12 February 2009 ~ 8 Comments

Posted in Ask The Experts,General Questions,Horsemanship and Training at 12 February 2009

Leasing

Dear PONY,

My Mom said that maybe when I’m older I can start leasing a horse!! What is leasing a horse?

From, Horse Luver!!

Dear Luver,

Leasing a horse means you pay to have a horse for a specific amount of time – usually a year. The lessee (you) will pay a flat fee, and pay for maintaining the horse – the costs usually include feeding, shoeing, and vet care. (Although if the horse gets very sick, usually the owner pays the bill. Make sure you get a contract that states who pays what, and have an attorney look it over.) Sometimes there’s even an option to buy the horse after the period of the lease is over.

Leasing can be a great way to find out if the commitment of owning a horse is really for you. Or if you can’t own, at least you can feel, during the period of the lease, that you really are the horse’s owner!

Love, Stella

8 Responses to “Leasing”

  1. freddy-chitcate 19 March 2010 at 7:53 pm Permalink

    Wow,I neaver knew that,

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  2. Maddie 17 June 2010 at 10:47 am Permalink

    my mom boards our horse, her name is chloe

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  3. Abbie the Horse Lover 1 July 2010 at 4:50 pm Permalink

    i have a friend who leases a horse named sweet chick.

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  4. morg 3 September 2010 at 6:18 pm Permalink

    i want a horse SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bad. how can i rase money to keep one?? or lease one???

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  5. horselover1146-Brianna and Kingston 8 March 2011 at 9:06 am Permalink

    Leasing a horse is the same thing as owning horse, but you will not pay as much and you can not sell it. The bad thing about leasing is that the owner can cancel the lease whenever they want to.

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  6. horses 7 July 2011 at 9:28 am Permalink

    dear pony,
    can you give this letter to stella or for you or any one 2 anser please

    my horse name jack was claimed to be a quarte horse but my mom and dad and grandpa etc. say he is throughbred he is real tall and just like one but what else could he be i realy want to know ,plus when a horse bucks and rears for the first time when hes around 13 or 15 years old what does that mean

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  7. cowgirl3446 7 July 2011 at 3:28 pm Permalink

    tell stella can i do it if i have no money

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  8. ponygirl 5 August 2011 at 6:15 pm Permalink

    my mom wont let me lease a horse becuase she thinks after the lease is up you have to buy it:(mbut she wouldnt listen when i tell her that you dont

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