The Equine Safety and Success Guide™ (ESSG) provides practical professional resources designed to help horse professionals strengthen communication, consistency, documentation, decision-making, and the experiences they create for horses and people.
Each Toolkit Collection focuses on an important part of operating an equine program and provides connected resources that help turn good professional practices into processes that can be understood, implemented, and used consistently.
ESSG Toolkit Collections are developed around situations horse professionals encounter every day. They are designed to support the judgment and experience of good horse professionals, not replace it.
The resources can be adapted to different types and sizes of equine operations. Begin with the tools that are most useful to your program and build from there.
An ESSG Toolkit Collection does not simply provide a form and leave you to figure out what to do with it.
Depending on the Collection, resources may include Implementation Guides, How to Use Guides, professional forms, Staff Guides, Management Guides, Follow-Up Notes, Communication Examples, and additional resources designed to help you put the process into practice.
The goal is not more paperwork. The goal is better processes.
The documents are designed for day-to-day use in working equine programs. Editable resources allow you to add appropriate information about your operation, such as your business name, contact information, policies, and program details.
Toolkit Collections are delivered digitally and include the professional resources identified with each Collection.
Your purchased resources are available for download after purchase.
Editable documents can be opened and used with commonly available document platforms, including:
This allows you to work within the platform already used by your operation.
Because these materials are delivered digitally, purchases are non-refundable.
The Equine Safety and Success Guide™ Toolkit Collections provide horse professionals with practical systems and resources for the everyday work of operating equine programs.
Each Collection focuses on a specific area of professional practice, with connected tools that support communication, consistency, documentation, decision-making, and positive experiences for horses and people.
Make Rider Progress Visible
Three connected Rider Evaluation Toolkits™ provide a structured process for observing, documenting, and communicating rider development from the rider’s starting point through progressive riding. Together, they make rider progress easier to recognize and document.
Set Clear Expectations. Create Consistent Follow-Through.
Four connected toolkits help horse professionals establish expectations, respond when expectations are not followed, recognize developing patterns, and determine when additional evaluation or management action may be appropriate.
Create Stronger Connections Beyond the Lesson
Practical tools help horse professionals create clearer communication, appropriate boundaries, meaningful involvement, and stronger relationships with the parents, guardians, family members, and friends who support their riders.
Create the Experience Before the First Ride
Five connected toolkits help horse professionals create a consistent first lesson experience, from the initial inquiry through the first lesson and follow-up.
Create Consistency From Check-In to the Trail
Practical tools help guided trail operations create consistent processes for rider intake, horse and rider matching, pre-ride preparation, mounting, communication, and the decisions that continue throughout the trail experience.
Create Clear Expectations for Shared Horse Care
Practical tools help boarding operations strengthen communication, establish clear expectations, document important information, and create consistent processes for the everyday decisions shared by management and boarders.
Create Consistency Across Different Facilities
Practical tools help instructors and trainers working at multiple facilities establish clear communication, define responsibilities and expectations, document important information, and coordinate effectively with host facilities and clients.
Create Clearer Systems Around the Training Process
Practical tools help horse trainers strengthen client communication, establish expectations, document training progress and observations, and create consistent processes around the decisions involved in a horse’s training.