how much will a horse cost me if i have to buy one?

Answer 1

expensive. depends o nthe breed. thats not the most expensive part though, upkeep is gonne be far more expensive. food, shelter, licensing, vet bills...and thats barely scratching the surface.

good luck!

Answer 2

I would research first what type of horse you want. Knowing the personality of the breed is a first step in having some thing to walk in to the bargining table with.

Some sell by poud or by how many hands. So you can be talking any where from $500 to $5,000. This is for a trial riding horse that is just used for riding.

A blood line racing horse on the other hand would run you considerably more and if you are wanting to breed yourself. I would research breeders and blood lines for this.

I think the site I've listed below will be useful. When buying a horse please consider other costs. They need to be shoed often, vet bills, eating right, proper lodging and riding gear too. Owning a horse is an enriching and rewarding pet but they are expensive. Anytime you buy an animal all costs should be taken into consideration and also plan for the unexspected.

I hope you love your new horse if you get one. My sisters loved having one but it wasn't for me. They required daily tending to and I was too involved with track at the time to mess with one. At that time in my life I wasn't a horse person but loved hanging out at the stables. Which boarding is another issue. Boarding facilities will clean the stalls for extra costs but my sister never liked how they did it so they did it themselves. That way they knew their horse wouldn't get wet feet or whatever you call that foot problem they get from sitting in their poop.

Hope the link helps.

Answer 3

You can sometimes find one free to a good home, when a girl goes off to college, loses interest but doesn't want to sell her horse for meat. A well-trained jumper that has placed 5th or better in the Rolex Classic can cost a quarter to a half a million US Dollars.

Once you buy it you have to:

1) Feed it every day. They eat about 1/4th to 1/8th of a bale of hay a day. Find out what hay costs in your area.

2) Have its hooves trimmed and/or shoes replaced once every six weeks by a blacksmith. Call two in your area and ask what they charge.

3) Have it examined (or cured or stitched up) by a vet at least once a year. Figure $500 a year for that, and, if it catches something expensive, ask yourself if you will pay or have the vet kill it.

If you are going to ride it, and don't live next door to a state park. figure the cost of a cheap trailer and a second-hand pickup. Or, if you are rich and have horse friends, you can get a nice new Chevy Suburban and a four-horse trailer for just under $100,000.

If you have an extra acre or two in your back yard, you can put it there; otherwise, ask around for monthly fees for boarding stables.

The best way to get a good answer to your Q is ask your county farm advisor for the name of a 4-H leader whose group has horses. Ask her/him (95% of them are women) what most girls (80% of them are girls) pay for upkeep.

You can have a horse on the cheap, if, for instance, you dad runs 200 head of dairy cows. You'd have the land and the hay already.

You can spend as much as you want to on it. If you go first class and start ordering saddles from custom leather workers in Germany (English style) or New Mexico (Western style) (or both), get the "Deluxe" options on that Chevy and buy a cute little 8-bedroom, 20-acre place in "Horse country" just outside Washington, D. C., you could spend ten million, easy.

I don't expect you to take that last route, unless your father is Bill Gates; I just wanted to show you how hard it was to give you an exact answer. Basically you can spend as much as you want at the high end, and the lower end depends on your area and circumstances.

Answer 4

Buying a horse can cost a lot of money, time, and effort. Most of the time, buying a horse is less expensive than taking care of it. If you plan on riding, you will need to buy tack. You still have to remember about the vet and farrier bills, the cost of feed, and if you want, riding lessons. The horse can be any where from a couple hundred dollars to thousands of dollars, depending on the horse.There really is no cheap part of owning a horse...

Answer 5

A horse can cost anything from nothing (some people will give horses away for free) to over a million dollars. If you want a horse, you should check in your area about how much it will cost to keep one in your area. Board and care per month may run from $125 per month to $500 per month, depending on the facilities and what part of the country you are in. You will also need to provide farrier (horseshoer) care, and sometimes veterinary care for your horse. 4-H clubs are a good source of information about horse-keeping. Also, breed associations like the Arabian Horse Association, and the American Quarter Horse Association are good sources of information. Both of these associations have web sites.

Answer 6

Depends on the horse, and where you get it.

If you adopt a horse from a rescue, it can cost as little as $300 and as much as $2000, depending on the breed, and whether it is a companion or rideable horse.

Buying a horse from a breeder can cost anywhere from $1000 on up, depending again on breed, and on its papers (who it's sire and dame are).

But think about this. If the cost of the horse is going to be too much for you, what about the cost of food, shelter, vet care, shoeing, grooming, and all the time you must put in to make sure the horse is healthy and happy?

Answer 7

If you have to ask...you probably don't want to know. Horses are a HUGE responsibility...even if you want to keep it in your backyard. You could probably find a horse for as low as a couple of thousand dollars...but they can go up to hundreds of thousands (of course that all depends on it's breeding). Then there is the cost of care, that is a minimal few thousand start up, and somewhere around a few hundred a month (on the cheap side of things). I would seriously do some homework on the topic before deciding to own one.

Answer 8

It depend on what sort of horse you want if you want experience horse like a bomb proof pony or you want a special breed of horse. I paid $4000 for a special breed of horse and he was only 6 months old.

Answer 9

It depends on breed and other things. Right now where I live horse aren't going for much b/c the price of hay is going up.

Answer 10

a lot. it depends on how good the hore is and if it's pure bred. they can cost thousands of dollars. but no where close to 30,000 (unless the horse is the misiah or something)