Anybody leased their pony

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Dd gypsy cob is outgrown and I’m not sure what to do with him. I don’t want to sell. He 12.1 and is a fab allrounder. He’s a favourite at PC and does very well at showing. Is very competitive at 60cm SJ and a bombproof hack. Can become a little strong when he wants to get the job done . I had thought to loan him out but then someone mentioned how she’d advertised her pony to lease and was inundated with enquiries. I know nothing about it. How much would people expect to lease a pony like ours for and what kind of practicalities/contract would we need to consider?

I can see there might be a market for a good pony club pony where, for example, the child’s usual pony has gone lame and they desperately need something temporary for the summer hols to get to camp etc. I imagine they’ll want to hand it back for winter though. If you want a long term home you’d do better sticking to loaning - no one’s going to long-term lease an average PC pony, they may as well just buy.

Can’t help with the practicalities I’m afraid, but I guess it would be much like a loan contract but with a weekly/monthly fee stipulated?

Out of interest, how did it work out for your friend? Did the many enquiries actually materialise into leases?

It’s usually only really top-flight ponies that get leased - the annual fee is usually around 10% of the pony’s value so you’d be paying £5000 for a £50,000 pony. I’ve known one family go down the leasing route - their daughter had one year left on ponies and their current pony had an injury which would have meant she would have missed the entire season. They didn’t want to buy a pony for one year so they leased a schoolmaster to give her experience of riding bigger tracks - it wasn’t cheap though …

However I’ve never heard of an average pony club pony being leased - if you don’t want to sell the normal route would be to loan to another pony club family.

You would be better off loaning your pony out. Either full or part poan from your current yard or allow pony to move to the loaners are.

There is a sample contract on the BHS website that if very good.

Im not sure where you are but where I am (midlands) part loans cost around £10-£20 per day (depending on facilities) and full loan is general the full running costs of the pony, minus insurance (but the loaner would need their own public liability insurance)

If you sent the pony away on loan I would also expect the loaner to fully insure them too.

With regards to advertising, you best bet would be to join some local horsey FB groups and read their posts. There will be lots of wanted ads and you can reply to any you think might be suitable. It’s true if you advertise you’ll likely be bombarded.

Your pony sounds fab! Good luck with finding them a new rider.