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Responses to a horse-ownership survey from the University of Maine found that the average annual cost of horse ownership is $3,876 per horse, while the median cost is $2,419. That puts the average monthly expense anywhere from $200 to $325 â on par with a car payment.
For a 1,000-pound horse, this averages just over 2.7 tons annually.. Hay costs $4-11 per bale but with the current drought in many areas of the southwestern United States, hay is reported as high as $25/bale.(For current hay prices per ton visit: www.ams.usda.gov/-mnreports/lswfeedseed.pdf .).rimming costs typically run $30-75 per visit; shoeing costs $75-300. Deworming Because of reported parasite resistance to currently available antiparasite drugs, we now recommend an approach that treats each horse as an individual, says Camargo on deworming regimens.