What to keep in every horse’s record

Every barn has someone who knows each horse by heart. The trouble starts on the days that person isn’t there. A horse’s record is what lets anyone else look after it the same way.

Who the horse is

Write down the name the horse answers to, its color, breed, sex, age and height. A photo helps a new worker find the right horse in a row of bays. Note who owns it, or that it belongs to the stable.

Where it lives

Record the horse’s stall and its turnout: which field or paddock, and for how long. When turnout changes with the season, change the record the same day.

What it eats

Write each feed the way it is measured in the feed room, for example two scoops of pellets and a flake of hay, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. A plan in plain amounts is one that anyone can follow.

What to watch for

Keep one short line for what matters most right now, like a sore foot, a horse that kicks at feeding time or a new supplement. Keep it short, so it gets read.

Farrier and vet

Keep the farrier’s and the vet’s notes with the horse, and agree on who reads them. Health details belong to the owner and the people who care for the horse, not to everyone at the barn.

Horse records in Canidary Equestrian

In Canidary Equestrian, every horse has its own page with its photo, color, breed, sex, age, height in hands, stall and owner, or a note that it is a school horse. The feeding plan and turnout sit on the same page with what to watch for, and the feeding board reads them from there. Care notes and the horse’s documents are kept on the same page.

Farrier and vet notes are read only by the horse’s owner and the people your stable chooses. The owner and the people your stable allows change each fact right where it is shown. See everything Canidary Equestrian does, or start a stable.