So, some of you likely saw my thread about leasing one of my mares out while I am in school for the next year. Originally I was going to be either full leasing to a girl at my barn, or breeding her. Long story short, the girl at my barn will no longer be leasing my mare, and myself and the stud owner are going to wait until probably next August - so yes, somewhat late breeding.
I have 99% decided that my mare will be going 3-4 hours from here on a ~1 year free lease. It's the best situation for both of us right now. She'll get to continue at her current level of training doing 3'3"-3'6" hunters on the A circuit all over my province, the one next to us, and she'll get to do Thermal as well. They'll school her more O/F at home since she is currently at 3'6"-3'9" and lots of room to move up, so I'd like to see her doing that over the next year as well. It's a wonderful facility with a lovely group of riders and the trainer will be amazing to further my mares training O/F.
My question though is this, what sort of things am I aloud vs. not aloud in a contract? While I have lots of experience writing up contracts and leasing out my own horses in the past, I have never free leased out a horse. So keep in mind that I do know the basics of what to put in a contract, etc etc, but I am not sure if some of the things I'd personally like in a contract are too outrageous to ask for (if that makes sense?)
1. Am I able to request that I would like to hear personally from their vet each time my horse is seen by the vet whether it's for something minor or major (hopefully this doesn't happen, but you never know)
2. Am I able to request that I know exactly which dates and where my horse will be going off property (like for a trail ride a couple hours away, or whenever they expect to be away competing whether it's local to them or otherwise)
3. Should I be expecting them to supply all their own tack and misc. items for my mare? I understand it is a free lease so they SHOULD be supplying everything, but my mare is quite large (like her blankets are 86", so not as easy to come by) so I'd feel somewhat bad if they had to go buy her an entire wardrobe for the next year, but I also don't want to send all my blankets for her as I did spend quite a bit on them.
4. Can I request that she only wear certain tack undersaddle? Like, they are not to ever switch out her bit? Can I put that no "extra" tack be used ever (draw reins, martingales, etc etc.) ??
5. Even though they are 3-4 hours away, and I will be in school full time, can I request that I am able to show up "whenever" to see her if I wish. I don't mean that I'll show up completely unannounced or at midnight or something ridiculous. I just mean that I would like to give fair notice that I will be coming on X day from X time to X time and would like to see my horse at that time. I would never expect them to cancel a show or lesson or what-have-you just because I am planning on being there, but I do expect to be able to see my horse as I please and they'd of course be able to go about their day or plans with her without me getting in the way by any means.
6. While they do have a show schedule and the student (trainer is leasing from me for the student) takes 3-4 lessons per week and rides 6 days per week, am I able to request that they only jump a certain amount per week? And what would be a reasonable amount to do jumping and the rest of the days flat only? (this doesn't include when they are at shows obviously).
I feel like I had more questions, but I'm sick right now and haven't really got a clear head because of that so I'll probably be back later with more questions.
Thanks in advance =)
I have 99% decided that my mare will be going 3-4 hours from here on a ~1 year free lease. It's the best situation for both of us right now. She'll get to continue at her current level of training doing 3'3"-3'6" hunters on the A circuit all over my province, the one next to us, and she'll get to do Thermal as well. They'll school her more O/F at home since she is currently at 3'6"-3'9" and lots of room to move up, so I'd like to see her doing that over the next year as well. It's a wonderful facility with a lovely group of riders and the trainer will be amazing to further my mares training O/F.
My question though is this, what sort of things am I aloud vs. not aloud in a contract? While I have lots of experience writing up contracts and leasing out my own horses in the past, I have never free leased out a horse. So keep in mind that I do know the basics of what to put in a contract, etc etc, but I am not sure if some of the things I'd personally like in a contract are too outrageous to ask for (if that makes sense?)
1. Am I able to request that I would like to hear personally from their vet each time my horse is seen by the vet whether it's for something minor or major (hopefully this doesn't happen, but you never know)
2. Am I able to request that I know exactly which dates and where my horse will be going off property (like for a trail ride a couple hours away, or whenever they expect to be away competing whether it's local to them or otherwise)
3. Should I be expecting them to supply all their own tack and misc. items for my mare? I understand it is a free lease so they SHOULD be supplying everything, but my mare is quite large (like her blankets are 86", so not as easy to come by) so I'd feel somewhat bad if they had to go buy her an entire wardrobe for the next year, but I also don't want to send all my blankets for her as I did spend quite a bit on them.
4. Can I request that she only wear certain tack undersaddle? Like, they are not to ever switch out her bit? Can I put that no "extra" tack be used ever (draw reins, martingales, etc etc.) ??
5. Even though they are 3-4 hours away, and I will be in school full time, can I request that I am able to show up "whenever" to see her if I wish. I don't mean that I'll show up completely unannounced or at midnight or something ridiculous. I just mean that I would like to give fair notice that I will be coming on X day from X time to X time and would like to see my horse at that time. I would never expect them to cancel a show or lesson or what-have-you just because I am planning on being there, but I do expect to be able to see my horse as I please and they'd of course be able to go about their day or plans with her without me getting in the way by any means.
6. While they do have a show schedule and the student (trainer is leasing from me for the student) takes 3-4 lessons per week and rides 6 days per week, am I able to request that they only jump a certain amount per week? And what would be a reasonable amount to do jumping and the rest of the days flat only? (this doesn't include when they are at shows obviously).
I feel like I had more questions, but I'm sick right now and haven't really got a clear head because of that so I'll probably be back later with more questions.
Thanks in advance =)