sound worse then he is, but, he isnt for the faint hearted. Having said that when you get to know him and hes little quirks he is a lovely ride, he never rears, or bolts, will only buck if you deserve it (over use of schooling whip will do it ). I will still ride when pregnant to he cant be that bad.

Ive never loaned/half loaned before.... What would you do? Try and find someone or do what i can with him and pay someone to muck out and do him when i cant? I really dont want the 'muppets' coming up and trying him, because if you cant ride, he will have you off, simple! But then again, he loves being ridden and im really not going to be able to do alot!!

What would you do if you owned him?

Mince pie and cream for everyone that got this far!!

 

[SnowandSunshine]

You might find another mum who is interested. I have an older mare and although I've had horses since I was 13 when she is no longer with me I will not be buying another horse until my children are quite a bit older. I won't have the money or time to commit to another horse full time. I'll need my horsey fix though so will be looking for some kind of share set up.

You can only advertise and see who replies. Its pretty easy to weed out the unsuitables before they get to the point of trying your neddy out.

 

[charlie55]

You might find another mum who is interested. I have an older mare and although I've had horses since I was 13 when she is no longer with me I will not be buying another horse until my children are quite a bit older. I won't have the money or time to commit to another horse full time. I'll need my horsey fix though so will be looking for some kind of share set up.

You can only advertise and see who replies. Its pretty easy to weed out the unsuitables before they get to the point of trying your neddy out.

Thanks hun, a few people have mentioned to me about selling him, but because he isnt easy id dread to think where he would end up and what sort of state he would be in, mentally. Hes a sensitive lad love him, another mum would be ideal!