Horse leasing?

Question

is it possible to have a shared parnership horse with other people and be able to ride the horse? Thanks

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Answer 1

Yes you can lease a horse.  I would suggest getting a full lease on a horse where you and only you get to ride it and take care of it, instead of a half lease where you and somebody else rides the horse.  The problem with multiple people riding the horse is that each person has their own riding style and could ruin the horse and make it unpleaseant to ride the horse.  I leased my horse out to a riding school to use as a lesson horse and by the end of that the horse was all screwed up and hated life.  

So it is better to get a full lease if you can.

Answer 2

Leasing a horse is possible. But here is where the trouble starts. Imagine leasing a child. They each have different personalities. They each get used to a persons way of doing things. When someone knew comes along and changes things, imagine how difficult it is to deal with. This is the same with a horse. You never know what you're going to get, or what you will end up doing to a horse like that. A friend of mine used to lease her horse and ruined him by doing it.

Answer 3

I feel so lucky. I wanted to lease a horse too but didn't really have the money for it. My mom put an ad on Craigs List and found an owner with a wonderful horse that she doesn't have a lot of time to ride because she is busy training another one. So now I get to help out with barn chores (I love those too!) and ride. It's perfect for us. Maybe you can give that a try? There is also a rescue place near us that needs volunteers -- it may not be perfect but you could be helping a lot by volunteering.

I know some people are saying don't lease a horse unless you can do a full lease but where I ride lots of people do partial leases on school ponies and it gives them experience and riding time with the school horses. Lots of riding schools offer this.

I hope you find the perfect riding place!

Answer 4

yes!

There's a lot of reasons that a person might put their horse up for lease...  maybe they're suddenly busier with extra work or maybe they don't want to go out in the cold to ride in the winter or maybe the rider is going away to college but doesn't want to sell the horse.  Those people want someone to ride the horse so it gets exercise and want someone to pay half the costs.  That way you get a lot of contact with the horse, but not a whole lot of cost.  you can search websites such as equine.com for horses for lease in your area.

Also, if there is a barn in your area that gives lessons, often those barns will give you a partial lease on one of the lesson horses...  my barn has quarter leases or half leases...  for a month you will pay for either a quarter or half of the costs (vet, farrier) of the horse, $75, and then you get to ride for a quarter or half of the week (2 or 4 days).  You can call the barns in your area to ask if they offer something like that.

I think I'd prefer a lease either of a lesson horse or a lease with a friend...  it's kinda awkward when you ride another persons horse, especially if they keep it at their house.  But it's really up to you.