Bringing your own horse on a trip is a unique and exciting way to travel, discover new places with your equine partner, and create new experiences for both horse and rider. Read through these Guidelines to understand what is expected of both horse and rider on a trip, and to make sure your horse meets the guest horse requirements.
We want all participants, human and equine, to have fun and be safe on our trips. It’s important to understand what is expected of you, as both a guest and as a rider/horse owner, before your trip begins. Equescapes trip staff reserve the right to deny participation in a ride or activity to any rider or horse whose behavior may put themselves or others at risk.
Horse Care
Guest horses are fully the responsibility of their rider/owner while on the trip. Riders/owners must provide their own horse feed and do all their own feeding, watering, and mucking, bringing their own equipment to do so (some ranches and/or campgrounds will have water, muck rakes, and wheelbarrows, but riders/owners should read the trip details to know exactly what will be provided, and they must provide their own feeders, hay nets, buckets, etc.)
Stalls must be left clean at the end of the trip.
Health
ALL horses must have a health certificate within 30 days of start of trip. Horses coming from out of state must present a negative Coggins test.
Equine medical, emergency, and veterinary care are the responsibility of riders/owners, who should travel with their own equine first aid kit and equipment. Contact information for a local vet in or near the region of each trip will be provided with the trip details, should they need to be contacted in the case of an emergency.
Age and Gender
Guest horses must be a minimum of 4 years old.
NO STALLIONS
Training
Guest horses should have prior experience riding on the trail and riding with a group. If your horse has never been out of the arena, on a trail, or ridden with a group, these are activities that should be done (as often as possible) well before coming on a trip like this.
We understand that no amount of training will serve to accurately predict how a horse will behave in a new setting, situation, and group. Therefore, Equescapes trip staff reserve the right to deny participation in a ride or activity to any rider or horse whose behavior may put themselves or others at risk.
Trailering
Trailer carpooling is encouraged when possible - we do our best to put riders/owners in touch with one another when trailering together is convenient or necessary. It is the responsibility of the riders/owners involved to decide on logistics, including costs, among themselves. Equescapes is not liable for any accident, injury, theft, or property damage that occurs as a result of trailering together.