Horse Profiles

Every horse in HorseBook has a profile that stores their identity, physical details, lineage, and behavioral notes. This page covers all the fields available when creating or editing a horse.

Creating a Horse

Click Add Horse from the horse list page. At minimum, you need a barn name to create a record. Everything else can be filled in later.

Identity Fields

• Barn Name (required) — the name you use day-to-day (e.g., "Dusty")
• Registered Name — the horse's official registered name (e.g., "Dusty's Golden Sunset")
• Sex — Stallion, Mare, or Gelding
• Date of Birth — used for age calculations throughout the app
• Breed — choose from 40+ breeds including Quarter Horse, Thoroughbred, Paint, Appaloosa, Arabian, Warmblood, and many more
• Color — Bay, Chestnut, Sorrel, Black, Gray, Palomino, Buckskin, Roan, Dun, Grullo, White, Cremello, Perlino, and more
• Pattern — Tobiano, Overo, Tovero, Sabino, Splash, Frame, Blanket, Leopard, Snowflake, Varnish, and others
• Markings — free text to describe facial and leg markings (e.g., "star, snip, two hind socks")

Physical Characteristics

• Height — measured in hands (e.g., 15.2)
• Weight — measured in pounds

Lineage

• Sire — the horse's father. You can link to another horse in your account or enter a name manually.
• Dam — the horse's mother. Same linking options as sire.

Linking a sire or dam to an existing horse in your account creates a navigable family connection. The linked horse's profile will show this horse in their progeny section.

Habits

A free-text field for behavioral notes relevant to daily care. Examples:

• "Weaves in stall when alone"
• "Cribs on wood fences"
• "Paws at feeding time"
• "Aggressive at grain time — feed separately"

These notes appear on the horse's profile so anyone caring for the horse can see them at a glance.

Editing a Horse

Open a horse's profile and click Edit to modify any field. Changes are saved when you confirm the form. If you navigate away with unsaved changes, you'll see a warning prompt.