Leasing From TRF

What’s included in a lease? A half lease (which will always be on-site at our farm) gives you exclusive use of the horse a set three days of the week. There may be restrictions, such as requiring that you take at least X number of lessons a month or not trail ride a horse that doesn’t do well on the trail or not jump above a certain height, and you will always need case-by-case permission to take the horse off the property, but you are overall pretty free to do what you want on your days. A full lease may be on or off site, but gives you exclusive use of the horse full time. There may be the same types of use restrictions as with a half lease, and you will need prior permission to take the horse off property with an on-site lease or change the horse’s place of residence with an off-site lease. All routine upkeep is included in an on site lease whether half or full, and for off site leases we typically cover the coggins and the set of vaccines that our horses receive at home.

How are lease prices set? At minimum a half lease will involve evenly splitting and an on-site full lease will involve fully covering the horse’s upkeep cost. Remember, you are getting exclusive use of the horse half or all of the time; yes, you’re absolutely going to be splitting or paying their upkeep for the time you’re leasing them! Depending on the value of the horse, in some cases the price will be slightly higher than its half/full monthly upkeep cost to incorporate a small fee based on the horse’s value. Prices for off-site leases will be based on the horse’s value plus the anticipated cost of the set of vaccinations and coggins that are included in the lease.

Horses Available For Lease

  • Sweet Flat-Only Mare for On-Site Half Lease Only

    Sage is 9 years old and roughly 16 hands. She spent a season absolutely cleaning up in the hunter ring with our students before we found out about an undisclosed old injury with which she should not be jumping. She was already being groomed to be our adult beginner horse’s eventual successor due to her calm and sweet temperament, but she needs more miles before she can truly step into that role, and with her off of jumping lesson duty our lesson string currently has too many flat-only horses and she needs more work than she’s been getting.

    She may not be allowed to jump anymore, but she’s one that if you don’t bring home a primary color in the hunter/eq flat (and groundpoles) with her you only have yourself to blame, and now that she’s limited to flatwork we’ve informed her that she’s going to become a lower level dressage schoolmaster too.

    Sage also enjoys the trails.

  • Educated Moose for On-Site Half Lease Only

    Moose is a 17hh novice eventing packer, which is roughly equivalent to first level dressage and .9m jumpers for the non-eventing reader. He is saintly under saddle but not for a timid handler as he’s pushy on the ground. He’s the “give the working students who aren’t ready for green beans some show miles” horse, but the current working student found another horse, so even with pitching in with some intermediate-advanced students this lovely packer is currently under-employed.

  • PENDING Large Pony Gelding for On-Site Half Lease Only

    Pepper is a 14hh 2012 POA gelding who is currently eventing but could probably play in any number of disciplines. He is a more forward ride who is annoyed by off-balance beginners with unsteady hands wobbling around and hitting him in the mouth, but does still do some of the WT lesson kids once they can keep their hands and legs stable. He seems to have an auto change at least as long as the rider is balanced, and appears to have the scope to do BN eventing/2’6” hunters/.8m jumpers although we don’t have any kids his size jumping that height currently. He spent his early life trail riding, chasing cows, and popping over logs, so he’s quite confident out of the ring over terrain and natural obstacles.

  • Don't See What You're Looking For? Ask About Half Leasing A Lesson Horse

    Although we haven’t listed all of them as available, we have lesson horses ranging from 14.0hh to 17.0hh with skill sets that include both dressage and/or jumping, whose schedules can often be arranged to make space for on-site half leases to advanced beginners and up. In rare cases a full lease (on-site only) may be considered.

    Half leases include use of the horse three days per week. Pricing varies by horse, and in some cases is as low as simply splitting the cost of the horse’s routine maintenance (all arranged and provided by TRF) with us. Terms of the lease will vary based on the horse, the rider’s experience level, and the rider’s goals, but in most cases the lessee will be required to take weekly lessons with an instructor approved by TRF.

    Transportation to shows is available!