• Have your horse shod or trimmed to ensure any hoof injury is healed before travel.
• Decrease high protein diets and increase roughage.
• Decrease heavy work load, but continue with light work to help prevent horse being overexcited during travel.
• Make sure your horse is an ideal weight.
  • Overweight puts strain on tendons and joints
  • Underweight and the horse will lose too much condition.
• If your horse is young or unused to transportation, try to get him used to being led up a ramp and standing in a stall.

• Horses transport better without bandages and boots. Southern Cross Horse Transport bays have rubber paneling to prevent injury.
• Our drivers take breaks every 3-4 hours to check horses also surveillance cameras quickly allow the driver to be aware of any problems.
• Horses are walked after 5-6 hours of travel
• If it is cool our drivers will rug the horses during rest stops.
• Horses have access to feed and water at all times.

• Mares and Foals travel together in a double bay. Foals are allowed to suckle regularly
• Mares heavy with foal are given a larger bay.
• Where possible, stallions are separated from other horses.

• Allow your horse paddock exercise to loosen stiff muscles
• Give access to plenty of water as horses often dehydrate during travel due to stress.
• Give access to plenty of feed as they may have only snatched at their fee during travel
• Watch appetite closely
• Introduce work slowly to allow stiff muscles to relax.

Taking these sensible precautions will ensure your horse is transported with as little stress as possible, and having a positive experience, will be happy for transportation in the future.