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Equine Air Travel

Equine air travel has transformed the horse racing industry, with the world’s fastest competitors now able to race all over the planet. It has also widened breeding programs with stallions able to cover mares from different countries.  The horses are monitored by a staff of specialized groomsmen which includes a vet. Together they keep the horses safe and monitor the animals through the flight.

 
The horses are loaded onto travel containers which are wheeled on and off cargo planes. An average container can hold up to three horses at a time but owners can splash out on a more luxurious ticket which gives their animal more room, the equivalent of business or first class.
Horses may have to attend quarantine before and after taking the flight to apply with a country’s regulations. Up to 85 horses can be loaded onto a typical plane.
“We monitor the horse extremely carefully and make it as easy as possible. We find that most horses actually take the journey very well,” says Jim Paltridge of specialist horse transport company IRT. Long before air travel was the norm, horses were transported by ship. However, this came to a halt in 1972.
 
Equine air travel has transformed the horse racing industry, with the world’s fastest competitors now able to race all over the planet. It has also widened breeding programs with stallions able to cover mares from different countries.

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