Horse Care and Stable Log

Who this is for

A day-a-line log for one horse. Morning and evening feeds, water and mucking out are ticked; turnout, exercise and rugs are written in; the last column carries anything the farrier, vet or dentist did or said, so a week on the yard reads at a glance.

Owners on DIY or part livery, sharers and grooms covering a horse between them, and yards that want a simple daily record per animal.

What this helps you track

• Whether each feed, water check and muck-out has been done today, and by whom
• How much turnout and exercise the horse has actually had this week
• Which rugs were on, so a sharer does not guess
• Farrier, vet, dentist and worming visits, dated, in the same place as everything else

How to use it

1. Write the horse, the yard and the week at the top, with the feed as written on the horse's own feed chart.
2. Each morning, tick the feed, water and muck-out as they are done and initial the line.
3. Fill in turnout, exercise and rugs as the day goes, in a few words — field name, hours, what work was done.
4. Write anything a professional did or advised in the last column, with their name.
5. Print a fresh sheet each fortnight, or fill it in online and save it in your own browser; the second page is the same table again.

Formats

• Printable PDF (A4 and US Letter)
• Fillable PDF with form fields
• Fill in online, saved in your browser

The printable is laid out inside a box that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the two files are identical and neither one is scaled. The fillable PDF has real form fields. The online version keeps what you enter in your own browser and builds the completed PDF on your device.

How to print

Download the A4 or US Letter file to match the paper in your printer, open it in a PDF reader and print at 100% — not "fit to page", which shrinks the writing space. Both files leave a 14 mm margin, which clears the unprintable edge on home printers. To print the online version with your entries in it, use the Print this sheet button, which prints only the sheet and none of the page around it. More on printing.

Questions

Does it include a feeding chart?

No. The feed is whatever your horse's own chart says, set by you, your vet or a nutritionist; this log has a line at the top to copy it in and ticks to show it was given.

What goes in the exercise column?

What was done, briefly: hacked 40 min, schooled, lunged, rested. Enough for a sharer or an instructor to see the week. A fuller schooling diary exists separately.

Can two people share it?

That is what it is for. The initials column shows who did the morning and who did the evening, and the ticks stop anything being done twice or missed.

Is there a version for several horses?

One sheet per horse keeps the ticks honest. For a whole yard's chores, the stable and yard cleaning rota is better.