Horse Talk

[I Love Layers]

I would like to lease someone else's horse, but when I contacted someone who had a leasing add on Craig's list, they just stopped answering my questions so that didn't work out :/  they also seemed pretty affordable too. I haven't found any other horse leasers since. Do you have any suggestions on where to look?

Equinenow.com and if you have facebook there's lots of horse sale pages

 

[res]

Are you wanting to free lease off-site and keep the horse at your property/boarding barn or do you want to on-farm free lease or partial lease?

Looking locally for a lease usually works out better in the long run. Word-of-mouth can go a long long way for leasing, too. There are often families that want to place their horse in a lease situation, but do not want to deal with "tire-kickers" and the strangers that come with online ads.

Call local equine vets, ask if they know of anyone wanting to lease out their horse, and ask them to keep you in mind if they hear of someone. Do the same with local 4-H clubs, boarding barns/lesson barns, farriers, etc.

The more "known" you are the greater the chances of you finding a free lease. If you are not currently taking lessons somewhere, or riding/showing consistently somewhere, and do not have any vet/farrier references, it might be pretty hard to find an off-site free lease, but you may be the perfect person for an on-site partial lease, where the horse stays at the owner's current situation, and you get to ride it a few times a week. You can often find lessons rolled into the partial lease price.

On-site partial leasing a the PERFECT way to get started into horses, without a huge financial cost, and you will generally have a good network to "learn" from wherever the horse is kept.

 

[I Love Layers]

The interstate is closed.
We have some 6 foot drift heres


Here's some other drifts

We store our trampoline and old windows in here since it doesn't have a door

Corrals



My dad was telling me that when he was 3, 6, and maybe 10-12 they had some bad ones. There were some east winds and the snow got so deep the motorgraders, since they owned a construction business was fully covered, and the horses could walk out of the corrals the snow was so high

 

[TroyerSis]

Are you wanting to free lease off-site and keep the horse at your property/boarding barn or do you want to on-farm free lease or partial lease?

Looking locally for a lease usually works out better in the long run. Word-of-mouth can go a long long way for leasing, too. There are often families that want to place their horse in a lease situation, but do not want to deal with "tire-kickers" and the strangers that come with online ads.

Call local equine vets, ask if they know of anyone wanting to lease out their horse, and ask them to keep you in mind if they hear of someone. Do the same with local 4-H clubs, boarding barns/lesson barns, farriers, etc.

The more "known" you are the greater the chances of you finding a free lease. If you are not currently taking lessons somewhere, or riding/showing consistently somewhere, and do not have any vet/farrier references, it might be pretty hard to find an off-site free lease, but you may be the perfect person for an on-site partial lease, where the horse stays at the owner's current situation, and you get to ride it a few times a week. You can often find lessons rolled into the partial lease price.

On-site partial leasing a the PERFECT way to get started into horses, without a huge financial cost, and you will generally have a good network to "learn" from wherever the horse is kept.

I wouldn't want to bring the horse to my house at this point, 'cause I'm not very experienced. I wouldn't mind paying a reasonable fee either. I wanted to try leasing because I've kinda graduated from ridiculously expensive, boring, guided trail rides to less supervised horse riding . Is horse leasing a good option for being able to ride more freely, or is it better for the more experienced riders???

 

[I Love Layers]

I wouldn't want to bring the horse to my house at this point, 'cause I'm not very experienced. I wouldn't mind paying a reasonable fee either. I wanted to try leasing because I've kinda graduated from ridiculously expensive, boring, guided trail rides to less supervised horse riding . Is horse leasing a good option for being able to ride more freely, or is it better for the more experienced riders???

Seeming as your saying that you aren't experienced I would still take lessons or have a trainer. Otherwise things can go wrong if you're not experienced. I think leasing a horse is a good way to go off on your own and have a horse. I know some inexperienced and experienced people lease so I think anyone can do it. Just don't take any of my advice

seeming as I've always owned my horses.
Again its just me but I would try a horse I like out for a month and then buy it if I like it rather then spending money on leasing.

 

[TroyerSis]

Seeming as your saying that you aren't experienced I would still take lessons or have a trainer. Otherwise things can go wrong if you're not experienced. I think leasing a horse is a good way to go off on your own and have a horse. I know some inexperienced and experienced people lease so I think anyone can do it. Just don't take any of my advice

seeming as I've always owned my horses.
Again its just me but I would try a horse I like out for a month and then buy it if I like it rather then spending money on leasing.

I'm a fairly good rider, I just don't know much about tack, horse care, etc. But I will be doing horses in 4-H, so i'm excited about that! I also have taken lessons before.

 

[res]

I wouldn't want to bring the horse to my house at this point, 'cause I'm not very experienced. I wouldn't mind paying a reasonable fee either. I wanted to try leasing because I've kinda graduated from ridiculously expensive, boring, guided trail rides to less supervised horse riding . Is horse leasing a good option for being able to ride more freely, or is it better for the more experienced riders???

Beginning riders can DEFINITELY benefit from leasing! I would look for an on-site partial lease that includes lessons. That would allow you to still ride with a trainer, on site, and have free time to ride at your own pace. You would probably do best leasing a horse that has tack included, or at least involving the horse's owner in approving your tack. A poorly fitting saddle or wrong bit/poorly adjusted bridle can make a good horse go bad.

Partial leasing, 100% of the time, is LESS COSTLY than actually owning the horse, so do not be afraid to lease long term! It is called a "partial lease" because you are only paying part of the horse's monthly bills, but you get to enjoy all the benefits of a horse.

 

[I Love Layers]

​Beginning riders can DEFINITELY benefit from leasing! I would look for an on-site partial lease that includes lessons. That would allow you to still ride with a trainer, on site, and have free time to ride at your own pace. You would probably do best leasing a horse that has tack included, or at least involving the horse's owner in approving your tack. A poorly fitting saddle or wrong bit/poorly adjusted bridle can make a good horse go bad.

Partial leasing, 100% of the time, is LESS COSTLY than actually owning the horse, so do not be afraid to lease long term! It is called a "partial lease" because you are only paying part of the horse's monthly bills, but you get to enjoy all the benefits of a horse.

Depends on who you're leasing from. I saw a lease to day and you had to pay for everything carrier and vet

 

[TroyerSis]

Beginning riders can DEFINITELY benefit from leasing! I would look for an on-site partial lease that includes lessons. That would allow you to still ride with a trainer, on site, and have free time to ride at your own pace. You would probably do best leasing a horse that has tack included, or at least involving the horse's owner in approving your tack. A poorly fitting saddle or wrong bit/poorly adjusted bridle can make a good horse go bad.

Partial leasing, 100% of the time, is LESS COSTLY than actually owning the horse, so do not be afraid to lease long term! It is called a "partial lease" because you are only paying part of the horse's monthly bills, but you get to enjoy all the benefits of a horse.

Well, I have NO tack, so leasing a horse with tack included would be helpful, lol. I have seen horse leases with lessons included with the monthly lease, should I try something like that? Thanks for all your help!

 

[res]

Depends on who you're leasing from. I saw a lease to day and you had to pay for everything carrier and vet

Then that was not a "partial" lease.