Overview
When a class requires you to nominate a horse, you can enter an unregistered or borrowed horse by name, handy when you're competing on a leased or borrowed horse, or one you haven't added to your Horsify profile yet. You'll be asked for its name, breed and sex.
Who Should Use This Feature
Perfect For
- Riders competing on borrowed or leased horses that aren't in their Horsify account
- Young riders using a club horse for a competition
- Trainers entering students on horses they manage but haven't added to Horsify yet
Prerequisites
- The event's class must require horse nomination (see Competition Class Horse Nominations)
- You must be signed in. If you're signed out, the horse picker asks you to sign in instead of offering Other
How It Works
When you select a class that requires a horse nomination:
- The horses in My Horses (and any shared with you) are listed in the horse picker.
- At the bottom of the list there's an Other option.
- Selecting Other reveals three fields, and all three are required:
| Field | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Horse Name | Yes | The name of the unregistered horse |
| Breed | Yes | Horse's breed, in your own words (e.g. "Warmblood", "Thoroughbred", "Stock Horse") |
| Sex | Yes | Chosen from a list: Mare, Stallion, Gelding or Unknown |
All three are needed before you can continue. If you leave the breed blank or don't pick a sex, the class stays incomplete and checkout won't accept the entry. Pick Unknown for the sex if you're entering on a borrowed horse and genuinely don't know.
The details you enter are recorded against your registration, just like a registered horse would be, and appear on your confirmation.
The horse is added to My Horses for you. When you complete checkout, Horsify adds a basic profile for the horse to My Horses (its name, sex, and breed when it matches the breed list), or links the entry to a horse already there under the same name. That profile starts with no society registration numbers and no vaccination or health records, so open it in My Horses and fill those in before your next event.
While you're entering, a note under the fields offers Add this horse to my profile. Use it if you'd rather set the horse up properly now; the details you've typed carry across.
Organisers can also record an "other horse" on your behalf when they add or amend an entry, so a phone or paper entry on a borrowed horse can be recorded too.
How to Use
- Go to the event registration page.
- Select your competition class.
- Open the horse picker (Horse at the top of the entry, or Select Horse on a class).
- If your horse isn't listed, select Other.
- Enter the horse's name and breed, and choose its sex from the list. All three are required.
- Continue checkout. The details are saved with your entry, and the horse is added to My Horses.
Related Features
- Competition Class Horse Nominations: when classes require a nominated horse
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