Horse journal for riding lessons, equine care, farrier and vet records

This horse journal gives riders and owners one peaceful home for each ride, each lesson and every care note. Over 50 undated pages it brings together 16 full page lesson and ride logs, shorter quick logs, a training plan, groundwork sessions, a weekly care routine, farrier and vet records, a tack list and pages for shows and clinics. Both US Letter and A4 PDF versions download instantly, and no parcel is sent.

Write a few lines after each session and, over a season, you will see exactly how far you and your horse have come.

Why a horse journal makes progress visible

A dedicated page for every ride captures the date, horse, type of ride, discipline, weather and ground, a table for warm up and exercises, and a little arena diagram with letters where you can sketch your pattern. Then you note what felt good, what needs work, tips from your instructor and an aim for next time.

The weekly care pages follow feed, hay, water, turnout, grooming, hooves and a quick check of legs and body for all seven days. Separate farrier, vet, vaccination and deworming records keep past visits and upcoming due dates easy to find.

Who it is for

• Riders in weekly lessons who want to hold on to their instructor's advice and track how they improve
• Owners and leasers who want feed, farrier, vet and tack records kept together in a single binder
• Anyone bringing on a young horse or working on groundwork, loading and confidence
• Riders preparing for a first show, clinic or trail event
• Horse lovers who would rather write on paper than log things in an app

Design and printing

• Graceful, minimal style: white pages and soft blush pink accents that use little ink
• Roomy margins, so your home printer will not cut anything off
• Portrait pages in two sizes, A4 (210 x 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 x 11 in)
• Undated, so you can begin on any day of any year
• Suits every discipline: English, Western, dressage, jumping or trail riding
• Keep it in a binder or on a clipboard, or ask a print shop to spiral bind it
• Set up pages only need printing once. Reprint the ride entries (pages 9 to 24) and the weekly care pages each time they fill up

Inside the horse journal: 50 pages

1. 1Cover page and contents
2. 2A welcome and how to use the book, why you ride, your hopes for your horse and yourself, your riding setup (own, lease, lesson horses, share), barn, instructor and riding days, plus a note on safety
3. 3All about your horse: a photo space, name and barn name, breed, sex, foaling date or age, color, height in hands, rough weight, markings, ID, personality, loves and treats, dislikes and fears, quirks and how you met
4. 4Your horse's normal values, left blank for you to fill: temperature, pulse, breathing rate, gum color, gut sounds and a hydration check, plus weight tape and body condition records, allergies, current medication and supplements, a first aid kit list and insurance notes
5. 5Contacts table with room for 14 people (barn manager, instructor, vet, emergency vet, farrier, equine dentist, bodyworker, feed and hay suppliers, hauling, tack shop, riding buddy), plus what to do in an emergency and the rules of your barn
6. 6Goals for the season: 3 riding goals split into small steps, care goals for your horse, shows, clinics and trails you want to try, one word for the season and a big dream goal
7. 7 to 8A two month training plan with a goal per month, booked lessons, a 4 week overview on a day by day grid, focus and exercises week by week, a progress check and changes to make
8. 9 to 24Sixteen full page ride and lesson entries, each covering date, horse, instructor or riding friend, time, kind of ride, discipline, weather and footing, warm up and exercise table, arena sketch, highlights, how horse and rider felt, body check, tack, things to improve, instructor tips and your next goal
9. 25 to 26Quick ride log fitting 18 rides on each page, with date, horse, type, time, focus, highlights and a heart to mark favorites
10. 27 to 29Six groundwork sessions where you tick what you practiced (leading, lunging, long lining, liberty, in-hand work, desensitizing, trailer loading, standing for the farrier), note the focus, what worked, what comes next and how calm and focused your horse was
11. 30A feeding plan for hay, hard feed, supplements, salt and minerals and treats in the morning, at midday and in the evening, plus water and turnout, notes for barn staff and a log of diet changes
12. 31 to 34Four weeks of care logs listing 13 daily jobs, from feeds and hay through turnout, grooming, hooves, blankets and exercise to a legs and body check, along with grooming notes, anything out of the ordinary and a shopping list
13. 35Farrier record for 16 appointments noting what was done, front and hind, who did it, cost, when the next is due and notes
14. 36 to 37Vet and dental record for 6 visits with date, vet, kind of visit, reason, the vet's findings and instructions, follow-up and cost
15. 38Vaccination record plus deworming and fecal egg count record (empty fields to complete from your vet's plan), with dates for health papers
16. 39Tack inventory listing 16 items plus empty rows, each with description, size, purchase date, condition and notes, as well as a wish list and repairs to make
17. 40Looking after tack: a cleaning routine of 8 jobs, fit notes for saddle, pad, girth, bit, bridle and stirrups, and a checklist for saddle fit
18. 41Show and clinic checklist sorted into 6 groups (horse, tack, rider, paperwork, first aid, barn and trailer) with extra lists for the day before and the morning itself
19. 42 to 45Notes for 4 shows or clinics with event, date, venue, type, judge or clinician, level, placing and score, a table of classes, warm up notes, a sketch of the test or course, highlights, areas to improve, comments and next time
20. 46Milestones page listing 14 riding firsts with extra rows, each noting the date, horse and how it felt
21. 47Sixteen riding and horsemanship skills to score from 1 to 5, each with space for a comment
22. 48Season review counting rides, lessons, shows and new skills, plus your best ride, a tough moment, a favorite memory, what your horse taught you and goals for next season
23. 49 to 50Lined pages for notes

Your download

• Horse Riding & Care Journal, US Letter PDF (50 pages)
• Horse Riding & Care Journal, A4 PDF (50 pages)
• Read Me First, a short PDF guide to printing

How to download and print

• Check out with PayPal, a debit or credit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Your download page opens as soon as the payment goes through.
• We email the same private download links to you, so you can download your files again later.
• Open the PDF in a free reader such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and print at 100% or Actual size.
• Print only the pages you need, as often as you like, for your own personal use.

Please note

• The PDF is made to be printed and is not a hyperlinked digital planner. You can still bring it into most note taking apps and write on it.
• You are buying a digital download, so no physical item is shipped.
• Printed colors may differ a little from your screen.
• For personal use only. Sharing, reselling or redistributing the files is not permitted.
• Digital files cannot be returned. If a file refuses to open or print properly, email us and we will sort it out quickly.
• These pages help you keep records and are not veterinary advice. Your own vet, farrier and instructor always come first, and please call the vet if your horse looks unwell or injured.

How this was made

Designed and written by PetiteDiary. AI tools helped draft parts of the text, and some background scenes in the preview images were created with AI. Every page was designed, reviewed and checked before release.

Questions about the horse journal

Related searches