Horses Aren't Cheap But Are YOU Making These Mistakes?

Sure! Horses are VERY expensive, as is every other sport in this world. But you can do alot of things to help cut costs. 

• Think! If you never lunge your horse, why are you boarding at a barn with a round pen? Your money is paying to keep that round pen clean (hiring employees and paying them) and keeping it maintained (putting sand/ground down, etc.) 
• Buy what you need! You see many horse people with MANY things they don't need. Get ONLY what you need and if you are already a "hoarder" of horse items then you are going to have to downsize. Maybe hold a horsey "garage" sale. You only need ONE OR TWO halters for each horse. NOT-- TWENTY. Also, why do you have a western saddle when you own a jumper? Mmmm, maybe it is time for a clean out of the tack room. Grab a bin and go into your tack room. Put everything that you want to sell into the bin.
• Something that you SHOULDN'T get cheap is boarding. Get a place with good footing and amenities. If they feed bad hay but are cheap it will just make it more expensive when your horse gets colic. Or, when your horse hurts his leg when jumping in the bad footing in the arena which will add up to a large vet bill. Don't DON'T DON'T DON'T cheap out on boarding. 
• Want to add up how much you spend?  http://www.horsechannel.com/horse-exclusives/horse-expense-calculator.aspx