Whats your monthly spend on your horse and any tips to keep costs down?

OK, here goes:


Livery £115
Hay £40
Straw £20
Shoes £76
Feed £20
Lesson £50


= £321 (winter bill)
= £250 (summer)

This doesn't include vets, wormer, vacs, shows and anything extra.

I save money by helping my friend out with her horses, so I get travelling to places for free. My lesson is with a Grand Prix classical rider, so well worth the 50!
 
I have just started keeping tabs on costs particularly where visits to the feed shop are concerned.. this month I have spent:

£95 Livery
£60 Hay
£3 Straw
£8 worm count
£15 farrier (trim)
£35 insurance inc trailer
£35 feed (should last me about 2-3 months though)
£35 extra bits (hoof dressing, sheath cleaner, seaweed etc) all should last me a while.

to cut costs a bit I am mixing a bit of straw with my hay, not applying hoof dressings daily (every few days is fine for maintainance), have just turned my boy out (now that grass has come through a bit) and he will stay out as long as possible, only feed as neccessary, rug accordingly, cycling to the yard at the weekend (cutting fuel).
 
Per month for two on DIY
DIY livery for two horses (stable + turnout) - £150
Hay - £50
Bedding £25
Insurance - £70
Shoeing - £45
Feed - £30
Worming £10
Vaccinations/Teeth etc £15
Total £395

OMG I cannot believe I considering another :(
 
feed £60 per month
hay £40 per month
haylage £40 per month
bedding £44 per month
shoeing £60 per month
insurance £90 per month

= about £310-£320 per month:eek:

tbh i wish i hadnt done that, its made me think! but horses are expensive-you just don't realise how much until you add it all up. my friend added hers up last year and she spends about £1000 a month before vets fees etc:eek:
 
Omg can't believe how little it takes for some of you to keep your horses.

I have just one and he costs 500-600 pounds per month!!

Livery is 100 (quite cheap)
shoes 85
insurance 47
feed 50
Hay 60
lessons 80
lorry hire 80
diesel 40
bedding 32
back man 60
saddler 50
wormer 15
dentist 45
entry fees 40


why oh why do I have all his mot checks on the same month lol!

Seriously though I wish I could get livery, feed, hay, shoes, insurance and bedding all for under 200 pounds!!
 
TB on assisted livery costs me around £200 PM includes everything, then theres £65 set of shoes every 7 weeks, wormer this month £15 - yard does regular worm counts at £3 so if they come back good no wormer. Have approx 1 - 2 lessons per month and maybe a show or now hunting £50 approx per month.
Cob & welsh a - turned out 24/7 on own land, just cost me wormer and trims £40 every 8/12 weeks and winter they have hard feed if they need it at approx £20 PM.
I get rental income from 1 pony at £30 PM so ponys cost me very little :)
 
For the basics for me it's £120 a month as i don't pay livery or hay. Broken down thats:

Back Check £8.50
Dentist £7.50
Farrier £35
Insurance £37.50
Jabs £3
Vet General £6
Saddler £3.50
Wormer £4
Bedding £6
Freezemark £1
Apples £8 (i buy a bag a week for my horse and my mum's)

On top of that i budget £150 a month for lessons, competing, pro photos and yearly summer camp.
 
My monthly spend is approx £300 on DIY livery.

£200 Livery- DIY but expensive DIY (indoor school, all yr grazing, outdoor school) (£31 per wk for stable and use of field) the £300 incl haylage (ad lib pay £8 a wk) and bedding based on 1 bale shavings (at £7 per week). I turn her out myself to save a £1 per day, theyt feed her.

£29 shoes (worked out monthly cost)
£8 routine vet stuff (teeth, injections)
£28 insurance
£19 feed

Just got a sharer though so she pays me just under a £100 a month. Trying to save that for insurance etc.

Have a horsebox too so obviously that's not cheap, approx £68 to keep a month) provided nothing goes wrong with it) without putting fuel in it and then of course there's cost of lessons at £25 and comp fees. Not competing at moment as saving for a newer box.

To save money I:
turn out as much as possible, she likes it and it saves on bedding and feed
try and share vets visits when possible and sometimes drive her there to save call out fee
feed her only small amounts of hard feed
only have lessons when I need help with something/ have something I'm working on or towards
have a sharer
rotate my bed in a way that means i'm putting clean shavings only on bankings she's not likely to wee on
try and drive to the yard the least amount of time
 
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Always scary to do this


Livery £175 inc haylage
farrier £40
Shavings £40
Feed £20
Insur £56
Lorry £75 inc ins, tax, repairs
chiro £8
Teeth £8
jabs £8
Wormer £4
comps £40
lessons £40 if I can afford it!


TOTAL £514 OMG!!!!!
 
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