HOw much does it cost 2 keep a horse at livery???

[Orcaharmony]

I don't have a horse but i can dream!!


I was wondering how much food costs and bedding etc.... i've been riding since i was 4 and i soooooo desperately want a horse!! You r soooo lucky to have horses and ponies, i would do ne thing for one. i was also wondering does anyone share a horse here??

[Jay.o]

depending on what livery you have and where abouts you live it changes in price. where i live its about £10 - £70 a week depending on what facilities there is. The average is around £40.

food for me is £15 a week in winter and £10 a week in summer.
again depends on what horse and what work it is doing and the size of the horse [ie. a shetland will need less than a shire horse]
this includes hay [haylage i have]

i am going to stable timmy in winter next time as his field mate wont let him in the shelter [both shetlands] so that will be extra in straw or what ever you bed them on.

bow is on straw in his shelter and that costs about £2 a bale [its straw not hay so they dont eat that]

but really you cant go on what other people pay, every horse has different needs.

good luck with you getting a horse in the future !! :D :D :D

[Orcaharmony]

thanx, that's really helpful. the minute i can i am getting a horse!! it doesn't sound very expensive at all!!! i thought it would be LOADS more than that!!!

[Jay.o]

where abouts are you in SE england ?
and also if you keep them in or out its more or less.
and tack and extras that i buy every weekend LOL !!
and then theres also the buying of the horse aswell !

[Hesseybabe]

I usually spend about £40 a wk on prince.
£12 a wk for livery (DIY)
£45 every 16 wks for shoeing (slow growing feet)
£7.40 for 1mths feed
£5 a wk for straw
£15 a wk for hay
£14 for wormer every 8wks
£10 a wk saved for emergencies
£15 a wk for tack, rugs, treas, etc.
Prince is a native tho, so not that expensive to keep.

[Hevz2001]

Hi I don't have a horse either, but I know it's definately not cheap to keep them!
In addition to what has already been said, theres vets bills, insurance, feed supplements....the list goes on.....plus, Hesseybabe is lucky with her horses feet! Most horses need their feet done every 4-6 weeks, so that adds another £45 + a month, on top of all the other expenses:( But don't let it put you off though! I'm saving up for a horse, I hope to get one in about 2 years time! Good luck in saving!
Heather:)

[Rakeli]

There's a yard not far from me that charges £22 a week. They have an indoor school and an outdoor school (bad surfaces but not too bad), turnout, supervision, stable etc. I don't keep mine there, but it's also really friendly!

[HairyCob]

I always recon on spending at least £150 per month keeping H.C. Often it is more!

He is a hardy cob, lives out 90% of the year and the place I keep him is cheap, and very basic, DIY in the south west.

Horses are definitley not a cheap hobby, but I have spent much less money on socialising, alcohol, clubbing and clothes since having H.C. as
a) there is always something horsey I would rather spend the money on.

b) I hate riding, mucking out etc with a hangover!!

c) fashion clothes dont come in 'hay hauling shouldes and riding calves' sizes!! Ha! Ha!:D

Overall I am probably no worse off as I used to go out 3 or 4 times a month and spend about £50 a time! Hmm... in that case perhaps I can justify buying that new bridle!!;)

[Piaffe]

I'm in SE England and it is NOT cheap to keep a horse here - unless you can get grass livery and keep the horse out all year round - but then you do need to take into account any injuries, mud fever etc which would warrant the use of a stable, so grass livery is not always ideal.

Type of horse also needs to be taken into account. A 'good doer' will cost less to keep than a TB - my 16.2 TB in winter, including shoeing, feed, livery, worming, bedding costs between £250 and £300 per month. Obviously summer is far cheaper - I only really pay for livery, some feed, worming and shoeing.

It isn't just the day to day or week to week costs - you need to be prepared for vets bills, new rugs, extra visits from the farrier if a shoe comes off, equiment for yourself, the yard etc.

Please don't think it is cheap to keep a horse!! You always need to be prepared for the unexpected!! - do keep saving and always have a bit of money put by for such occasions!!!

[liz--y]

i'm at DIY livery
i pay £11 per week stable an grazing
haylage £5 per bale
hay £2.50 per bale
straw £1.75 per bale
shavings £5.20 per bale
hard feed £25 approx per week (for 3 horses)
farrier £50
wormer £8-15 depending on type
dont know insurance my mum pays that

[Kerry's Partner]

WELL you could almost double everything to get an average cost for a really good part-livery place around here!!!!!!!!!!

[lijo52]

hi everyone....i think I must be really lucky with my livery costs......I only pay £45 a week for full livery (would be cheaper, but he has shavings for bed)....I supply his hard feed but this costs me next to nothing as he's only 11.1hh and has a tendency to stack the weight on!! He has a lovely big stable with a separate room at the back for his tack, food and rugs. He's exerised most days for me because my daughter can only ride at weekends at the moment (too cold and icy for a 5 year old!!) but when she rides she has the use of a lovely new manege....having read what other people pay for part/diy livery I now feel really lucky!! :)

[Showjumper]

Dolly's on DIY livery. The stable and grazing costs £55 per month. She gets a handful of chaff and half a scoop of Equivite once a day - chaff costs £3 and Equivite is around £15. She is currently on straw which is 67p per wheelbarrowful and I use about 4 wheelbarrowfuls per week. I'm moving her onto shavings though which is £4 per bag and should hopefully last longer than straw. She gets half a bale of hay a day which costs me around £4 per week. She's insured with NFU Mutual for £1000 and I pay £16 a month for that. Plus all the extras I buy her like Lickits, rugs etc. It's not cheap but it's very enjoyable.

[Alison+Rio]

ok i'll try and remember what we pay out for rio, or to be more specific what my parents pay for rio then i'll add what i pay for bonny at the bottom!

Rio:
£60 per month livery (DIY)
£50 per month feed
£40 per month on supplements
£9 per week hay
£45 every 6wks for shoeing
£20 per month insurance
£80 per month on extras
£15 every 10wks worming
£50 yearly for injections
£9 per week bedding (Shavings)

Rio is expensive to keep as he has navicular, the costs above does not include his medication costs and the supplements he get include apples, carrots and celery.

Bonny:
£30 per month livery (Grass)
£20 per month feed
£6.75 per week hay
£28 every 8 wks for shoeing
£15 every 10 wks for worming

No extras or insurance yet as I only have her on a months trial so im nto paying those yet. She lives out unrugged and doesnt get any supplements.

[western]

well i own one horse and you have horse wormers are about 10 dollars then you have the bridel mine cost auround 30 dollards. saddle is about 100 to 200 or more. my saddle was free because this person that i know got rid of her horse and she knew that i was getting one so she let me have hers. then you have to decide on where you are going to keep it are you going to keep it outside or a bording stable . then there is feed,and hay. my feed cost aurond 12.00 dollars. and hay is 8to 10 dollars it just depends on the quality too. then you must have a pasture too kepp the horse in and riding trails or feilds. then their is farrier bills vet bills and blanets to keep the horse warm. in the summer you can have a fly sheet that cost auroun 10 to 20 dollars . use a fly mask myself that cost 10 dollars. then fly spray is auround 5 to 10 dollars a can. then grooming tools that are auround 5 to 10 dollars . thats just the basics of money but horses are alot of responsibility. you must spen lots of time grooming feeding and of course riding.