Looking for some advice please! Dd1, nearly 15, has been having weekly riding lessons for two years, plus spends time helping out at the riding school, mucking out, grooming etc. I think I need to say here that she is adopted and is immature, with some behavioural and emotional problems, but does seem to get a lot out of being around horses.
She's now going mad to loan a horse. I'm trying to put her off till next summer as she has GCSEs coming up, plus dance lessons (dance is one of her GCSEs so I'm keen for to continue with it for now). However next summer she can drop the dance, she will break up from school earlier, and from sept 2017 she's only likely to be at college three days a week, doing something to do with horses.
Anyway, when or if she does loan a horse, I see from searching online that some cost a certain amount per week while others are apparently free. How does this work? Is it that owners don't have time to exercise their horse and are willing for someone to come and ride it? If free, if there still an expectation there will be a contribution to food etc? How much time commitment is required? And what about insurance? I'm not sure I'm happy for her to go off hacking alone but perhaps there would be other people she could ride with.
Sorry for all the questions. I just want to get some thoughts really at this stage and although I had some riding lessons in my 20s, we are not a horsey family!
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Papergirl1968 · 11/07/2016 10:32
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