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Equine records · EQ-29
Riding School Horse Workload Register
A free printable riding school workload sheet: each horse's daily work and rest day for a week against the centre's own limits, plus a register of the horses.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Keep every horse's daily work and rest days on one weekly page, ready for an inspection. An uneven week across the string is easier to see when it is all in one place.
Who it is for
Riding schools, trekking centres and anyone hiring out horses who keeps a string working through the week.
How to use it
- Fill in the horse register on page two once, with passport and microchip numbers and the limits the centre has set.
- Copy each horse's rider weight limit into the weekly sheet at the start of the week.
- Each day, write the hours or sessions worked and the work code, and R on rest days.
- At the end of the week, total each horse against its weekly limit and note why any horse went over or missed its rest.
- Have the manager check and date the sheet, and keep it with the centre's records.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: One week per sheet: what each horse did each day, its rest day, and its weekly total against the centre's own limits, with the horse register on page two.
Codes and limits. Rider weight and weekly workload limits are the centre's own, set for each horse: no figure is printed. In each day write the hours or sessions worked and a code: L lesson, P private, H hack, J jumping, S schooling, Lu lunge, R rest. Check the rules for riding centres where you are.
Write-on lines: Riding centre · Week beginning · Licence number · Completed by
Daily workload
Table, 12 rows: Horse · Rider · Mon · Tue · Wed · Thu · Fri · Sat · Sun · Rest · Total · Limit · Notes
Write-on lines: Any horse over its limit or short of rest, and why · Checked by · Date
Page 2
Horse register — passport and microchip numbers, and the limits the centre set
Table, 20 rows: Horse · Passport no. · Microchip no. · Born · Rider max · Weekly limit · Set by · Left
Write-on lines: Register checked by · Date · Next review
Questions
Why are no rider weight or workload limits printed?
Because they depend on each horse's size, fitness, age and work, and the centre sets them, often with its vet. A printed figure would be wrong for most horses, so the sheet gives each horse a column for its own limit.
Does this sheet meet licensing requirements?
It keeps the records a licensing inspector commonly asks about, a daily workload, rest days and a register of horses, but it cannot say whether you meet the rules where you are. Check your licence conditions and the local guidance.
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