A horse only needs a Brand Inspection if it is LEAVING one of the brand inspection states.  The states that require a Brand Inspection are Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.  Also, the Brand Inspection has nothing to do with whether your horse has an actual brand or not.  It has to do with making sure that the animal has permission to leave and cross state lines.  (Although, it does date back to older times when the only form of ownership a rancher had, was branding his horses and cattle.)  Therefore, to obtain a Brand Inspection, you must search for the brand inspector in your region, call them to schedule a time to come out, and have the proper paperwork required for them.  However, there is a limited window of time before the trip that this must happen, unless you purchase a “lifetime” Brand Inspection.  For more information for horses leaving:

• Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/agbrands
• Idaho: https://isp.idaho.gov/brands
• Montana: http://liv.mt.gov/Brands-Enforcement/Livestock-Brands
• Nevada: http://agri.nv.gov/Animals/Livestock/Brands/
• New Mexico: https://www.nmlbonline.com/brands
• Utah: https://ag.utah.gov/animal/animal-identification.html
• Washington: https://agr.wa.gov/services/inspections-and-investigations/inspections/livestock/livestock-fees
• Wyoming: https://wlsb.state.wy.us/public/brand-inspection

No, the paperwork we need comes from a veterinarian.  The Coggins test is a blood test that could take as little as an hour, or as long as 14 days or more, to get the results.  That timing depends on the veterinarian.  Once the vet has the negative Coggins test, they can then write the Health Certificate and put the Coggins test number on it, matching the two together.  The Health Certificate is an official document stating the animal appears healthy for interstate travel.

All quotes are made by our dispatchers. Prices are determined by the stall size selected by the customer, gender of the horse, geographic location, and number of horses being shipped. Please fill out our Get Quote form and we will send you a quote via email shortly thereafter. You may also call us in the office at 1-800-545-9098 for a quote immediately by phone. Please have the town and state for pick-up, the town and state for delivery, and the age, breed, and gender of the horse ready when you call.

Payment will be required by credit card, debit card, ACH, or Bank Wire Transfer prior to shipment. We do NOT accept personal checks and no longer accept cash at pickup or delivery. We use the TEXTPAY platform to send you a secure link by text message and email.

Scheduled route shipments must be cancelled 24 hours prior to pick up, otherwise the customer shall be responsible for the full shipping charge.

Private charter and special shipments require a 10% deposit at the time of booking in order to reserve a rig(s) for a specific date. Any change dates or cancellation for shipments must be made 7 days prior to the scheduled ship date or the deposit will be forfeited. The customer can be charged the full price of the charter if the shipment is cancelled within 24 hrs prior to the ship date.

Yes, we are licensed with the Federal Highway Safety Authority and the Department of Transportation.  Insurance for horse(s) shipped shall be provided by the owner or we can assist you with qualified insurers to cover your shipment. 

The 1.5 stall is a roughly 4’x9′ stall, where your horse is backed in and cross tied next to another horse. There is a full partition between the horses, and only a breast bar in front of them. We stop every 4-5 hours to refill the EE provided hay bag and offer water while we are stopped. Before we get going again, the bucket will be taken down. In this stall, your horse can not put his head lower than the cross ties or the breast bar will allow. This stall is best for very broke, well traveled, experienced, middle aged mares and geldings. You can also choose a Box stall. We consider this the BEST option for long-hauls. This is a roughly 8’x9′ stall, where your horse is turned loose, like in a normal stable stall. This allows them to ride in the position that they choose, move around to get comfortable, stretch their neck down to let their sinuses drain, and have access to free choice hay on the ground and water that we can safely hang, the whole trip, 24/7. Stallions, weanlings, yearlings, mares with a foal at side, pregnant mares fairly close to their due date, and ponies under 12.5 hands MUST be shipped in the box stall. We also recommend that elderly, injured, nervous, very green, or not well broke horses are shipped in box stalls. We can also accommodate special feeding circumstances in the box stall. The stall size you purchase is the stall size your horse will have for the duration of the trip, including if your horse will be on one of our gooseneck shuttles at any point in time in the trip.

No.  We prefer to not feed any concentrate on the truck.  The reason for this is, if your horse is not drinking enough water while on the truck (which is a fairly common occurrence) and we feed it concentrate, we are asking for an impaction colic.  However, there are exceptions to this rule, and if your horse REQUIRES nourishment or medication with food, special accommodations can be made.  Please note, those special accommodations typically require the purchase of a box stall.

Your horse will be kept in a private stall in our barn. We will feed it any hay, grain/pellets, supplements, or medication that you have sent with it. Please include feeding instructions. If no hay, feed, or instructions are sent, we feed 10% Purina pellets twice daily, grass hay in the morning and alfalfa hay at night. If you prefer no pellets, no grass hay, or no alfalfa fed to your horse, it is your responsibility to tell us that. We also have 2 private turnouts, that we can turn your horse out in, at your request ONLY! (Weather permitting!) We can also hand walk your horse for 15 minutes, should you prefer that to free turnout. (Also weather permitting!) We feed and clean the stalls twice daily, do frequent water checks, and also do a late night barn check.

That is completely up to the customer and shipper. We do not mind if a horse is shipped with leg wraps or boots, but we do have some procedures in place to care for horses that are.  First, if the wraps/boots start to come off, we will take ALL the wraps/boots off that horse, and deliver them as tack with the horse.  (The customer will not be charged for tack in this instance.)  Also, if the horse comes though our Pilot Point layover facility and stays with us longer than a couple of hours, we will take the wraps/boots off the horse when it comes off the truck.  We will not let a horse stand in a stall wrapped for an extended period of time.  (Unless it is for a medical reason and we’re given instructions.)  The horse will then continue the second leg of it’s trip, unwrapped/booted.  We will not re-wrap/boot the horse ourselves.  If you would like for your horse to be re-wrapped/booted, we can totally make that happen, but we will have to call our veterinarian to do it and the customer will incur a $100 wrapping fee.

In our experience, horses that are NOT used to being wrapped/booted, do better NOT being wrapped/booted.  It only causes them more stress and could cause them more harm, which is the opposite of what wraps/boots are trying to achieve.  For most of the horses we ship, they are on the AIR-RIDE semi-trucks.  This means that their ride is much smoother, more comfortable, and less stressful, than that on a regular horse trailer.  Therefore, in most cases, the need to wrap/boot their legs is much reduced.

No, due to the safety of all horses and drivers, we cannot ship tack at this time.