Why Weigh?

Studs

• Weekly and monthly weight gain or lack of weight gain
• Monitoring optimal growth curves
• Mare’s placentas at foaling
• Foal birth weights

Racing

• Weekly weighing to monitor recovery and find optimal race weight
• Weighing before and after racing to find optimal running weight
• Monitor stress from travelling
• Weighing up to 72 hours after racing to ensure horse has regained 75% of pre-racing weight. Weight will provide insight into when the horse next races

Vets

• Tier 3 veterinary hospitals must have an accurate weightbridge to retain its tier 3 status (RCVS practice standard scheme, January 2025)
• Weighing as soon as the animal arrives and when they leave so the hospital has a complete weight profile
• Anaesthetic and other medication can be accurately administered
• Scales will help educate on horse obesity

Competition horses

• Monitoring weights when coming back to fitness level
• Optimal running weight
• Weighbridge at 5* events to monitor how horse has travelled
• Regular weighing during the event, partically after cross country and before show-jumping
• Endurance horses

Charity

• World horse welfare and donkey santuary
• Equine research, rehoming, and rehabilitation
• Regular weighing to monitor weight gain and weight loss

Privately owned

• Actual weight compared to appearance can be deceiving
• Monitoring for health and performance