How much does maintaining a horse cost yearly or monthly?

Answer 1

It depends upon many variable factors. Is your horse pastured, in a paddock or a stall? How will it be fed.... individually or in a herd?
To figure out a rough estimate, make a list of the bagged feed(s) the horse is currently being fed. Add any supplements, baled feed (alfalfa, etc) and any other products consumed by the horse on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Multiply the monthly consumption by 12 (months) for a rough figure of annual consumption. Are you keeping the horse in a barn where horses are fed by a groom? If so, you'll be charged a monthly boarding fee.
Depending upon the climate where the horse is kept, it may drink a great deal of water. If you pay a water bill, it will go up with a horse consuming it's share.
Does the horse wear shoes? Are the hooves healthy..... or does the horse need special hoof care or shoes? To your list, add a farrier's bill every 4-6 weeks. Does your horse need shoes? How will it be ridden? Ask your trainer, farrier or vet for their advice. Every horse is different when it comes to their hooves.
Shots and wormings can be twice each year, plus any calls to have the vet check your horse for illness, injuries and other emergencies (horses are truly helpless!).
How do you ride/drive? Do you have a trainer. If so, ask for a fee schedule. Decide with your trainer what is best for you and your horse, in order to achieve your goals with your horse.
Do you need tack and/or equipment? These are often one-time costs, but the list of necessary items seems to grow every week! Before you buy, check with your trainer (assuming you have one) or a knowledgable equestrian friend. Tack and equipment can often be purchased second-hand. Some things are better that way..... they've been "broken in" for you! Be sure you know what size you need for your particular horse..... before you buy! Many stores won't allow returns on equipment full of sweaty horse hair and dirt. ( I usually lay an old bedsheet over my horse's back if I'm trying to fit a saddle. It allows close contact while keeping the equipment clean.)
Do you need a trailer, a hitch and truck? Or does your trainer offer trailering for a fee?
Will you be able to exercise your horse regularly, or will you need to hire someone to keep your horse fit and alert?
And here's the big one.... who will muck the stall of paddock on a daily basis? It needs to be done, and if you can't, someone needs to be hired to keep up with the task. That's a labor cost, usually by the hour, the day, the month or per job. That's up to you, unless you're in a barn where it's provided and you are charged a monthly fee for the service.
I've ridden and owned horses for over 50 years. They're wonderful! My best advice on trying to figure what your annual cost will be, is to figure it, then double that figure..... and hope you've covered everything! Good luck!

Answer 2

i am a rider myself and i been riding for about 5 to 7 years it is around about $1000 a year and if u buy all the riding gear it cost about $2500 but also you shouldn't need to buy different riding gear every year
It cost about £25 a month including the feed, bedding and extra supplements a horse needs. Howevr the livery fee can range from being free if you can stable the horse at some friends land or you have your own, to well over £150 per week! this also depends on wether you want your horse on full, part time or DIY livery. Also you should always get the horse vetted before purchasing as you nevr know what extra nasty bills you may get later on. When you do all the maths it will work out from £3000- £10,000 per year depending on your horse being a easy keeper or one for the nackers yard :/. I wish you the best of luck and hope that you think through the costings properly before commiting yourself to such a demanding but rewarding experience

Hope this helps :) xx

Answer 3

A good stable, including board, feed and stall cleaning is going to run about $500 a month. Vet bills can vary from several hundred a year for shots to thousands if you run into major health issues. If they wear shoes, another $125 a month, if not, $55 every 6 weeks for trimming. These are los angeles area prices, so rural areas may be less. My horse expenses run about $8,000 a year.

The cost of owning a horse varies greatly from one place to another and even just from farm to farm. Keeping a horse at home can be more economical than boarding. You should budget a bare minimum of $4,500 a year for all aspects of horse care and try to stay as close to your budget as possible. Typically the cost will run $4,500 and up for one horse a year.

Answer 4

This could vary greatly, but I can give you a general guesstimate...

Let's say that you keep a horse at home in a pasture. Your horse eats 4 bales of hay per week. A single bale of hay costs $13. One month of hay would cost $208... That makes a year $2,496.

You also feed your horse some sort of grain. One bag of grain costs $10. Your horse eats 2 bales of hay per month. At $20 per month, grain would cost $240 per year.

You add supplements to your horses feed, to keep it healthy. Your supplements cost $70 per month. That makes $210 per year.

Your horse needs one new salt lick every six months. A salt lick costs $12. That makes $24 per year.

You buy feeder/mosquito fish to keep the water trough bug free. You spend $15 per year on these.

Your horse's old blanket needs to be replaced. This costs $150.

You just can't resist buying your horse some treats! One container costs $7, and you use up one per month. Per year this is $84.

Uh-oh, vet bills! A healthy horse with lots of luck will probably rack up an annual vet bill of $560.

Your horse needs new shoes once every six weeks... It'll be approximately $100 per shoeing, 8-9 times per year... That's $800!

(Assuming you already own tack and grooming supplies for your horse)

All together, this very basic, (unusually unfruitful) spending plan costs you $4,564.

Remember, if you were actually own a horse, it'll probably be much more due to all the extra things you would do.

Hope this helped!

Runninghorse

Answer 5

It costs about $1500 per year if you have to buy Hay. About $1000 if you have summer pasture.

Answer 6

It really depends on what kind of horse you have in the sence of what you want to do with your horse. But normally you can spend anywhere from 800-well over 1000 depending on what you do

Answer 7

69$