Advice Please-A how much (sorry!!!!)

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My friend and I have decided to save up some money and buy a youngster together in the next year or so to bring on ourselves.

How much would you suggest to save up? We are thinking £100 a month each until we have around £2000?

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Depends exactly what you are asking here. I'd recommend for amount per month that you each put away more than it is going to cost you to keep the youngster each month. If you can't afford to do that then you can'd afford to keep a youngster. As to how much you will need - that depends on what you are buying.
 
What sort of youngster?

You must also remember to save your pennies for worming, dentist, rugs, tack etc. Horses are cheap to buy, then they start costing
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You need to be able to afford basic running costs (livery, feed, worming, vets, dentists etc) plus have a small fund that would cover the excess on your insurance put by and have money to by tack and rugs which could be expensive as youngsters tend to grow
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It depends on what you want really my friend brought a gorgeous registered but unhandled New Forest yearling for £500, he's out winning county shows now
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, youngsters depending on breeding etc range from about £500 to £3000.
 
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we know that, I'm not a horse owner but my friend is, we are both finacially able to do it and are both knowledgeable enough. Its not something we have just decided to do on the spur of the moment, we are 22 and 23 and both went to college and studied horse and we both have experience handling and dealing with youngsters.

I was just asking really what a sensible amount to save up to buy the baby would be!
 
Like an adult horse youngsters come with various price tags.

Are you after a particular type / breed? What about future potential?

I bought my yearling colt for a bargain price of £1,000 from a stud but then I had him vetted, castrated and transported (+ bought everthing I needed to get me started, bedding, feed, grooming kit etc) so I paid about the same again.

£2,000 should buy you a nice youngster but then add on the other costs invovled in purchasing a horse.
 
We are hoping to ideally buy the first foal out of the mare that I used to ride thats just been sold. It will be a purebred ID.
Failing that we will have a look around. Obviously, this wont be for a while but I am just trying to get some ideas really.
 
I would save up around £2500. Depends on the type you're after of course and you may have to hunt for a bargain but you should get a nice enough type for around that much or less if you're lucky.
 
When I was youngster shopping I had in mind a price tag of around £2000-£2500, but soon found that what I wanted ( 16hh+, WB/ISH type potential event/show) wasn't available at that price and the ones that were all had something wrong with them so was recommended by local saddle fitter/breeder/friend to up what I was prepared to spend, so i did and bought by girl for £3500, I do think she was quite expensive given she was untouched at almost 3 and in a bit of a state but any fool could see the potential was there, breeding fab and beautiful personality. hope this helps?!
 
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