What a horse's record should include

A horse's history usually lives in its owner's head, a trunk of paper and a vet portal. When the horse moves, most of it is lost. A record that travels with the horse is worth keeping for its own sake, and it makes the horse worth more when it sells.

Identity

Registered name and barn name, breed, sex, color and markings, year foaled, height, sire and dam, registration number and microchip. The papers themselves, scanned.

Health

Vaccinations with dates, Coggins certificates, deworming, dental, farrier visits, vet visits with findings, medications with doses and withdrawal dates, and any surgery or lameness with what was done. Vital signs when they were taken.

Work

What the horse has done: discipline and level over time, show results, rides and training with dates. This is the strongest public evidence of what the horse is.

Ownership and sales

Who has owned the horse and when, and each sale as a date and a range. Exact prices stay private.

Public and private

Most of the record can be public: identity, work, results, milestones. Health, feed, money and papers stay private, shared with a buyer or a vet when you choose. Foalioo keeps that switch on every item.