Galop 4Knowledge
Contents
- 01WelcomeOverview
- 02Domestic lifeKnowledge
- 03Identifying a horseKnowledge
- 04The passportKnowledge
- 05Routine careCaring for the horse
- 06Vital signs and illnessCaring for the horse
- 07Needs and feedsKnowledge
- 08Feeds to avoidKnowledge
- 09How the canter worksKnowledge
- 10The aids, flexion and bendKnowledge
- 11Boots and legsCaring for the horse
- 12Snaffle bitsKnowledge
- 13The contactIn the saddle
- 14The jumping positionIn the saddle
- 15Position and strideIn the saddle
- 16Canter from walk, quarter turnsIn the saddle
- 17GroundworkOn foot
- 18Safety and hackingKnowledge
- 19Tests and revisionRevision
The passport: identity card and health record
In France every equine must be identified and have papers. The passport — the livret signalétique, officially the identification document — is both his identity card and his health record.
In the exam programme
- Name the parts of the horse passport: identity card and health record.Common module B
The passport is issued when the horse is identified, usually in his first year, and follows him all his life. It must go with him wherever he goes: travelling, competitions, a move to a new yard. It has two main parts.
Part 1
The identity card
It says who the horse is: his name, date and place of birth, sex, breed, breeding — the names of his sire and dam — his breeder and his identification numbers. Above all, it holds his description.
Part 2
The health record
It says how he is looked after: his vaccinations, entered and signed by the vet, the results of certain health checks and his medicines.
The identity pages
Name, birth, sex, breed, breeding, numbers; then the written description.
The diagram of markings
Left and right profiles, the head from the front, the legs: markings drawn in red.
Vaccinations and medication
Every vaccination dated, labelled and signed; the page that says whether the horse may enter the food chain.
The identity card
- Identification details
- the first pages, which bring together the name, birth, sex, breed, breeding, breeder and the numbers that tie the passport to the horse.
- Written description
- the text describing the colour, the head and leg markings, the whorls and any distinguishing marks — in the order you learnt on the previous page.
- Diagram
- outlines of the horse — left and right sides, the head from the front, the legs — on which the person identifying him draws the white markings in red ink and places the whorls. One glance, and you know the horse.
- Changes page
- it records what changes over a lifetime, such as gelding or a changing colour — a grey going white, for example.
The health record
- Equine flu vaccination: a page of its own, where each injection is dated, with the vaccine’s label and the vet’s stamp and signature.
- Other vaccinations: tetanus, equine herpes (rhinopneumonitis)…
- Health checks: the results of certain tests, required for instance for travel or for breeding.
- Medicines: the page that states whether the horse may one day enter the human food chain or is excluded for good; some medicines may only be given to a horse that is excluded.
Remember
Passport = identity card (identity, breeding, written and drawn description) + health record (vaccinations, checks, medicines). It goes everywhere the horse goes.
Tip
On competition day the passport travels with the horse, not at the back of a drawer in the tack room. Keep it in a waterproof wallet with the horse’s name on it, and check the date of the last vaccination before you set off.
Did you know?
The identification number and the microchip, which the passport records, are explained in Galop 5. Reading a passport and checking that it matches the horse in front of you is on the Galop 7 programme.