Horse costs

[High Hope]

Hey all !!

I've been out of the horsey game for a bit, was wondering if you could all please give me an approximate breakdown of how much your horse/s costs you per month and what rough area you're in?

I'm in scotland, and trying to work costings for my 17.2!

Thank you in advance

 

[Birker2020]

Assisted DIY is around £245 per month, 45 x 65m outdoor menage, small indoor school, riding round fields, indoor horse walker, lovely big stables, owner on site, supply your own hay/bedding/feed.
West Midlands/Warks border.

 

[High Hope]

Thank you, that's not far off what I used to pay in Aberdeen; so maybe not too different !

 

[Melody Grey]

DIY in the east mids between £25 and £35/ week for stable and grazing, outdoor school. All other costs on top.

 

[Lipglosspukka]

I have a cheap grass livery arrangement at £60 pcm, however this is unusually cheap.
Full set of shoes every 8 weeks so works out about £40 a month
Wormer every now and then £6 a month would cover it.
Hay in winter. Probably £60 a month roughly but this isn't all year round. Right now he gets nothing.

I don't tend to feed hard feed and I don't stable so no bedding.

Vaccinations and teeth annually £90 approx so monthly like £7?

So around £170 for me on an expensive winter month. Around £110 for a summer month. Somewhere inbetween in spring/autumn.

 

[Esyllt]

£150 a month DIY livery, with school, individual turnout, stable and hay all year round. Feed and bedding are extra, currently not using either as she's out all the time. Trimming £25 every 6 weeks. Very West of Wales

 

[twobearsarthur]

In Yorkshire I’ve paid

£35 a week DIY livery inc hay & straw
£85-£120 a week full livery
£150 a week production livery
£250 a month youngstock livery inc everything farrier hay vax etc

£80 every 8 weeks for shoes
£100 a month insurance
Equivalent of £10 a month wormer
Vax and teeth £100+ a year

I’ve kept horses as cheaply as £200 a month to as much as £1000 a month depending on where I kept them.

 

[wills_91]

Where abouts in Scotland? I'm West Coast £25 for DIY. All year turnout. 24/7 April - October. Rubber school, great hacking.

 

[Midlifecrisis]

Stirling…DIY £30/week stable and individual turn out paddock. Limited hacking and outdoor arena. Hay bought on site by the kilo.

 

[fidleyspromise]

Morayshire.
DIY Livery has varied from £50 - £110 per month depending on facilities and hay/straw included.
£55 front shoes. £25 for a trim.
I do worm counts and equisal tests twice a year plus worm in winter.
Vacc/dental is about £100 but one pony gets dental twice a year.
Feed is £10 per month and doesn't vary wi yer or summer. Simple vit and min supplements.
Roll of hay is £25 and I go through 5 per pony per winter on average.

I figure I probably spend approx £150 per pony per month in summer and nearer £200 in summer. x2 14.1hh native ponies.

 

[Redders]

16.2 WB in SE Cornwall
DIY livery £130pcm
Livery services t/o b/i 7d £93pcm
Haylage £60pcm
Bedding about to go up as can’t use straw anymore probably £40pcm for shavings
Insurance KBIS £3k vet bills £68pcm
Shoes £80 every 6w
Feed - good doer warmblood so around £10 a month
Dentist every 6m because it’s a good idea for 6m checks and I get anxious if I’m not doing everything the best for her £120 ish
Saddler every 6m £40-100 depending on what’s needed
Worm counts every 2-3m £10
Vaccines 6-12m depending on competing rules £100 maybe (I sedate for them, she is scared of vets)
random odd bits that she needs if things break/get lost probably about £15 a month if I divide it all out

Mildly terrifying when I tot it all up, but she is worth every penny

 

[High Hope]

Where abouts in Scotland? I'm West Coast £25 for DIY. All year turnout. 24/7 April - October. Rubber school, great hacking.

I'm in Glasgow City, so ideally quite close !

 

[High Hope]

Thank you so much everyone; that's super helpful

 

[ihatework]

Round here (southern cotswolds) you can get DIY for 30-60pw, part livery (everything but riding) for £110-160pw, and ridden livery for £140-250pw. With the ranges dependant on the quality of yard & facilities.
Hay is super expensive at the moment. Decent straw virtually impossible to find so everyone is on bagged bedding. Farriers start at around £80/set.

 

[throwawayaccount]

Cheshire based here

£25 p/w for stable
£15 p/w for hay or haylege
£7.80 per bale of shavings (I use about 5-8 a month, more if she is in a lot. I like big beds)
£40 feed/supplements every 2 months
£10 on treats per month
£100 on extras inc saddlecloths, transport as needed to vets, horsey bits and bobs (I like to shop)
£52 insurance monthly
£70 farrier monthly
£65 physio monthly
£50 dentist every 6 months
£62 saddle fitter every few months/as needed
we have to pay to use the arena so that's about £5 a time, I don't use it as much now- so maybe about £25 a month
Livery services, this varies, sometimes its extremely expensive ie nearly £200 every 2 weeks, but my last bill £65. Generally its £100 for every 2 weeks worth of services.

edit: I've been unlucky in that I've had to pay £2000 worth of excess for vets aswell, so an emergency fund is vital!

edit2: my old pony/horses were cheaper to keep as I used to be on straw, didn't use as much livery services, had cheaper insurances etc. when I had just my first pony she cost £200-300 to keep as she was a good doer. It is possible to keep them cheaper, unfortunately that's not the case for me and my high maintenance mare

 

[MuddyMonster]

I’ve kept horses as cheaply as £200 a month to as much as £1000 a month depending on where I kept them.

Ditto this.

I've recently moved from part livery which generally worked out about about £750 minimum.

I'm now on DIY livery and it should cost about £250 in the summer and £350 in the winter.

 

[1523679]

In the Highlands. 13.2 native type.

DIY £25 per week or £30 incl. bedding
Farrier: trim every 8 weeks, £20
Hay: £25 a round or £30 delivered
Saddle fitter: every 6 months, £40
Feed: approx £10/month
Lessons: £20 - £50 an hour, depending on instructor

Random horse-related shopping: all the rest of my disposable income.

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

Sussex Based, for one 18.3hh Gelding for just the real base costs:

£120 pcm DIY
£80 every 8 weeks for shoes
£50 every 3 weeks for a large bale of hay (4 string rectangle type, he had ad-lib. We had to buy this from the yard)
Approx £85pcm for hard feed (slightly less in summer)
£32 shavings pcm (4 bales a month)
£55 supplements per month (this was more me trying various things to see if they helped him)
£28 pcm insurance

I then had:
£45 dentist 6 monthly
£120 vaccinations yearly
£75 Osteo most months
£45 saddle fitter 6 monthly
£100-£200 (if not more) monthly on buying stuff I 'needed'
£25 p/w lessons
£60 every 6 months to hire a box for an outing
etc etc etc