This was reported by the Mash Telegram channel.
As breeders told the channel, in the last month alone, some of them have sold or reserved as many as seven or eight horses, even though in the past a single horse might have had to wait two or three months for an owner.
They attributed the rise in horse sales to the fact that keeping a horse in many villages turned out to be cheaper than constantly refueling SUVs like the UAZ or the “Niva.”
Currently, horse prices range from 100,000 to 200,000 rubles (23,000–46,000 Moldovan lei), depending on age, breed, and training. Keeping a horse costs tens of thousands of rubles. According to Mash’s calculations, hooves are trimmed about once every one and a half months—a service that costs 3,000 rubles; horseshoes are replaced every two months for 1,000 rubles; hay costs 2,000–3,000 rubles; and supplementary feed costs 5,000 rubles. Veterinary services can cost as much as 6,000 rubles per year.
