A carer looking after a Clydesdale needs more than a phone number on the stable door. Draft horses change the emergency maths: a colicking Clydesdale who needs to travel must fit the transport, a cast draft horse needs several strong people and the right technique to free safely, and a lame animal of his weight puts enormous load through the other feet while he waits. The contact list you leave should be written for those realities, in the order the carer will use it, with authorisation spelled out so nobody loses time asking permission that was already given or, just as badly, waiting for permission while a horse deteriorates.
The people, in calling order
First, you, with honest guidance about when you can and cannot be reached. Second, a local backup: a person who knows this horse, can be at the yard quickly, and is authorised to make decisions if you are unreachable. Third, your equine vet practice, including its out-of-hours arrangement, because the number that works on a weekday morning may not be the route at midnight. Fourth, your farrier, who for a Clydesdale is an emergency contact in his own right: a lost or sprung shoe on a heavy horse, or a hoof problem under that weight, needs the person who knows his feet and stocks his shoe size. Add the feed merchant and a neighbour with a tractor, since draft-horse emergencies have a habit of needing machinery and manpower.
Vet details that save the first ten minutes
Give the carer the horse's normal resting temperature, pulse, and breathing rate, recorded by you on an ordinary day, so the carer can tell the vet something more useful than that he seems unwell. Note his current feed and forage, any ongoing conditions and what is already being given or done for them, his worming and vaccination status as the practice holds it, and where his records live. For a Clydesdale, flag the breed-specific watch-outs your vet has raised for him personally, such as feather and pastern skin problems under those heavy leg feathers, so the carer checks the right places daily instead of discovering a raw, hidden sore late.
Transport rated for a draft horse
Write down, by name, who can move him. Many standard trailers and smaller horseboxes are neither tall enough, wide enough, nor rated for a full-size Clydesdale's weight, and an emergency is the worst moment to discover that. Record your arranged transport contact, their vehicle, and the loading peculiarities of your horse: whether he loads best with a particular handler, needs the partition set wide, or must travel with a companion. If he would go to a specific equine hospital, name it, with its location, so the carer and transporter are aiming at the same destination from the first phone call.
Authorisation, written and signed
Decide now, not mid-crisis, what the carer may approve: emergency first-aid and a vet visit without calling you, urgent transport, and farrier attendance. State what must wait for your decision where that is practical, and confirm with your vet practice in advance that they will act on the carer's call under your instructions, since practices vary in what they accept from a third party. Leave this as a signed, dated note with the contact sheet. A carer who knows the boundaries acts faster and with more confidence than one improvising under pressure.
One packet, kept where the carer stands
A contact list helps only if it is complete, current, and findable at the moment it is needed. KinsLe's Pet Passport keeps your Clydesdale's records, contacts, and key details together in one portable packet, so the carer, the backup, and the vet are all working from the same page when minutes matter.