Vet, farrier and registry changes after the move
Start with the records that follow the horse rather than the home. Notify his veterinarian of the new yard and check the practice covers that area; if you must change vets, arrange for his complete history to transfer before routine care falls due. Tell his farrier the new address, or find a replacement who is comfortable trimming and shoeing around heavy feathering, and book the first visit so his cycle does not drift. Update the keeper address with his insurer and his microchip registry, and amend any registration or breed membership records so official mail about this Friesian reaches the yard where he actually stands.
New yard forms and the grooming handover
Complete the new yard's boarding paperwork with his stable, field, and turnout companions, and hand over a written routine on day one. For a Friesian that handover should be unusually specific about presentation care: how his mane and tail are washed, conditioned, and protected, how the feather on his legs is dried and checked, and which products are already used on his skin. A new groom guessing at that routine can undo months of careful coat care in a fortnight. Include his rugs and sizes, where his kit is stored, and handling notes covering loading, clipping, and the hose, so the yard team learns his preferences from paper rather than by trial.
Feed, suppliers and service accounts
Move his supply chain with him. Change the delivery address on feed, hay, and bedding accounts, and confirm the new yard's storage arrangements match what his ration requires. If a feed adviser, trainer, or regular clinician visits him, send each of them the new address and directions in writing, including gate and parking details for larger vehicles. Update standing bookings such as arena hire, lessons, and show entries that still carry the old address, and tell sharers or regular riders where he has gone and what the new yard's rules are about visiting hours and dogs, so goodwill at the new place starts intact.
History that must move with him
Collect his full veterinary and farrier history if you do not hold it already, and pass it to the new professionals before their first visit: visit notes, routine care dates, soundness observations, and any skin or feather concerns previously recorded. Friesian care often involves long-running, gradual management, and a new vet reading the whole story will spot continuity that a fresh summary hides. Check the keeper details on his identification documents are corrected where the system allows, and add a note of the move, the journey, and his first weeks at the new yard to his own record, since coat, appetite, and behaviour changes are easier to read against a dated baseline in your private notes.
Checking the Friesian file end to end
Once he is settled, read his whole file as the new yard would: does every document show the new address, does the emergency plan name professionals who can actually reach this yard, and does the grooming handover match the routine the staff are following? Replace old emergency sheets at the yard and with your backup person. Any mismatch between paper and practice should be fixed in the paper the same week it is spotted. Gathering the refreshed documents on KinsLe inside his Pet Passport puts the new address, contacts, and coat-care routine in one record the next helper or vet can rely on.