What's the process and details for leasing a horse?

Question

We moved last summer and I had to leave the horse that was basically mine with the "real" owner. I want to buy a horse of my own but I will be leaving for college in a year or two to probably somewhere far away. I think that renting or leasing a horse would be my best option I have the barn and facilities for one. I would like to know what goes on with leasing, who pays what, ie vet bills if something happens and farrier bills and would I have to supply all my own tack? any help would be great!

Answer 1

It really depends on your agreement.  If it is a full lease, it is basically your horse - you pay for everything and it is your complete responsibility.  For a part lease, the owner will usually come down on a few set days or hours.  They might groom the horse or pay/help pay the vet bills, farrier, and board.  The tack may or may not come with the horse...It is really all about the agreement you make with the owner.

Good Luck

Answer 2

When leasing, u pretty much pay for everything, including paying for the lease fee, vet bills, farier, dentist, barn ect.

Free lease means u pay for everything but the lease of the horse and usually the owners wish the horse to say at there property of choice.

Answer 3

Leasing a horse has it's ups and downs. One it is not your horse and the owner makes all the final decision whether its injuries ect.

Leasing should be worked like this- If you get a free lease that means that the leasee (you) should be paying for food, vet bills, farrier, tack ect. BUT

If you are paying a certain amount weekly for the horse than the leaser (owner of the horse) should be paying for the essentials. Some owners lease out their tack free with the horse like we do but the leasee must pay the owners back if any tack is damaged or ruined.

What is happening with my situation is that we have a pony being leased (with option to buy) for 6months. In that six months the leasee has to keep my tack in proper condition, pay vet/farrier bills, food and water and supply new tack if anything happens.

To make sure you arent getting ripped off get a vet to check the horse for age, health issues (history of feet, health, colic ect) teeth, ect. Make sure you know exactly what you will recieve and read through the contract you should get for leasing a horse. We downloaded a contract off the internet that did us good.

Anyways if you have any more questions e-mail me and i will be happy to reply back to them

Goodluck

Also one last thing: The leaser if they have brains should come out and loook at were the horse will be held, where you will be riding them ect.

Also ask the leaser if you are allowed to jump, pony club, trail ride the horse cause if you dont get that clear you are in for big trouble do-do-do-do-dooooo... lol

Anything you will be doing with the horse make sure you clarify with the owner

Answer 4

it depends on the contract you to make together. the horse we are going to lease this is how it works.... we have to pay 275 a month, and this includes the shots, food, some tack and boarding place. its a nice price because she just doesn't have to time to spend with her horse anymore. but like i said, it all depends on what the person ur leasing from agrees to

Answer 5

It depends on if you go with a full or half lease. A full lease usually means you pay for everything, except certain vet bills and you have full riding rights to the horse, it is like your own, except in a year or so you can hand him back to the owner and walk away. Depending on the owner, you will probably use all of your own equipment, or borrow minor tack items like a bridle and possibly saddle.

Half leasing gets tricky. This is when you usually share riding time with an owner that cannot be at the barn as often as they'd like to be. This means not only sharing riding time, but showing rights, and split costs. It is very possible in a half lease that you would share equipment.

Unfortunately, in the horse world, other than those two rough outlines, there is no real set standards. It is kind of a situational thing. I leased for several months as well, and the above is how my full lease worked. Either way, I hope this was helpful and good luck.