Trainer/Business Owner Agreement

[ncsuequine]

Hello

I would like to get some suggestions on what is fair in the following situation for an agreement between a trainer and barn/business owner.

Business Owner leases the barn, paying $1500 for 10 stall barn, but is allowed to double up on stalls (stalls lead to paddocks, so agreeable horses can share stalls), so currently there are 13 horses at the 10 stall barn.

Has two lessons horses, but one is limited physically.
*Had up to 6 lesson horses in the past

Trainer has 3 horses, 2 are lesson quality. Trainer brings two boarders, one with a lesson horse, one with a “lesson to be” horse (needs training, trainer going to provide). Trainer is also bringing 6 students with her.

Business Owner as about 30 students in regular lessons with the current trainer. Current trainer is leaving, so I have been asked to take over. Current trainer doesn’t have any horses and receives 58% of all lessons. She has always relied on Business Owner to provide lesson horses.

I am trying to figure out how to go forward financially with this business.

Questions

1. Should I have to pay full board?
2. What kind of arrangement should we have with lesson finances?
3. If I do pay full board, should I be getting the same 58% of lessons that the current trainer is getting?
4. I am also going to be doing 90% of the scheduling and some of the marketing work. How should that be compensated.

Any ideas would be great appreciated.

[gottagrey]

This sounds like a familiar situation posted on another thread. Doesn’t sound like an equitable deal to me.

[findeight]

Ditto…sounds just like that other thread same poster put up a week or so ago. Except this one sounds like a proposal and that one a description of the already in place terms she’d be accepting if she moves there.

Not too many responses on it but we all said bad idea. If nothing has changed its still a bad idea.

[Showbizz]

This sounds sticky to me. The only recommendation I’ll make is don’t trade services. Pay boad, then get paid for your services as you determine.