Equine records · EQ-23

Horse Running Cost Summary

A free printable horse expense summary — every cost line per month and per year, including the ones people leave out, with a year total at the bottom.

First page of the Horse Running Cost Summary — Work out what a horse actually costs in a year, which is a figure most owners have never added up.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.

Print it and write on it

Fill it in type and save

The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.

What this sheet is for

Work out what a horse actually costs in a year, which is a figure most owners have never added up.

Who it is for

Owners, sharers, anyone considering buying, and anyone deciding whether to keep going.

How to use it

  1. Include livery, feed, bedding, farrier, vet, insurance, dentist, worming, transport, lessons, competition entries, tack and rugs.
  2. Add the unexpected costs at the end of the year rather than pretending they were not part of it.
  3. Do it in the same month each year so the years compare.
  4. Keep it with the insurance schedule.

What is on the sheet

The layout is fixed at a size that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the A4 and Letter files are visually identical and print at full size on either. Rows are set at a height that an adult can actually write a date and a few words into with a pen — most printable tables are built in a word processor and never tested with one.

Questions

Is this financial advice?

No. It is arithmetic on figures you supply. What it is good for is answering the question honestly before somebody buys a second horse.

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