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What ownership actually costs, in numbers rather than adjectives. Training day-rates, vet bills, transport, insurance, and the prize-money math — broken down by month and by region so you can see the real figure before you commit to it.
HISA fees on an owner’s bill pay for two federal programs — the Racetrack Safety Program and the Anti-Doping and Medication Control Program — at an average cost of $265 per start in 2024, up from $198 per start in…
It costs $50,600 to enter a horse in the Kentucky Derby and get it to the gate: a $600 Triple Crown nomination in January, a $25,000 entry fee, and a $25,000 starting fee. Miss the January deadline and the same…
Colic surgery on a horse runs roughly $6,000 to $15,000 at a referral hospital, and most facilities want $3,000 to $5,000 in hand before the horse goes to the table. Those are the figures equine clinics publish themselves — there…
The Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series is a slate of 95 qualifying races in 14 countries whose winner earns an automatic berth — a guaranteed starting position — in the corresponding Breeders’ Cup World Championships race, and Breeders’ Cup has put…
Racehorse insurance costs roughly 4.85% to 6.5% of the horse’s insured value every year. On a $50,000 colt that is about $2,425 a year, or a little over $200 a month, for mortality cover alone; add the standard surgical endorsement…
Mortality insurance pays if your racehorse dies. It does not pay the $6,000–$15,000 bill when that horse survives emergency colic surgery — that bill is covered only if you bought a separate major medical or surgical endorsement, and most first-time…
Racehorse mortality insurance pays out the horse’s insured value if it dies or has to be humanely destroyed, and for a racing thoroughbred it typically costs about 5% of that value a year — roughly 4.85% to 6.25%, sliding lower…
Somewhere in most syndicate prospectuses, usually a line or two under the photograph, sits the phrase that does the quiet work: a colt with genuine stallion potential. Four words, and they carry a lot. They hint that if the racing…
Every honest accounting of racehorse ownership starts with the same uncomfortable number. In 2025, American owners put roughly $740 million more into keeping horses in training than the entire sport paid back in purses. Seventy-eight percent of the horses that…
How much does MyRacehorse charge in fees? On a typical Regulation A+ offering, the manager can deduct up to 15% for management and due diligence, up to 12.5% for organizational and experiential costs, up to 5% bloodstock fee, and 1%…