From morning mucking to evening feeding — a day with EquiDuty

Anna runs a stable with 15 horses, three full-time staff, and a dozen boarders. The days are long, the details endless, and the margin for error small. Here’s what a typical day looks like — with EquiDuty.

6:30 AM — The day starts with overview

Anna’s phone buzzes. Not an alarm — a notification from EquiDuty with today’s summary. She opens the dashboard and sees right away:

• Morning shift: Emma mucks stalls 1-8, Joel feeds haylage according to the feed plan
• Turnout groups: Group A (Stella, Pransen, Kalinka, Viggo) out to the large paddock at 7:30
• Flagged task: Viggo needs special feed — oat-free since last week

All on one screen. No WhatsApp threads to scroll through, no binders to flip through.

7:00 AM — Morning routines underway

Emma is already at the stable. She opens her view in the app and sees exactly which stalls she’s responsible for, in which order. Each routine has a checklist — mucking, water check, bedding. She ticks off step by step and marks the shift as complete.

Joel sees his feed list. Each horse has its feed plan with exact amounts: kilograms of haylage, any concentrate feed, supplements. No guessing, no handwritten notes fading in the stable corridor.

Anna can follow progress in real time from the kitchen at home. Two green checkmarks — morning routines are rolling.

9:00 AM — Turnout groups head out

At nine, it’s time to turn out. EquiDuty shows which horses belong to which turnout group and in which order they go out. Group A to the large paddock, Group B to the new paddock that dried up after the weekend rain.

Joel notes in the app that the large paddock has a wet spot by the gate. The condition is logged — Anna sees it immediately and knows she needs to check the drainage.

12:00 PM — Midday: reminders and lessons

Anna is at the computer planning the week. A notification pops up: Vaccination reminder — Pransen, influenza, due in 5 days. She hadn’t remembered. But the system keeps track and gives her time to book the vet.

At the same time, she sees tomorrow’s lesson bookings. Three private lessons and one group session confirmed. Instructor Maria already has the schedule. The lesson horses are marked as busy during lesson times — no risk of someone booking them for something else.

3:00 PM — Afternoon routines

The horses need to come in. The app shows it’s Sara’s turn to bring in Group A — she has the lowest points this week according to the fairness algorithm. Sara gets a notification, confirms, and checks off when everyone is back in their stalls.

Anna checks that Viggo ate his special feed. In the feed log she sees that the morning portion was marked as given and that Joel added a comment: “Viggo ate everything, no spillage.”

5:30 PM — Evening feeding

Evening feeding follows the same pattern as morning. The feed plan is in the app — right horse, right amount, right supplements. Emma handles the evening round this week. She checks off horse by horse. Nothing missed, nothing doubled.

8:00 PM — Day wraps up, tomorrow takes shape

Anna opens the app one last time. The dashboard shows:

• 14 of 14 routines completed (one horse is at a competition)
• All feedings logged
• Paddock conditions updated
• Tomorrow’s schedule auto-generated — based on who has the lowest accumulated points, who’s available, and which routines need doing

She doesn’t need to sit and piece together the schedule manually. The algorithm has already done it. If someone wants to swap a shift, they do it themselves in the app — with approval and point adjustment.

What actually happened?

A completely ordinary stable day. But without:

• Missed feedings because a note fell off the wall
• Forgotten vaccinations because no one checked the calendar
• Arguments about whose turn it was to muck
• Double-booked horses during lesson times
• Invisible paddock conditions that no one reported

EquiDuty doesn’t replace the stable work. It replaces the chaos around the stable work.

Try it yourself

Create an account and set up your stable’s routines. Within a week you’ll have the same overview as Anna — from morning mucking to evening feeding.

EquiDuty brings scheduling, feeding, paddocks, vaccination, lessons, and routines into one system — built for stables that take their work seriously.