How much is it to own a horse?

Question

what is you make over 40000 a year?

Answer 1

about £70,000 to keep a horse for its lifetime in the uk

Answer 2

well the title of your question i will answer, not sure what the 2nd part says.

Well it depends on the type of horse you want. If you plan on getting a really well trained horse, maybe around $5000. If you want to adopt a horse, it can be around $900. Keep in mind the adopted ones usually are not trained, and had an accident or abuse that makes them hesitant to people. If you want a champion, good luck! they can be $20,000 and up!

Next comes tack. A good all purpose saddle can range from $500 - $3,000

Then you will need a saddle pad, (around $20)

A halter (around $50)

A bridle (around $50)

grooming supplies, (maybe $100 in total?)

Lessons (usually $60 per lesson)

Vet bills

Farrier

Stable fees. (My stable is around $1,200 per month)

Hay, feed

Owning a horse is quite pricy, and time consuming. You need to be dedicated. Dont just do it on a whim.

Good luck!

Answer 3

Rosi M has a very well informed answer but it seems like someone askes this question every day.  If you research local stables in your area you can find some that are cheaper and fill your economic standing.  Some stables where you do one or two of the chores a week help defer the cost and save you a bunch.  I would look around and do your research for your own area.  It also depends on what you have started out with.  How much riding equipment do you already have and what do you already need.  Research around you and talk to other horse owners.  Always talk to other boarders before you join a stable that way you get a good POV compared to what a owner/manager will tell you.

Answer 4

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

It really varies according to whether or not you own land with fencing and water or you are going to board your horse, how healthy the horse is (and stays), what kind of horse you get, what kind of riding you plan to do and on what type of surface you'll be riding on.

We own a small farm, so we have no boarding expenses.  We just had the vet out yesterday to pull Coggins on 3 horses and get health papers for 4 horses to the tune of $100.  The farrier is coming out tomorrow to shoe some and trim others which will cost us somewhere in the neighborhood of $300.

Fortunately, all of our horses have been very healthy with only 1 having an illness requiring a vet visit.  However, my friend has already spent about $3500 this year alone on 1 sick horse and one with a serious injury.

During the spring and summer (sometimes into the fall) daily expenses go down if you don't have to feed any hay.  However, if your area experiences a drought, sometimes you'll have to buy hay to keep your horses fed properly.

Equipment and supplies are a pretty hefty expense at the strat-up, but once you have what you need, there is little expense with tack (depending on the riding you do).

On $40,000, you may be able to own a horse.  It just depends on what your current expenses are.  Plan to spend at least $200 per month during the summer and about $300 a month during the winter and hope your horse is healthy and doesn't get injured.

Answer 6

Omg so many people ask this question look it up on yahoo answers, or on the internet im sick of answering this same question. and what is your point, if you get 40,000 a year? do you?

Answer 7

no its more 3000 to 5000 a year

Answer 8

SO many people ask that question just look it up! it costs way more than you could possibly think and there's loads of costs you don't expect