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Hey, I hope you’re doing well, it’s Mathilde, I’m so happy to see you today on my Youtube channel, for a brand new video in which we’re going to talk about the price it costs to own a property. ‘horse. How much does it really cost to maintain a horse all year round?

That’s what we’re going to see today in this new video, here we go! I have organized this video into different categories, since there are different costs that one has when becoming a horse owner. So the first thing is obviously the purchase price of the horse,

But that’s the part I’m going to skip, because there are really all budget brackets, if you choose a leisure horse or a sport horse will be really different. It can range from €300 to thousands, so that’s why this part really depends on you, your budget,

And what category of horse you want to acquire. So that’s it, it’s up to you to decide. The costs that a horse generates throughout the year I have organized them into 11 categories, and so we are not going to hang around, we are going to start straight away with category number 1. The

First category of costs is the most “logical” when you have a horse, it’s that of the pension! So obviously, if you have your horse at home, at home, in your garden, this category of costs does not apply.

But in general, you most often have your horse in a pony club, in a stable, or in an owners’ stable, and so in this case you have to pay every month. The pension, the price of the pension, varies depending on several things:

First of all whether it is a “pre” pension or a “pre-box” pension, a work pension, depending on the pension category in which you are , also depending on the region, and depending on the infrastructure available. Because if you have a “pre” pension but with crazy infrastructure,

With a carousel, a walker, a galloping track, balneotherapy, it will obviously be more expensive than a “box” pension with zero infrastructure. Generally the prices that we see most often for “pre” pensions will be 150 to 300€,

For “pre-box” pensions it will be between 400 and 600-800€ when it is close to a big city, and then for work pensions, we will be around 600 up to 1200-1500€. Please remember, everyone does what they want with their horse, but the basics are still a horse in the meadow,

And so that’s why I strongly invite you to look at the “pre” or “meadow” pensions. pre-box” near you, since it is still a fundamental need of the horse to be outside and in a herd if possible.

So here I am, my horses are in “pre-box” boarding at the moment because it’s what suits them best, and it’s what best meets their horse needs quite simply.

To help you in your search for a boarding house, I will give you my 4 criteria when I look for a boarding house for my horses, which are fundamental criteria when I look for a place to house my horses, since I move every four morning!

The first condition is therefore that they are in the meadow with box at night, since it is more practical for me, it is simpler, and I want them to keep a rhythm especially if they have to go to the clinic as was the case recently for Khaleesi,

Or in competitions or whatever, I want them to sleep in the box at night and be in the meadow together during the day. Second condition: having someone to take lessons with, therefore having a coach. Since I find it very important to be able to be supervised on horseback,

No matter what level you have, it’s always good. It’s still practical to have someone to work your horse when you’re not there, or to have half board, but therefore to have someone you trust who can ride the horse, and who can help us on horseback to take lessons.

Third point is to have a stable that respects the horse’s digestion cycle, and when I say that I think of hay, since the basis of a horse’s diet is grass and hay. . And so if your horse spends at least the night in the stable, he must have a substantial quantity of hay.

4th point which is important to me but which is not essential. In my case I want to do dressage, and so what is important when I look for a stable is to have good floors to work on,

Therefore to have a good arena floor, a good fiber floor which is maintained regularly and daily to simply have the least impact on my horses’ tendons. In summary, the four points are: meadows, a coach, hay and good soil, it’s quite simple, the rest for me is really extra, it’s a bonus!

Second type of costs that you have when you own a horse are equipment costs, since you are going to take care of your horse with simple things, so you have to invest in a saddle, a net, rugs, blankets and so on. But the basis of the base is quite simple!

If you want to do ridden work you need a suitable saddle, a single rug, a net, a halter, a lead rope, a blanket or two for the winter if it is not sheared, just waterproofs, and then a set of brushes.

There is no need for much, if he doesn’t have shoes, there is technically no need for gaiters, no need for bells, but then it depends on the horse, some work refinement depending on the equipment it needs. The basic hardware is quite simple. The third type of costs is food-related costs.

Generally if your horse is boarded, you do not have to pay extra for feed, unless you want to give your horse a special feed that is not provided by the stable. On the other hand, you can always use CMV, food supplements and also mashes if you wish to give them to your horses.

In my case, both of my horses have CMV and supplements. CMVs are therefore mineral-vitamin supplements which provide vitamins, trace elements, and micronutrients which are essential for the proper functioning of the horse’s body. And so these are supplements that we generally give in addition to the ration.

In my case, my horses have them, they each have CMV, and they also have food supplements so for the joints, or for the growth of the horn, the growth of the hair…. they each have different food supplements which are therefore given continuously during the year or in the form of a cure.

And so these are obviously additional costs to take into account just like mashes which are a form of food that is given in the form of porridge which helps with recovery after exercise and hydration, which are very good for digestion and very gentle on the horse’s intestinal flora.

And so the mash is generally done once a week, twice a week, or after big efforts. Same, these are bags of grains to buy in addition. Sligo has a joint supplement which costs €300 per year, it has its CMV which costs €64 per year, so that’s a little bit cheaper,

And then it has its proteins. It has additional proteins which cost €134 per year. It also has magnesium for stress and biotin in the form of a very small dose cure, so I don’t have the prices of magnesium and biotin, but it has that in addition, so it has 5 supplements.

Khaleesi, she has different supplements too, so she has protein, CMV, joint growth support, and also magnesium for stress. And so the different supplements are each priced at €141, €134, and this one is €480…ah 480 balls per year? My friend, says the pony is expensive, huh?

It is still therefore a budget to take into account for the year, it is not 5€, it still remains 500€ per year, 300€ per year, or even more, so we must still take this into account. budget if you supplement your horse.

Point number 4 is the feet and therefore you have to take into account the farrier or the podiatrist. In general, the marshal or podiatrist comes to the stables every 6 weeks, obviously it can be 4 weeks, it can be 8 weeks, it depends on the growth of the horn of your horses’ feet.

Obviously, given all the food supplements that mine have, for me the marshal comes every 4 weeks, he comes quickly, he comes often, because it grows quickly! In reality he comes about every 6 weeks, and besides we no longer call on a farrier, we call on a podiatrist at the moment

Because my horses are both barefoot. That’s also something to take into account, there are travel costs, there is the region, and the type of trim or hardware you choose. Your horse can be barefoot on all four feet, he can be shod on all four feet,

He can be shod on all four feet, he can have soles… and therefore the price varies, generally when you trim all 4 feet you is around €40, if you have travel costs it’s obviously more, and when you have a shoe it’s a little more expensive.

And when we have irons it’s not 40€ it’s generally 80€, of course it depends on the region, it’s more expensive near Paris, and it’s cheaper in the Creuse, it seems logical! And so that makes a total of €320 if you have bare feet per year on average,

And around €640-€700 per year if you are shod on all fours. Obviously I’m talking about single irons. If you have special pathologies, backwards fittings, plates and everything, the price can quickly double, so you have to be careful. And if you put insoles, you have to factor in the price of the extra insoles,

Which are generally not overpriced, so that’s fine, it really depends on what you want for your horse but it’s between 300 and well 700€ per year. Fifth type of costs are dewormers, since yes, we must maintain the internal health of our horses.

And so there are dewormers which are generally given 4 times a year at different seasonal changes and temperature changes, to purify the body and avoid having worms,

Very important, if you follow Equitom on the networks social media you don’t want your horse to have worms, I promise you, because the videos of operations and…. are horrible! So we deworm our horses and it costs on average €70 per year.

Cost number 6, osteoarthritis costs since, yes, we have to take care of these little athletes, and therefore generally what is recommended is once a year minimum, but a big minimum! And if you compete, or if you have a horse that is working,

So mine for example work four to six times a week, Sligo not Khaleesi, so we see the osteo twice a year or more if there is never a problem.

Twice a year it’s the routine, that is to say I do it at the start of the school year before winter, and at the end of winter, so the pony is well in body and in mind.

And so the same osteo has a budget which is between 80 and 150€ depending on the region, and therefore to be taken into account once or twice a year depending on the number of times he intervenes on your horse. Fresh number 7 let’s cool down a little bit… a little bit of well-being!

Shiatsu and massage fees. There I did not find a masseur in the region; If there are masseurs in the Toulouse region or people who do shiatsu on horses, come to my Instagram DMs! But Sligo when he was in Ile-de-France, he had massages but every two weeks,

Really on Mondays it was a little massage at the stables and everything, because in reality you yourself are sporty, you go to the physiotherapist, the osteopath, the acupuncture, the massage, the spa… wherever you want, your horse is the same! So you have to maintain this athlete’s form,

And even if he doesn’t play sports you can still offer him a massage. So if you ever have a horse that is at work it’s still nice to give him massages regularly, you can obviously do it yourself, but you can also call on professional masseurs

Who have tools and machines that you don’t necessarily have, and who have special and precise training to provide quality massages to your horses. And then you have other practices, acupuncture, shiatsu, or other types and forms of relaxation and well-being. In any case, if you have ever tried shiatsu,

I tried it, it was great, the horse was super relaxed and it worked so well, so I also invite you to turn to these types of alternative medicine for your horses. Budget-wise we are less expensive than the osteopath,

And it obviously depends on whether you do it every week, every two weeks or just once a year, but here the price range is 30-40-50- 100€, it depends on the practitioner, it depends on the training, it depends on the duration of the service,

And obviously if you take out a yearly subscription or not. The wallet becomes more and more empty in this video! Eighth expense to spend when you have a horse is the dentist’s fee. The dentist is essential, I really say knowingly, the dentist is essential! To be seen at least once a year;

If you have a horse like mine, Khaleesi, who has pathologies, it’s more often, so for us it’s every 6 months, but once a year you have the dentist who comes,

And who looks at the teeth , who files them when there are excess teeth to simply prevent the horse from having pain, and who looks at them. That is to say, you have to file, you have to touch, and you have to look; because if you don’t look with a camera

Or even with a lamp on your head looking in detail, you simply don’t see the cavities. And so Sligo, we discovered that he had cavities a little bit late, we only discovered them this year.

So you really have to look in detail at the horse’s teeth to be sure that it does not have any pathology or dental problems. The dentist between 70 and 95-100-110€, it also depends on the time it takes, and the things that need to be treated,

And it also depends on if you need to calm your horse with an anesthetic and so in this case it can obviously be more expensive. Point number 9: vaccines! There are vaccine boosters to be done every year on your horses,

And therefore for vaccines you need to budget at least around forty euros per year for these boosters which are essential to have a healthy horse. Point number 10: the vet, my favorite part this year! So the vet generally has to come once a year to do a check-up, it costs around €200.

This is generally a basic check-up if you don’t have any x-rays to do, it’s the basic price that your veterinarian charges you with his trip, so once again it depends on the region. And if you’re ever interested in knowing more about the profession of veterinarian,

I’ll put you the video we made on this subject in the little “i” right here where we asked all your questions to a equine vet, so it’s right over here if you want to watch it. In short, you must always be forward-looking and vigilant,

And you must always remember that veterinary emergencies and the resulting costs can happen at any time, and it is not because you have a peaceful and quiet life with your horse for 10 years that tomorrow you cannot have a problem, there are a lot of pathologies and a lot of problems

Not necessarily very serious, but you have to be able to finance the care and in this case you have to prepare for it. The 11th cost to take into account is transport costs, since if you buy a horse you will want to be able to transport and transport it.

In this case you have different options: you must either buy a van or buy a truck, that costs, or rent this truck or this van, or use a carrier, these are different options available to you. If you move very often, the simplest thing is to buy something like a van or a truck,

If it’s very occasional it’s simpler to rent it. For example, we have a one and a half seater van, so we can only transport one horse and not both, but hey, we have a one and a half seater van that we bought 10 years ago, I think about ,

Which is very good super fantastic. And I find it interesting to have a van or a small truck to be independent and to be able to move when you need to. If you have an emergency and you want to take your horse to a clinic

Or if you move or change region every 4 mornings like me, it is very practical to have transport and in the long term and if you move regularly it It’s obviously the fact of buying one that costs you less,

Since renting a truck during the weekends to go to a competition is still quite expensive. In terms of the exact price if you want to buy a van or a truck, well you already have to have a driving license I think that no one escapes…

To drive a van depending on the weight et cetera and the size there has an extra license to have or training, so that’s yet another thing to pass. But in any case if you want to buy a van, it’s between €5,000 and €11,000 new, that really depends on the options and so on.

And for a small 2-seater truck it’s a certain budget since it costs around €60,000, here it costs between €50 and €75,000, and there it is still an investment, after all you still have a lot of used ones which are on the market,

After all it’s true that if you go out to competitions every weekend it’s still more practical to have your own van or truck available. The little recap: the van is cheaper, it’s practical because you hitch up to the car and leave in 2 minutes,

But it’s more restrictive in the sense that you drive slower and you really have to be very careful on the road and horses travel less well than in a truck. A small truck is very practical, you can put a lot of stuff in it

, you can put two horses, they travel extremely well over long periods of time but it costs a lot more, and so that’s why in my case we have a van but we call on a transporter when we need a truck. The transporter costs money, so maybe you should buy a Mathilde truck!

The 12th and last point is insurance, since obviously you have to take out insurance for your horse. In terms of insurance there are different insurance packages that you can take out depending on what you want to cover and depending on the value of your horse,

Since the cost of the insurance will depend on what you want to cover and the price of the value of your horse. And so it’s as simple as that, it depends on these two factors and the insurance you choose.

In my case Sligo has an insured value of around €6,000 and so the insurance costs me around €600 per year, but if you have a horse that costs €40,000 or has a value of €600 the insurance does not will not be the same obviously, it depends on the horse you have.

There you go everyone, this video is already finished, I hope you liked it, don’t hesitate to ask me all your questions in the comments if you have any, and to like if you liked it, don’t forget to join me on Instagram and TikTok,

I hope in any case that it will have helped you and that it will have been able to answer your questions, the only thing you have to remember is that a horse incurs costs on the long term, since you generally commit to around twenty years of expenses ahead of you,

So you have to take the long term into account and know that emergencies can always happen, and that a horse can be taken and kept unless that you obviously do business, but if like me they are part of your family you have to be able to support them financially in the long term,

And you have to take that into account, and it’s not something to take lightly. But obviously it remains incredible to have horses and it is one of the most beautiful passions that exists, I hope I answered all your questions,

Don’t hesitate if you have any other questions I will answer you in the comments, where I could make other parts of videos on TikTok, so there I hope that You liked it and I’ll see you soon on Youtube, bye!