I’m a nerd and I love a good stat. I love to track training, expenditure, anything and everything really. I was curious as to how much extra competing added to the cost of my horses. I’m not taking into account the ‘usual’ costs such as livery, feed, Physio, Farrier, Vaccinations, Dentist etc. but just the competition specific costs.
First off EGB Membership for the year cost me £77
I then spent £466 on entry fees. That was for 3 GER’s I attended, one I never made it to and 6 pleasure or social rides. The costs ranged from £20 to £77 and two of those entries also included camping and corralling in the fee.
Training fees for riding out and about cost me £178. One subscription for an all you can ride season pass on a 4km grass field ride near our yard and 5 one off venues such as gallops, farm rides and lessons.
Fuel was my far my biggest expenditure and the trickiest to work out accurately, but I spent £802 to get to training, events and for the crew car.
Competition food for the humans cost £100. I haven’t worked out the extra horse feed but maybe something to geek out over next year.
I then spent £91 on competition photos over 5 separate orders.
Lastly I had the additional cost of padding and pinning our shoes for two shoeing cycles which added an extra £200 to our usual farrier fees.
In total my 2024 endurance season cost me £1,895. I think a rather reasonable sum considering the time spent riding and the fun we’ve had. It surely must be the best value for money equestrian sport in terms of cost per minute riding right?
Beth Endurance 