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I need some help, Can anybody break down the prices of owning a horse.
food, vets and livery etc.?? Thanks
food, vets and livery etc.?? Thanks
I need some help, Can anybody break down the prices of owning a horse.
food, vets and livery etc.?? Thanks![]()
Pretty much everything you own... plus your sanity.
Don't read the article in one of the horsey magazines last month that estimates the cost at £10k per year for an average riding club horse. Thats cobblers! I can see how it would be easy (and nice!) to spend that much, but it need not be anything like that.
I have mine on full grass livery which is £35p/w.
This is with feed included 2 feeds a day.
Insurance - I think was £363 a year/
Feed is about £20/£30 a month but is included in my rent
Shoes on fronts and cost £30 for re fit, or if she needs new ones then its £50 with the hinds trimmed too.
Vet - about £40/£50 for the annual injection but ive spent £350 on 2 vet bills in the last couple of months.
My mares a 5 year old tb btw!
To be honest I think it all depends on what livery your looking for, what feed its going to be on, if the horse is barefoot or shod, what type of breed it is etc. Just because on here although horses are horses and will get hurt etc .. my tb has had lots of vet visits as shes so fine etc.
All depends on what you want.
Livery -£120 a month
Assisted DIY top up & Lessons- £40
Hay- £34 a month for a large bale, he gets ad-lib (possibly less but I figure budget a bale a month!)
Hooves- £30 a month pro rata
Hard Feed- £15 a month
Supplements- £30 a month
Vaccinations- £10 a month (pro rata)
Dentist- £5 a month (pro rata)
Saddle fitter- £10 a month (pro rata)
Bedding- £20 a month
Insurance- £35
Worm counts- £1.50
About £350 for the basics and I budget in another £50 a month for extras, although some months are more than others
I could though keep him cheaper but I like shavings and also need him brought in for me over the winter. I tend to feed more hay and less hard feed , I could probably save a bit of money by having a farrier do his hooves and not a barefoot trimmer but I have hoof paranoia, will probably switch to a farrier next winter.
Also add in the extra cost of fuel and wear and tear on the car! OH and I could get rid of one of our cars if I didnt have a horse but as it is we both need to be in different places at different times! Sadly since buying my horse my credit card and overdraft have gone silly as I kitted him out with lots of sparkly new things (well ok, not sparkly but certainly new) he also owns two of every sort of rug... credit card is now residing in the freezer....
Depends completely on where you keep it, type of horse you have and what you want to do with it. We have three horses at home - 1 tb, 1 welsh and 1 native x - and manage to keep the spending fairly minimal, however I'm sure many people pay a lot more for just one if they're on full livery and out competing every weekend.
Our basic costs are:
dentist - £200 per year + extra £50 every 2/3 years (we have one with rather excellent teeth!)
farrier - £95 every 2-3 months; they're all unshod and do plenty of hacking so don't need seeing as regularly
feed - probably £10 per month then maybe another £10 for supplements
vet - just over £100 for jabs, usually don't need anything else *touch wood*!
saddle check - approx £100 per year
wormer - we poo-pick and worm count so use as little as possible, prob about £100
straw - we used two big bales this winter (they don't come in that much) @ £50
hay - we make our own so costs are minimal
So, overall that's around £1300 each year for the three of them. Insurance is on top of that but I'm afraid I have no idea what that is as my lovely parents pay for it..
Obviously that's excluding anything that needs to be bought or replaced although thankfully there are plenty of bargains about!
We used to have them on grass livery and paid £120 per month and then had to buy hay through winter which really adds up. We usually had a round bale per week from nov - april depending on weather @ £30 each so.. around £700. Ouch. You don't notice it so much when it goes out each month!
Even so, just over £1000 each year per horse isn't too bad. There are far worse things to spend money on!
Sorry for rambling on but I've never really totalled it all up before and it's actually really interesting (and not quite as scary as I thought which is nice!).
I need some help, Can anybody break down the prices of owning a horse.
food, vets and livery etc.?? Thanks![]()