Did you know you can lease out your horses to other Ranches in Legacy? You can lease horses for a variety of reasons, which will be explained here.
Really quickly though for clarification:
Lessor = person who owns the horse, but is leasing it to someone else
Lessee = person who does not own the horse, but is leasing it
Lessees can do what the owner of the horse allows them to. When setting up the lease, the owner is giving these options to allow:
Register, sell or geld the horse.
The leased horse will go to the lessee's ranch, and the lessee will be responsible for their feed, vet and farrier bills, in addition to any fees for auto-trainers used, and show entry fees. But, the lessee also will get their winnings, if they show, or payments from jobs.
Yes, the lessee and not the lessor will control the horse's feed during the lease. They will also pay for it.
Leases are used for two main reasons: 1) to allow another player to manage training and/or showing your horse and 2) for breeding. That's not to say you might find other reasons to lease though, these are just the main reasons.
Mares may be leased out to be used as broodmares, but this must be done with some planning to ensure the foal goes to the correct person. The foal produced will be owned by the person who bred the mare. So, the lessee should breed the mare, and not the lessor.
Then there is weaning. Unweaned foals will stay with their dam, so, if the lease ends too early, the foal will get sent back with the dam, rather than staying with the lessee. Because of this, it is recommended that broodmare leases be set up for at least 18 game months (12 months gestation + 6 months to weaning), though a little longer is safer.
The lessor can easily set up a lease by going to the horse's Management tab, scrolling down to the ‘Sell & Lease’ section, and checking the Lease box.
First, you must put a price. Note that you can put positive or negative numbers here! A positive number will mean the lessor is getting paid to do the lease. A negative number means the lessee is getting paid to do the lease (perhaps in exchange for training). Note that this price is a one time payment! It is not per game month.
Next, enter the desired length of the lease, in game months, and then finally the name of the lessee's Ranch.
From there, the lessee will get a notification about the lease offer and will be able to accept or decline.
On your Ranch page, select your Sales & Leases tab and scroll down. It will show what horses you are leasing in or leasing out, as well as how many game months are left on the lease.
Leases will end automatically at the end of the agreed lease period, but either party can also choose to end the lease early by going to their Ranch page, and the Sales & Leases tab.
When leasing a horse, you are entrusting that horse to the lessee. They are then responsible for managing the Condition of the horse. They can therefore allow the horse to become fat or emaciated, which can result in the death of the horse. It is therefore recommended that you only arrange leases with experienced players. However, if the lease is not going to your liking, you are able to end the lease early, as described above.
Want to lease out your horse to another player to train, or want to train other player's horses to earn a little game money? You can totally do that! This section will serve as a guide to do so.
When the lessor sets up the lease, they need to input a negative number. This means they will pay that sum to the lessee in exchange for the lease. Note that this price is a one time payment! It is not per game month.
Well, the lessee is going to be responsible for all the horse's bills while they have the horse, so they need to be compensated for them in addition to the training, so let's breakdown the expenses.
Vaccinations + Farrier Bills = roughly $59 per month. Vaccinations are actually paid yearly ($100), but for simplicity that is broken up by month here.
Feed and board bills are little more complicated, because stallions are probably going to be kept in the barn, while mares and geldings are typically kept in pasture. We also have to consider, is the lessee going to be showing or will the horse have a job as well? Then they are going to need to pay for the more expensive concentrated feed. If they are just going to train the horse, then they will only be paying for conditioning feed. Here's a breakdown
|
Monthly Cost for Stallions |
Monthly Cost for Mares or Geldings |
|
| Conditioning Feed |
400 |
240 |
| Concentrated Feed |
500 |
300 |
| Bedding |
50 |
0 |
So, we are up to $509-609 per month for stallions, and $299-359 for mares. But, this is just their monthly expenses. Let's look at compensation for the training.
Auto-trainers cost $10/session, and auto-exercisers cost $5/session. While it is up to the lessor and lessee to decide what is a fair price, we suggest paying somewhere between $5-10/session.
Which, of course can be complicated because each horse has a different number of sessions! So, below are some charts to help you out. Horses typically can do somewhere between 40-60 sessions per rollover (80-120 per game month). You may just want to make things easy and pick the closest number.
Stallions who will be on conditioning feed:
| Number of sessions the horse does per rollover | Suggested total payment per game month based on price per session | |||||
| $5/session | $6/session | $7/session | $8/session | $9/session | $10/session | |
| 40 | 910 | 990 | 1,070 | 1,150 | 1,230 | 1,310 |
| 45 | 960 | 1,050 | 1,140 | 1,230 | 1,320 | 1,410 |
| 50 | 1,010 | 1,110 | 1,210 | 1,310 | 1,410 | 1,510 |
| 55 | 1,060 | 1,170 | 1,280 | 1,390 | 1,500 | 1,610 |
| 60 | 1,110 | 1,230 | 1,350 | 1,470 | 1,590 | 1,710 |
Stallions who will be on concentrated feed:
| Number of sessions the horse does per rollover | Suggested total payment per game month based on price per session | |||||
| $5/session | $6/session | $7/session | $8/session | $9/session | $10/session | |
| 40 | 1,010 | 1,090 | 1,170 | 1,250 | 1,330 | 1,410 |
| 45 | 1,060 | 1,150 | 1,240 | 1,330 | 1,420 | 1,510 |
| 50 | 1,110 | 1,210 | 1,310 | 1,410 | 1,510 | 1,610 |
| 55 | 1,160 | 1,270 | 1,380 | 1,490 | 1,600 | 1,710 |
| 60 | 1,210 | 1,330 | 1,450 | 1,570 | 1,690 | 1,810 |
For mares or geldings who will be on conditioning feed:
| Number of sessions the horse does per rollover | Suggested total payment per game month based on price per session | |||||
| $5/session | $6/session | $7/session | $8/session | $9/session | $10/session | |
| 40 | 700 | 780 | 860 | 940 | 1,020 | 1,100 |
| 45 | 750 | 840 | 930 | 1,020 | 1,110 | 1,200 |
| 50 | 800 | 900 | 1,000 | 1,100 | 1,200 | 1,300 |
| 55 | 850 | 960 | 1,070 | 1,180 | 1,290 | 1,400 |
| 60 | 900 | 1,020 | 1,140 | 1,260 | 1,380 | 1,500 |
For mares or geldings who will be on concentrated feed:
| Number of sessions the horse does per rollover | Suggested total payment per game month based on price per session | |||||
| $5/session | $6/session | $7/session | $8/session | $9/session | $10/session | |
| 40 | 760 | 840 | 920 | 1,000 | 1,080 | 1,160 |
| 45 | 810 | 900 | 990 | 1,080 | 1,170 | 1,260 |
| 50 | 860 | 960 | 1,060 | 1,160 | 1,260 | 1,360 |
| 55 | 910 | 1,020 | 1,130 | 1,240 | 1,350 | 1,460 |
| 60 | 960 | 1,080 | 1,200 | 1,320 | 1,440 | 1,560 |
Please note that these are the total suggested payment for a training lease per game month leased. But, lease payments are not made per month, they are paid in one lump sum at the start of the lease. So, if you are doing a multi-month lease, you will need to take the suggested price above, and multiply it by the number of game months.
For example, if you are leasing out a stallion who is only going to be doing training (so he will be on concentrated feed), for 8 game months, and he gets about 45 sessions/rollover, and you decided on a price of $7/session, then the lease price should be: $1,140 * 8 game months = $9,120 for the total lease price. (remember lessor, you need to put a ‘-’ in front of the price to pay the lessee!)