Costs Of Owning A Horse

I keep 3 for £3000 ish a year. Actually, the 3k covers field rent, feet (all unshod) wormers, insurance etc, basically all day to day running costs. I probably spend another £500 to £1000 on things like vaccs, random vet visits, replacment tack thats been damaged etc. Mine are cheap because they all live out and live on fresh air!

I worked out that I could have one horse on a livery yard with nice facilities and have lessons and do the odd bit of competing or I could keep my riding horse and the 2 youngsters. However its not as bad as I thought, I made compromises to keep them, but its not as bad as I though. In fact I'm loving it and cant see me going back to livery!
 
Mine monthly:
£105 DIY livery
£16 insurance
£15 trim from farrier (done every 8 weeks at £30)
£10 suppliments
£30 odds and ends such as fly repellents etc

so about £176 per month (and thats quite cheap compared to some)
 
i pay :

£45 per week for livery
approx £13 on feed every 3 month (he only gets happy hoof)
not sure on the insurace but its not much
£30 every 6-8 weeks for farrier ( only has two front shoes)
£80 on rugs ( only for winter)
£40 once a year for vet
£40ish for dentist once a year or so.
then theres the tack, the showing stuff, dressage stuff, entrie form costs, petrol costs, trailer cost per week for storage. t

the list goes on
 
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