Come on be honest- how much per month?

[Marquire]

Prompted by my shock at how much Parisienne_Girl spends per month on her Bloss I added up my cost and all i can say is "where do I find the money??????"

I own one gelding and a mare on full loan and because I'm a nerd I've average all cost to work it out per month

Feed £58.54
Supplements £88.17
Shoes £82.86
DIY Livery £ 360
Shavings £36
Insurance £55
Lessons £55
Competions £40

TOTAL £775.37 per month (winter)

OH MY GOD

 

[horsegirl]

you pay £360 a month DIY???? Do your horses live in Buckingham Palace?

 

[Mellymoo1]

DIY Livery - £140.00
Hay - £40.00
Shavings £25.00
Shoes - £43.33
Feed - £39.85
Insurance - £21.00
Supplements - £20.00
Lessons - £40.00

Total = £369.18

Yikes!!! Never added it all up before... Those figures don't include tack and all the other useless bits and bobs I buy for him.

 

[Lill]

No comment because you will all hate me!

 

[4whitesocks]

Full schooling livery (pm for 6 months) - - €600
Shoes - - €40 pm (2 sets in three months @ 60 a set)
Insurance - - €30 pm
Competition/Hunt (cap) - - €40 pm

so at the moment excluding vets, purely maintenance not taking into account tack etc.....

€710 or £477 (st)

also doesn't include what I try to save every month to build stables, what the land has cost that I've bought, saving for trailer.....

 

[Tempi]

i know, i wonder where i find my money from too!! luckily archie is costing me a lot less than Bloss as hes just fed D&H country cubes!!

So with Bloss's £400 a month, Archie is:
DIY - £145
Shoes - £75
insurance - £100

so all in all its £720 a month for the both, not including competitions (which are less at the moment as not competing so much) id say they average around £60 a month....

 

[Gingernags]

DIY Livery £60
Haylage say £20 (shared)
Farrier £50
Shavings £20
Insurance £30
Feed £20
Supplements £5

£205!!!

It helps that she's a really good do-er and only gets oil and a multivit supplement!

 

[Scoopy]

Ok ekkkkkkkkkkkk here is mine !!!! lets hope OH does not see this ?

Feed £30.00
Supplements £20.00
Shoes £60.00
DIY Livery £ I GET IT FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Straw and Hay £ I GET IT FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Insurance £37
Lessons & Training £60
Competions £20
Rugs £20

LOL i only spend £210 thats quite good for me ?

 

[KatB]

Hmm....
Livery- £100
Bedding- £18
Shoeing-£40
Insurance-£38
Haylegde-£24
Feed-£22
Supplements-£29

£271 pounds excluding comp fees. Does vary as supplements cahnge throughout year.....Also livery charged by week, so a 5wk mnth is more expensive as also includes more for hayledge, feed and shoeing as they are paid weekly.

 

[mandy4727]

Go on then. Not done this a for a long time and the result will probably surprise me.

DIY Feed £30.00
Supplements £5.00
Trimming - £40.00
DIY Livery £136
Nedzbed £12.90
Straw £18.00
Haylage £26.60
Insurance £31.00
Lessons £0
Competions £0

TOTAL £298.90 per month (winter) But this is actually for 2. Broke it down even further £146.70 a month for Tartan a 12.2 40 year old gelding and £152.79 for Calli a 15hh 18 month old filly. Not bad really I suppose

 

[Marquire]

[ QUOTE ]
you pay £360 a month DIY???? Do your horses live in Buckingham Palace?

[/ QUOTE ]

That's for two horses so only £180 per month each.

It's the going rate here and includes full use of all facilties including indoor school, ad lib hay in stable and field, straw etc.

 

[Quarrybank]

I have very stupidly just bought myself a new 4yo (who I love dearly already), to add to my very lovely but slightly cheeky 8yo.
Both are on part livery. £380 per month
Shoes £54 each evey 6 weeks
Insurance (high excess) £20 per month each
Suppliments (blue chip) £35 per month each
Lessons - 1 a week each @£20 = £80 each a month

Total = £551 each or £1102 & that before competing, lorry, back man, dentist etc.

I ditto the OMG

. Who's silly idea was it to add it all up!!!!

 

[miller]

£182 a month BUT if you take in to account the extra mortgage we have now to have them at home

OH's mare costs a bit less as less feed and v low insurance

That's not inc lessons/comps as I've not been able to afford any since moving them home as the house is taking up all my money

 

[tuscanyD]

I can beat that - I worked it all out when I got a sharer and it averages to £150 per month throughout the year

Livery only £50 per month DIY

 

[horsegirl]

DIY 128
shoes 28 (every 8 weeks)
Hay 35
Straw 15
Biotin 7 (lasts 3 months)
feed 25 at the moment as we have loads of grass
insurance 30
soya oil 2

total £270
hmmmm

 

[Parkranger]

Mmmmm, I worked mine out to be £450 approx:

Insurance £45
Haylage £50
Assisted DIY £255
Shoeing £60
Extra Shavings £24
Worming £8

Yikes!

 

[Marquire]

£28 for shoes?

How do you get them so cheap?????

 

[JACQSZOO]

I refuse to add mine up on the basis that I'm at work and just about to do the payroll and dont want to be tempted into doing something that I may regret

 

[horsegirl]

oh that's not too bad if it includes hay/straw/etc then probably cheaper than mine!

 

[Super_Kat]

For 3 horses p/m:
Livery (includes 1 bale flax, some of the feed I use & hay) = £420.00
Shoes = £83.30
Suppliments = £60

Total = £563.30

This does not include:
Wormers
Rugs
Tack
Bits and bobs (e.g. first aid stuff)
Extra feed that I have to go out and buy
misc items

 

[horsegirl]

well that's averaged per month £50 - £55 a set every 8 weeks

 

[horsegirl]

I forgot the worming & jabs!

 

[Str0ppyMare]

Livery - £200 (includes feed and shavings)
Shoes - £60
Insurance - £52
Lessons - £60
Supplements - £50

Total --- £422 per month or £105.50 per week

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

I've read all your posts & I'm frightened to add up my expenses. I'll just continue paying out in blissful ignorance of the true cost......which will obvously be more than I think.

 

[druid]

A month for Sparks...
€44 in shoes
€8 in oats
€8 in maize
€3 in beetpulp
€2 in alfalfa
€10 in soya oil
€60 in hay
€5 in 'lytes
Total = €140 (£94)

For Bob
A month
€44 in shoes
€8 in oats
€3 in beetpulp
€2 in alfalfa
€60 in hay
Total = €117 (£80)

And I have *no* grazing!

 

[4whitesocks]

starting to think my full livery isn't half as expensive as I thought it was!!!! (can sit in on as many group lessons as I like for free, also includes full use of xcountry course)

 

[Tia]

22 horses (only 12 belong to me though):

Approximate costs for all 22 per month.
Feed - $100
Farrier - $500
Hay - nothing
Grazing - nothing
Worming - $200
Shavings - $40
Supplements - $70
Liability Insurance - $50

$960 per month overheads for all horses - however I am claim back money from owners for farrier ($250) and worming ($100) therefore.......

Total Cost per month for keep for 22 horses = $610

Total Cost per month per horse = $27

 

[Heidi1]

Think this is going to scare me, but here goes. Please note this is for four horses for one month (taking into account 5 week months)

Feed £75
Supplements £60
Shoes £141 (three shod)
DIY Livery £ 434
Shavings £88
Haylage £52.50
Hunting/Competition £100

Grand Total £950.50.

Take into account that this changes come the summer months, but OMG.........

 

[Jo C]

lalalalala I can't hear you!!!

I'm going to stay in blissful ignorance!

 

[Stasha22]

Hard feed - £34
Hay - £37.20
Shavings - £54
DIY Livery - £160
Shoeing - £52
Insurance - £39.38
Supplements - £70
Treats/Likits - £20

Total - £466.58 not including all the odd bits and pieces, rugs, vet bills and extra visits from farrier to put pulled shoes back on.

And I don't even ride her as she is retired due to an old injury.

Blimey! I really wish I hadn't just done that!