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Horses on land (rented )

  • 30-03-2017 4:47pm
    #1
    06608124
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78 ✭✭


    Hi

    I am offering land for rent. The person interested wants to put horses on the land. There are rushes on the land and it hasnt been farmed for a year. Should i allow horse on? Will they damage the land?what should my stipulations be?


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  • #2
    freedominacup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭freedominacup


    06608124 wrote: »
    Hi

    I am offering land for rent. The person interested wants to put horses on the land. There are rushes on the land and it hasnt been farmed for a year. Should i allow horse on? Will they damage the land?what should my stipulations be?

    That he doesn't put horses on it. End of.


  • #3
    ganmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    If you want to rent to this guy the minimium id say you should ask is that no riding takes place on the ground and they're not kept on it over winter


  • #4
    MfMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,506 ✭✭✭MfMan


    Is this person 'extended family'? Don't touch them with a barge pole if so, only drawing them around the place on you.


  • #5
    06608124
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78 ✭✭06608124


    MfMan wrote: »
    Is this person 'extended family'? Don't touch them with a barge pole if so, only drawing them around the place on you.

    Thanks, il actually a guy i know locally. And totally nor.ally people 😂 ok he said they would be lighter horses, young ones i think. I didnt have the land rented last year. He said there could be redwater on it and not suitable for cattle. Also fencing isnt the best for sheep he thinks ( which they have ) and in my head could put on it? A simple electric fence would suffice i would have thought and wouldnt be too expensive?


  • #6
    06608124
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78 ✭✭06608124


    freedominacup wrote: »
    That he doesn't put horses on it. End of.

    ok he said they would be lighter horses, young ones i think. I didnt have the land rented last year. He said there could be redwater on it and not suitable for cattle. Also fencing isnt the best for sheep he thinks ( which they have ) and in my head could put on it? A simple electric fence would suffice i would have thought and wouldnt be too expensive?

    Why are horses so bad can you tell me? Is it a total no go even if i cant get anyone else to rent it?


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  • #7
    06608124
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78 ✭✭06608124


    ganmo wrote: »
    If you want to rent to this guy the minimium id say you should ask is that no riding takes place on the ground and they're not kept on it over winter



    ok he said they would be lighter horses, young ones i think. I didnt have the land rented last year. He said there could be redwater on it and not suitable for cattle. Also fencing isnt the best for sheep he thinks ( which they have ) and in my head could put on it? A simple electric fence would suffice i would have thought and wouldnt be too expensive

    Why are horses so bad? Even if i cant rent to anyone else are horses still a no go? There are rushes on the land


  • #8
    melloa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 93 ✭✭melloa


    sounds like more hassle than it;s worth


  • #9
    rangler1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,497 ✭✭✭rangler1


    06608124 wrote: »
    ok he said they would be lighter horses, young ones i think. I didnt have the land rented last year. He said there could be redwater on it and not suitable for cattle. Also fencing isnt the best for sheep he thinks ( which they have ) and in my head could put on it? A simple electric fence would suffice i would have thought and wouldnt be too expensive

    Why are horses so bad? Even if i cant rent to anyone else are horses still a no go? There are rushes on the land
    ,

    I have an acre here destroyed by a horse, they are notoriously poor grazers, they won't eat where they sh.. on and overgraze ground elsewhere.
    As for horse people, well my experience of them was poor so won't say any more, I've evicted my tenant but it'll be a long time before the land will be right.


  • #10
    Ms Doubtfire1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,422 ✭✭✭Ms Doubtfire1


    rangler1 wrote: »
    06608124 wrote: »
    ok he said they would be lighter horses, young ones i think. I didnt have the land rented last year. He said there could be redwater on it and not suitable for cattle. Also fencing isnt the best for sheep he thinks ( which they have ) and in my head could put on it? A simple electric fence would suffice i would have thought and wouldnt be too expensive

    Why are horses so bad? Even if i cant rent to anyone else are horses still a no go? There are rushes on the land
    ,

    I have an acre here destroyed by a horse, they are notoriously poor grazers, they won't eat where they sh.. on and overgraze ground elsewhere.
     As for horse people, well my experience of them was poor so won't say any more, I've evicted my tenant but it'll be a long time before the land  will be right.
    Well, i disagree. The minimum requirement per horse is 2 acres so putting a horse on 1 acres is asking for trouble.. OP, Condition of the land? Number of horses? size of the land?

    I would go by the thumb rule 4 acres per horse.There won't be much destruction. Stipulate that lessee has to maintain the land, land gets rolled once a year and the horses are rotated regulary. I lease 30 acres and have 7 horses on it. The land is rolled once a year after winter - that takes care of the damage.


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