How much do you spend on keeping your horse?

Question

How much per year or per month do you spend on looking after and caring for your horse?If possible can you say how much you spend on what.For example farrier, livery etc...THANKS :)

Answer 1

I currently have two horses at different ages...

My first horse is 23 so his care is as follows:

$475 for boarding

$25 for specific feed

$160 for shoeing (and sedation because he is very bad while being shod)

$35 a month for adequan (arthritis medication)

$68 bi-monthly for a health program (which takes care of required shots, worming and coggins)

My second horse I am currently competing

He is 13 years old his expenses are as follows:

$450 for board

$70 for front shoes... that will be changing to all four for $100 plus stud holes which cost $30

$40 for each lesson (between 2 and 3 lessons a week)

$65-70 dollars a month for clinics

Show fees are betweeon 80 and 200 dollars

Trailering costs between 25 and 100 dollars per activity

He has no maintence but that can always change and I am always prepared for it

He is also on the health program at $72 a month (price difference between a competing horse and a retired horse)

hope that helps!

Answer 2

I board all my horses

*Boarding $ 300.00 to $500.00

*Farrier every 5 to 6 weeks $89

     ^(on all four hoves)

*vet - thats the only thing that varies but if you have a horse be willing to pay the price because at a moments notice your horse can get hurt.

Answer 3

Luckily, I live on a ranch and my horse is on pasture so $0.00 for feed in the summer. Our ranch hays too, so $0.00 in the winter as well...which most aren't as lucky as I'm well aware I am.

I barrel race so I spend about $400/mo in fuel getting to and from barrel races. about $100 in entries/mo (in the summer).

I trim my own horses' feet so no shoeing costs.

Gosh, now that I type this out, I'm pretty darn lucky! I'm sorry if my answer doesn't give you a majority-case scenario.

Answer 4

This is what we can spend in CA for horse care:

Boarding out can run anywhere from $100.00/mo to $1,000.00/mo depending upon the facility. IF you live in a populated city like San Francisco or Los Angeles, boarding close to home will more than likely run on the higher end. This provides stalls, cleaning, bedding and hay twice a day.

The lower end, is probably out in the rual areas and can be with hay or without (You'd have to go out twice a day and feed your horse (s).

I suggest that you call around to the boarding stables in your area and get rates and facilities (Does it have an arena, round pen, hot walker, wash rack, etc.).

The costs of shavings vary from place to place. In LA right now, a 5 cubic yard bag of shavings runs $4.00 from the shavings company and can run as high as $7.00 in a tack store. You also need sand, decomposed granite and sweet lime to keep your stalls bedded correctly. The sand and dg you'll have to call and get pricing on.

Then there's the additional costs:

Hay in CA right now is running $17.95/bale for 3 strand alfafa which weighs 100LBs plus. Oat hay, runs a couple of bucks cheaper. Your horse will need between 5 and 7.5 bales a month, depending upon how easy a keeper your new horse is.

Shoeing (Which can run anywhere from $50.00 for just shoes in the front and barefoot in the back on up.) Done about every 6 to 8 weeks.

Trims: About $35.00 Once again done every 6 to 8 weeks.

Grain: Depending upon how easy a keeper your horse is, a bag of grain will run you about $15.00 and bran about the same, once a month.

Vet: Now normally without any accidents, once, twice a year for shots which run $40.00 per shot and the 'call charge' which can range depending upon your area from $40.00 all the way up to $250.00!

Misc. Tack: This is the one that not only can get expensive, BUT addicting! You see something that your horse just MUST have! DO NOT go to ebay! This can be VERY costly and addicting, trust me on this I have a friend who's still paying off credit cards from ebay horsey things she bought.

Having someone trailer or haul your horse with the cost of gas would probably be $2.00/mile nowadays...

Okay, now you have your catagories, work up a spreadsheet for your area and then see if you can afford to own a horse.

Answer 5

I spend about 200-400 a month depending on shoes, teeth, shows, ect. =]

Answer 6

Land rental £350 a year

farrier £35 per horse every 7 weeks

Feed - right now very little as they have grass and look like fat pigs. In winter about £10- £15 a week counting supplements. Plus we do our own haylage so I get to pay for fertilizers, baling and wrapping etc plus fencing repairs and hedge cutting.

dental £25 per horse

Insurance - er not a clue I just pay it.

Vet - whatever

petrol - argh =more every week !

shavings in winter are about £5.50 a bag.

Edit - did my husband put you up to asking this ?( joke)

Answer 7

in Florida:

Monthly Horse Board- $400

Farrier-$60 every 6-7 weeks

Dentist is 65 every year

Vet is $95 for yearly Shots

I also pay $30 a month for two extra bales of hay.

NOT CHEAP by ANY means!

Answer 8

In Western Montana, trimming is $35.00, shoes are $80.00 or more.  Hay may be around $150-$200 a ton this year.  There isn't any advertised in the paper yet.  Vaccinations are about $45.00 for the four or five way and $25.00 for West Nile.  I buy wormer from the vet.  It's around $5 per dose.  I have pasture and a barn. It costs around $100 per month in July thru September to irrigate.  

Then there is fly spray.  I am looking into that as the mosquitoes have gotten really bad suddenly.

Vet bill can be high.  I had a horse colic.  She had the surgery ($2500.00) and she didn't recover.  Then there are euthanasia costs. ($300.)

People are giving away horses here when they get a bit old or so they don't have to pay for a vet charge.  Sick!

Answer 9

location location. if your spending over 300- a month board its simply time to move.

Answer 10

well i board @ a place where they know how to proplery care for horses so my board is about 1,000 a month and then i have lessons and shows and vet bills and farrier bills and equine dentist and the occasional tack or clothing replacement to per YEAR i spend roughly...40,000

Answer 11

For me and my one girl it in wormers, dentals, grain, hay, farrier, vitamins, sprays, fly control and new equipment about 100 per month, but I don't show and she goes bare foot:)  Also I keep her at home no board.  $1200 a yr, that doesn't include emergency's.

Answer 12

Well I am going to tell you on a monthly base.

I keep mine at a barn and inside board him there for $500 a month, my farrier bill is around $100-150 and my vet (when comes) is at least $100. So just for that it is around $700 a month.

Then I buy it stuff lol. Treats for about $10 and and anything that he may need.

It gets expensive around show time!

Answer 13

I'm in socal.  Per horse, per month:

Board: $330

Hay, grain and supplements: $150

Shoes $100

Vet, meds, vaccinations: $75

Tack, tools, fixtures:  $60

Training:  $200

Insurance: $50

So, about $965/horse/month, or $11,580 per year.

I have three boarded, plus one retiree in pasture for $450/month, so I am officially horse poor.

Worth every last penny.

Answer 14

If I were to own a horse in my area (NY, not near NYC though!) and board it, I'd spend about $5,000 a year or about $417 per month.

That's assuming board is $300/month and includes hay and feed.  That figure also includes vet, farrier, and a little for miscellaneous stuff that comes up (extra halter, a new girth, whatever).  Those are average prices for my area, at the moment.  The barns that charge $300/month have indoor arenas and all the basic amenities (wash stall, locking tack rooms, etc.) and clean stalls for you.