2001 livery costs

[Gingerwitch]

Just clearing out some old paperwork and 30.10.2001 I paid
20.00 livery stable and grazing, daily turn out and rugs. Out for 1 month 24/7 some years, rest was every day 7am til 7pm if you wanted. Huge mixed herd in 30 acre fields. 1 for summer and 1 for winter.
3.50 for a small bale hay
5.88 for shavings
55.00 for shoes -full set
9.00 for a lesson on own horse
3.50 for a net of pony carrot s
7.00 for a bag of chaff -good diet
Scary isn't it how little in real terms prices have gone up for some items and not others

 

[dixie]

thats interesting.
chaff has doubled; at least, but a net of carrots is still the same price.
And I pay similar price for shoes but nearly three times as much for a lesson, although £9 sounds very cheap even for back then.

 

[Gingerwitch]

Hi s

thats interesting.
chaff has doubled; at least, but a net of carrots is still the same price.
And I pay similar price for shoes but nearly three times as much for a lesson, although £9 sounds very cheap even for back then.

Hi Dixie, it was we had to pay 3.50 for 30 mins school hire, but could get an hour group lesson for 4.50 on a Tue and a lesson on your own horse for the 9.00 it was crazy.

 

[saalsk]

£60 for DIY, field and stable. We had to poo pick and they checked, charging if it wasn't done to their standards.
£10 for ad lib hay and straw, although they were expected to be out 24/7 for 6 months of the year.
£10 to hold for farrier. I came over once to find horse and farrier alone, YO had shoved horse in stable when hers were done, left him there, no food or water, but judging by the poo's, he had been there a while, and wasn't holding him, as she said she was - and was being paid for. I paid farrier separately.
£3 for bring in or turn out, only if no rugs. If rugs, not available.
The yard changed and evolved over the years ( I din't stay - but was still local ) and had a *reputation*. The horses never came to harm - my lad stood for the farrier fine, but that wasn't what I had paid for. I was denied a horse on loan, when my lad was off games with a 6 month ligament issue, when I told the owner where she would be on livery, given her reputation, even though she would have been DIY with absolute minimal YO involvement !
2015 I was paying £250 for 2 horses on DIY, with no bedding, but paid for hay ( they weighed and checked haynets, and charged accordingly). Meant to be out 24/7 in summer, out in the day in winter unless trash weather. What they actually meant was 4-5 months 24/7 out, then a month either side of in at night, and 3-4 months of no turn out at all.

 

[pixie]

I charge £25/week for DIY livery - 24/7 turnout in the summer and daily turnout over winter. no school, but neighbour has one for free use. £3.50 for small bale of meadow hay.

 

[Buster2020]

When I was younger full livery was €70 Euro a week and shoes fronts only barefoot in the back was €40 . A group lesson was €15-€20 . This was 2005 prices. When my parents were thinking of buying me a pony unfortunately I didn’t get one until I was nearly a adult. Horses have gotten very expensive in the lest few years.