Record-Keeping

The Health and Maintenance Record Book and the Health and Maintenance Record Book Guide are both available for download from the USPC site. From the USPC web site's home page, click on the "Forms" button, then click on the letter 'H' from the selection row. You'll see the Health and Maintenance Record Book/Guide in short order.

Tips for record-keeping:

  1. Including costs in the record books is not an attempt to invade anyone's privacy. (The omission of the word 'optional' was an oversight, and will be corrected in the next printing. ) I have done many testings over the years at all levels, and this has never been an issue. Honestly, I have received more comments like 'We don't let Dad see this because we don't want him to know...'
  2. The new record book and guidelines were developed by the Instruction Council. The expectation levels of the record book have not changed. They have just been laid out in more detail and more clearly. It may seem like they changed because in the past they were very unclear. The new record book was designed to help the kids achieve the correct level of expectation at each level. We also encourage kids to use their own system, but the guidelines explain the information that needs to be included.
  3. I don't think that adding a written activity with the record book will do the job. However, if the kids choose not to include the costs of items in the written book, they should be able to discuss them with the examiner.

The Record Book has two main goals:

  1. to act as a record of activities concerning the horse, and
  2. if something were to happen to the rider/owner, someone could take that book and know how to care for that horse.

So no matter what the level of the rider, records for properly caring for a horse are important.

Kathie Robertson
VP Instruction

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Last modified: May 22, 2004