About 8000 New Zealanders are injured by horses every year at a cost of about $10 million, figures show.
Figures released by ACC showed 7873 people were injured by horses last year and claims had totalled $9,669,964 so far.
An ACC spokesman said claim costs for a particular year were the costs accrued to date for any claims accepted that year which meant costs for earlier years would tend to be higher.
The largest number of injuries in the past five years occurred in 2014, when there were 8789 horse-related injuries, resulting in claims totalling $14,408,704.
Most injuries were caused by people falling from horses.
Last year, 2852 people fell from a horse. Being kicked, stood on or bitten by a horse were also common injuries.
The most common type of injury was a soft tissue injury, followed by fractures/dislocations and lacerations/punctures/stings.
