Horses are individuals and carry fat in different places. Weighing your horse is a useful monitoring tool but it doesn’t distinguish between muscle and fat. Fat scoring (also known as body condition scoring) is a tool you can use to assess your horse’

Horses and ponies carrying excess weight are at increased risk of medical conditions such as laminitis, and so we all have a responsibility to ensure that our horses stay at a healthy bodyweight. Fat Scoring is a hands-on approach to tracking your horse??

Horses with a fat score of more than 3.5 are at greater health risks of foot changes, musculo-skeletal problems and dermatological problems Farmers use a similar 0-5 system to fat score their pigs, cows and sheep before sending them to market.