About Horses?

Question

how much will it cost weekly for 1 horse
including food grooming you no the usual

Answer 1

Too much

Answer 2

The cost of owning a horse is high. It can't be measured weekly, as you do not get your food by the week, or see the farrier, or pay your board by the week. It is best measured in a year. If you add up everything you'll be needing - riding gear, tack, sheets, flyspray, halters, soap, grooming supplies, and much more, it can add up to more than 12,000 dollars a year for one horse. This is not including board, which can be expensive, as much as 1000 dollars a month at a nice place, or 350 dollars a month at a more homey place, rather than a show barn. The horse needs shoes every 6 weeks, or to just be shod, depending on his feet. The farrier costs 50 dollars just to come out. That's not including the costs of shoes, shodding, or things like that. The horse needs shots every 6 months, and a myriad of other time increments.

Then there's the accident money. This is money you need to have on hand in case of an accident. Say your horse colic's, and it needs to have emergency surgery? That's expensive. Really expensive.

There's also time. You have to put time into the horse, and show some commitment. You can't just buy a horse and let it sit there, it needs to be ridden, groomed, and bathed. It needs to be loved and cared for in the same way you'd care for a child.

Horses are taxed. Or they are here. They are taxed as livestock and pets. It's really ridiculous, and horse owners everywhere are protesting the fact we get taxed double what you'd pay for owning a cow (livestock).

Owning a horse isn't an easy thing.

Answer 3

Depends on where you live, what sort of livery you want and the breed of horse.
Full livery everything even exercise, excluding shoeing routine vet checks and extra things (you just turn up and ride when you want) approx £140 pw
Part livery everything except exercise approx £100pw
DIY stable and grazing you do everything approx £25 pw
Grass livery just a field nothing else from £15pw
there is also part DIY where the stables do any extra you ask at individual prices.
You can also have schooling, competition livery
And working livery. where the horse lives and works at a riding school which reduces costs, but then your horse might not free when you want to ride it.
Then there is shoeing approx £55 every 6-8 weeks
Shavings approx £6 per bale
shraw approx £2.50 per bale
hay approx £4. per bale (for decent stuff)
and feed and rugs on top.
Alot depends how good a "doer" you horse is, a cobby horse could be on grass livery with some hay and no rugs.
But a thoughbred would need a stable lots more food and lots of rugs to keep warm. ( they also tend to need shoeing more) Some cobs get away with no or just front shoes.
Do some local research for your area. Be honist about what you will do with the horse and your experience to determe the breed and what help you might need.

Answer 4

It depends greatly on where you keep him.
Do you want stables?
Or grass?
I am a firm believer in get the best you can afford and always put your horse first-not the cost. Also you need to think about tack/food etc.
Let me tell you what Ive paid.
For my horse - £1500
For its tack - £200
For its grass rent per week - £7
For its food (lasts a month) - £5
For his shoes - £20 (only the back set as he had front shoes)
For his grooming kit - £10
Insurance - £10 month

It may not seem like a pay a great deal every week, but you must always have money in good supply with horses - worming/losing a shoe and all those other extras mount up.
Dont be too disheartened though, I also believe you can keep a horse very well without spending the earth on him - all you need is common sense and to be a good owner.

Answer 5

Its hard to tell by a weekly rate. Monthy is probably more accurate. I have a horse, so let me tell you the expenses.

Food: About $13 per bag
Needs about 1 maybe 2 bags a month

Grooming: All you need is a few brushes.
Brushes are about 2 to 3 dollars per.

Vet: It depends. I only get a vet when I need one.
You can deworm by yourself. Dewormers cost anywhere from 13 to 30 $$.

Tack: This also depends on what you like to do.
English Saddle: 100 to 1000 dollars.
Western Saddle: 300 to 1200 dollars.
Bareback: 0$. A personal preference of mine :D
Bridle: Ranges from a lot of prices. Can find cheap ones.


~~Though these can be expensive, its TOTALLY worth it!! A horse is the BEST thing that ever happened to me!

Answer 6

Depends on so many different factors,

Where you live, some places are more expensive than others.

If your going to a livery yard then what type of livery you want, is it full livery or are you going to do some/all of the work yourself?

Type and size of horse, I used to have a Clydesdale, V expensive on the food and vetinary bills, some breeds need extra care, like fine skinned arabs if you live somewhere with cold winters then they need decent shelter and plenty warm rugs.

If you choose to place your horse in a livery yard then shop around and visit as many local yards as you can, make sure you choose one where your horse will receive decent care.

Don't be tempted to judge on price alone, a cheap yard may have substandard facilities. Above all your horses welfare is paramount and by visiting the yards in person you can see for yourself the level of care their charges receive, how clean and well maintained it is and how the staff behave with the horses and check your horse will have adequate access to grass, a clean yard full of healthy looking happy horses is your best indicator of quality.

Good luck.

Answer 7

It depends on the horse and its' needs. I have 7 horses - one is easy to keep and another is expensive - say a 50 pound bag of feed a week - don;t buy cheap feed because it is not good - has fillers - figure at least $8 a bag for the good stuff.
Hay - $4 a bale at least, figure at least five bales a week if no grazing - that's $28 already.
Then you have unexpected vet bills, medicine, grooming supplies - it gets up there.

Answer 8

If you are keeping it at your own place then you are looking between $150 to $350 (depending on bedding type, cost of hay and grain, and supplements if applicable) Also horses need wormed every other month ($ 7 to $25 in cost) farrier careevery 6 to 12 weeks(depending on how your horse wears his feet aand if you put shoes on $25-$65) Vet care for vaccines and routine stuff $150-$250. If you are boarding somewhere else could cost between $175-$600 and you would still be responsible for vet/farrier/sometimes worming-ASK AROUND.

Answer 9

It depends on where you keep it. and what type of livery option you go for. I dont know where you're from but here In Ireland it costs approximately €35.00 for a stable and grazing when you muck out yourself. If you get the mucking out done by the yard it costs €70.00. Grooming is pretty much taken care of when you buy the brushes. Food - depending on what you're going to feed them - a bag of food normally lasts about 3 weeks.
Remember then you have farrier costs/worming doses/clipping in winter/ vetinary bills. owning horses aint cheap!!

Answer 10

wel u hav to pay a stable fee if you keep it at a staable & some stables will take care of your horse for you but if not feed is only like around 5 bucks and the shampoo & conditioner for your horse is about 4 dollars each! b ut hay is being hard to find right now so that might cost you some money if you find some but you can always let your horse out in a pasture as long as its got good grass and lots of it! did i help?

Answer 11

There is absolutely no real way to answer...too many variables to this question.

Such as:
Do you have a place to keep it, or will you have to pay for a stable space?
Do you have pasture available?
What age is the horse?
What purpose do you intend to use it for?
Do you already have a saddle and blanket and reigns?
Do you have easy access to a vet.?
Do you have a horse trailer?
I could go on and on, point being it ain't cheap.

You could easily spend $100 a week depending on where you're at.

Be sure, if this is a decision you're thinking about.