Posted 2016-03-01 7:18 AM Subject: How much would you charge someone?
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Posts: 972 Location: Texas!
If you were leasing a 1D horse for someone to take to the college rodeos for the season what would you charge for a lease? How would you have it set up etc.? Thanks in advance!
Posted 2016-03-02 12:07 AM Subject: RE: How much would you charge someone?
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Posts: 4766 Location: Bandera, TX
I had a dad ask me to lease a horse last year for his college bound daughter. He thought the lease would be easier on his pocket book than a purchase. He thought differently after we discussed the terms. He now "owns" a horse kicking hiney in the SW region.
It came down to this point: I could be winning $ 250 pretty easily at a rodeo, JP etc. Your daughter wants the horse for a full weekend $500 per weekend how many rodeo's you headed to? How many JP's you intend to make to get that timing down to perfect so the horse and her are making $ winning runs?
Get signed contracts with the specifics on everything: from which vets to take the horse to, responsibility for all vet bills, shoeing bills etc. I even insist that the horse be kept in a stall with turnouts. I will check on my horses and if college kids have not fed the horse by 8 am I will load it up and take it home. You can party on another animal.
How much would you charge someone?
