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

  • Broodmare/Recip Mare Lease: Young Dressage Mare **no riding**

    Not for riding. Broodmare/recip mare lease only. Happy for her to stay here with her friends while she cooks up your baby for you, but would allow off farm to an approved living situation.

    Lizzie is my 7yo 16.0hh upper level dressage prospect, who ended her career before it had hardly started with a pasture accident.

    She has presence, power, springy movement, and the type of brain that thrives in upper level tests where movements are coming up fast. Changes and extended gaits come naturally to her, and all lateral work that she got to was picked up in a matter of minutes. Very inquisitive and friendly. She has always been barefoot with great feet.

    We have several of her cousins in the barn, and my experience is that that line is super smart, super athletic, beautiful movers, and fill out pretty WB-y. Most people guess that Lizzie is a dressage-bred Hanoverian rather than an OTTB! She is the perfect mare to add a touch of refinement to that heavier-built WB stallion you've been drooling over, without compromising on the dressage talent or on maintaining the WB "look".

    Around the barn, Lizzie is generally pretty easy to deal with. We take ground manners seriously here, so while she is a young horse with energy she knows that she's expected to be polite! She will lead single, double, and I've even led a group of three or four that included her a few times when I didn't want to make multiple trips to the top field on a hot day! She currently lives out in a herd of mares, but in the past has been stalled at night, has had solo turnout, and has been out in a mixed herd.

    We will be breeding her ourselves down the line, but we have older maidens that are a higher priority for the upcoming breeding season simply because we don’t want to have them be maidens much older than they already are, so Lizzie could certainly cook up a baby or two for someone else in the meantime.

  • HALF LEASE: Green Hunter Gelding

    Wally is new to our lesson program and does not yet have a full lesson load. He stands 16.0hh and is a total hunter type who naturally prefers to travel long and low and has a long stride but slower gaits.

    At this time he is green and definitely lacking confidence but is WTC under saddle and started over small fences and overall a quiet and levelheaded temperament. Truly the wants to please, snuggly, oversized golden retriever, gelding that everyone wants. After being here only ten days he stepped in to give leadline pony rides to our pony camp kids!

    This is a lovely young horse who we are bringing along slowly and carefully, and will be selective about approving a half lessee for him, because we can see what a phenomenal packer for our students he’s going to turn into as he gains confidence.

  • HALF LEASE: Lower Level Eventing and Dressage Packer

    Moose is 17.0hh and a packer through Novice eventing and 1st level dressage, with some 2nd level training that has not yet been fully explored. He has also played in the jumper ring with a student.

    Moose is excellent under saddle and much more of a kick ride than you expect him to be, but is not suitable for a timid person as he’s a bit of a jerk on the ground and needs a handler who will be calmly assertive and hold the line that ground manners are in no way negotiable.

  • 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!