The core contacts for a Quarter Horse
Open the plan with the calling order: you, a backup who knows the horse and can act for you, your regular veterinarian, and the after-hours equine hospital used when your own vet is unavailable. Add his farrier, the barn or ranch manager, a neighbour close enough to reach the property quickly, and a hauler whose trailer he has travelled in before. Against each name put a phone number and a plain statement of what that person does in an emergency. A Quarter Horse working on a ranch or competing at weekends may be away from home often, so note how the plan travels: who holds a copy at a show, clinic, or away pasture, and which vet covers him there.
Identification, registration and test paperwork
Identify him as thoroughly as a stranger would need: registered and barn names, age, sex, colour, and markings, supported by recent photos from both sides, front and rear. Record his microchip number if he has one and where his registration papers are kept, since those papers confirm identity and ownership in a dispute or a rushed hospital admission. If you hold any genetic or health test results for him, note what testing has been done and where the result documents live, without expecting a helper to interpret them; the point is that a vet can be handed the paperwork quickly. Add his brand or other permanent marks if he carries them, described in words a non-ranch reader can follow.
Daily routine a stand-in can follow exactly
Spell out his feed, hay, supplements, feeding times, and where everything is stored, including anything he must not eat. Quarter Horses in work swing between hard training days and rest days, so note how his ration and turnout change with his workload, and who adjusts it. Include exercise, cool-down, and blanketing routines, his usual companions, and handling notes: how he ties, how he loads, whether he is settled in a wash rack, and any gate or herd behaviour a new handler should expect. Record the dates of his latest vet and farrier visits and anything those professionals asked you to keep an eye on between appointments.
Decisions and transport, settled early
State who may approve emergency treatment and transport in your absence, and write that permission down rather than relying on a verbal understanding. Note insurance details and their location if he is covered. Choose the hospital and hauler in advance, and record loading specifics that save time under pressure, such as the trailer he travels best in and whether he rides more calmly with a companion. If he is ever the horse other people borrow or lease for work or lessons, name those regular riders too, since they may be the first to spot trouble and should know exactly whom to call.
Keeping the Quarter Horse plan honest
Refresh the plan after any change of barn, vet, farrier, or workload, and whenever a show season or ranch move changes where he spends his days. Confirm the hauler still runs the same rig and the hospital details have not changed, then replace old copies everywhere they live: barn office, trailer, truck, and your backup's home. A plan with one stale number can cost the very minutes it was written to save. Holding the current version on KinsLe as his Pet Passport means the contacts, registration notes, and routine sit in one portable record a helper can receive without a scavenger hunt.