Useful Travel information
What can u do before travel
1. Make sure your horse is fit and healthy before travel. If your horse has an injury or a travelling problem please mention this to us and we will be more than happy to accommodate as best we can to their needs.
2. Make sure your horse has had ample access to water and a possible light feed before travel. Especially if going interstate. (horses are fed at the depots and water given)
3. If you have any gear travelling with your horse, please put them in a chaff bag or similar and clearly right your horses name and your/new owners contact details on the bag for easy identification. All too often gear is left behind as the item are not marked well or grouped together. If the gear is Cleary marked and identified it can be returned to its rightful owner
4. If you wish to rug or boot your horse, please call us to discuss this. As a rule of thumb we don't like to boot or rug horses unless under certain conditions. So please call us to discuss this option
5. Normally halters and leads are supplied by us during the travel. If you are sending a halter and lead with the horse please make mention of this.
6. Have your horse caught and ready to go for when the truck arrives. The truck driver will contact you in enough time to notify you of when the truck will arrive. If we are running early/late we will endeavour to notify you of this as soon as possible
Other useful information
1. When travelling mares and foals, normally it is only done from when the foal is 3 weeks of age onwards. This makes sure that the foals are strong enough to cope with the travel
2. . Mares in foal are travelled throughout their term. Unless under veterinary advice we do not travel mares in foal within 3 weeks of their expected foaling dates.
Travel Sickness
This is one of the biggest killers of horses during travel. The above will give u the best opportunity to prevent this
Rest assure all horses are monitored throughout travel for any such case
If your horse is suspected of having travel sickness, a vet will be called (at the cost of the owner) and transport stopped for that horse. (we have many depots along each interstate run that can accommodate a sick horse).
Your horses safety is our priority