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| Borrow A Horse |
info@sjridingcamp.com ∙ 860-872-4742 ∙ 130 Sandy Beach Road, Ellington CT 06029
This program is similar to an off-farm free lease. The horses are available to take
home at the end of camp (August 29th this year) and are returned to us either the 1st or 2nd
week of June. The difference is that you, as the "buyer", would sign a “conditional sales
contract” and so, legally, you would own the horse. There is a $300 deposit which you pay when
you select your horse and which is returned to you in June when you return the horse and fulfill
the contract. (You also have 1st option of taking the same horse again the following year and so
you can also leave the deposit with us if you are planning to take the horse again.) Tack can be
included in the contract for an additional deposit, but that part of the deposit is not refundable.
You would be responsible for all board, shoeing, vet bills, and trucking on the
horse. There is a price on the contract where you can buy the horse instead of returning it in
the spring but it is usually an expensive price so that we don’t lose all our horses right before
camp. If you decide before October 1 that you would like to buy the horse, there maybe a lower
price.
The horses all come with negative Coggins certificates and are current on their
inoculations.We require that the horse be given a Coggins test and inoculations in the spring,
including Eastern, Western, Tetanus, Flu, Rhino, Rabies, and Strep(Strangles) (preferably at
least a month prior to returning him/her). When you return the horse we will need a copy of the
negative Coggins certificate and a rabies certificate.
Some of the advantages of "borrowing" versus buying is that if your (or your child's)
skill level improves you can "trade up" to a different horse next year. Or, if her interest wanes
you can be finished with horse ownership completely. Sometimes people also go away on
vacation in the summer, or want to give their pasture a chance to rejuvenate. The biggest
advantage maybe that you don't have to come up with money for a purchase price!
home at the end of camp (August 29th this year) and are returned to us either the 1st or 2nd
week of June. The difference is that you, as the "buyer", would sign a “conditional sales
contract” and so, legally, you would own the horse. There is a $300 deposit which you pay when
you select your horse and which is returned to you in June when you return the horse and fulfill
the contract. (You also have 1st option of taking the same horse again the following year and so
you can also leave the deposit with us if you are planning to take the horse again.) Tack can be
included in the contract for an additional deposit, but that part of the deposit is not refundable.
You would be responsible for all board, shoeing, vet bills, and trucking on the
horse. There is a price on the contract where you can buy the horse instead of returning it in
the spring but it is usually an expensive price so that we don’t lose all our horses right before
camp. If you decide before October 1 that you would like to buy the horse, there maybe a lower
price.
The horses all come with negative Coggins certificates and are current on their
inoculations.We require that the horse be given a Coggins test and inoculations in the spring,
including Eastern, Western, Tetanus, Flu, Rhino, Rabies, and Strep(Strangles) (preferably at
least a month prior to returning him/her). When you return the horse we will need a copy of the
negative Coggins certificate and a rabies certificate.
Some of the advantages of "borrowing" versus buying is that if your (or your child's)
skill level improves you can "trade up" to a different horse next year. Or, if her interest wanes
you can be finished with horse ownership completely. Sometimes people also go away on
vacation in the summer, or want to give their pasture a chance to rejuvenate. The biggest
advantage maybe that you don't have to come up with money for a purchase price!