The cost of horse ownership varies from region to region, but even basic expenses such as feed, bedding, and routine veterinary and farrier care can be very costly. Jorge Colón, DVM, MBA, of Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, in Ithaca, New York, describes common costs associated with owning a horse and why owners have seen them consistently rise over the years in this excerpt from Ask TheHorse Live. 

This podcast is an excerpt of our Ask TheHorse Live Q&A, “Budgeting and Planning for Horse Expenses.” Listen to the full recording here.

About the Expert

Jorge L. Colón, DVM, MBA

Jorge L. Colón, DVM, MBA, is an associate professor of practice in financial and organizational management at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM), in Ithaca, New York, and serves as the director of business education for the Cornell Center for Veterinary Business and Entrepreneurship. He received his BS and DVM from Cornell and his MBA from the College of Business at Colorado State University, in Fort Collins. Colón spent the first 25 years of his professional veterinary career as an equine ambulatory veterinarian in Lexington, Kentucky, concentrating in the areas of equine reproduction, neonatology, radiology, and Thoroughbred sales. He transitioned into academia in 2020, where he is now tasked with the development and implementation of the veterinary business educational curriculum at the Cornell CVM and with the management and administration of the Cornell CVBE Certificate in Veterinary Business and Management.