Livery yard and horse boarding management software
StudPulse is management software for livery yards and boarding barns. Stalls and occupancy, what each owner owes, feeding plans, care records and cost per horse live in one place — and every owner gets their own login, sees their own horse and pays online. Stalls and care records are free for up to two horses; owner billing and online payment come with every paid plan.
In short
- Every owner has a login: their horse, its records, what they owe, and a way to pay it.
- Stalls and stables mirror the yard, so occupancy and empty boxes are a screen rather than a headcount.
- Monthly billing is generated per horse; what is owed and what is overdue sit beside the rest of the year's income.
- Cost per horse includes that horse's share of hay, bedding, wages and fuel, so a rate rise is a calculation rather than a guess.
- The livery agreement says who pays for the horse, and a farrier or vet bill can be passed on to that person — in full or in part — on their next monthly bill.
Stalls, stables and who is standing where
Lay the yard out as it actually is — stables, stalls, and the horse in each one. Occupancy stops being something you count in your head on the way to the feed room, and an empty box is visible the day it becomes empty rather than at the end of the month. Moving a horse between boxes is one action and it carries the horse's whole record with it.
Owner billing, without the spreadsheet
Each horse carries what it costs its owner. Charges are raised per horse and per month, so a yard with three different livery rates and two horses on winter turnout is still one list rather than a spreadsheet somebody maintains from memory. What is outstanding and what is overdue are shown against the rest of the year's income, not in a separate file.
The owner's own login
An owner signs in and sees their horse: its health records, its feeding plan, what has been done to it and what they owe, with a way to pay. They see nothing about the rest of the yard. This is the part that changes a Sunday evening: the questions that used to arrive by phone and group chat are already answered on a screen the owner can open themselves.
Feeding plans and daily care
Set a feeding plan per horse — what, how much, how often — and log rations, turnout, treatments and observations as they happen, by speaking if your hands are full. Feed ties to biometric trends, so when an owner asks whether the change you made in November worked, the answer is a chart rather than an impression.
Cost per horse, and whether the rate still works
Barn-wide costs — hay, bedding, wages, diesel — are shared across the horses that caused them, so cost per horse is a real figure. That is the number a livery rate should be set from, and the number to reach for when an owner asks why it went up. Receipts are filed by photographing them, standing in the yard.
Owner, payer and rider
A horse has one owner — a member of your yard or someone outside it — and that is a separate fact from who pays for its keep and who rides it. The livery agreement names the payer and builds the monthly bill; a lease names the rider and has its own monthly fee; the two are billed separately. An owner who is a member of the yard sees their horse in the app even when somebody else pays for the stall.
Who this is for
- Livery yards and boarding barns billing several owners at several different rates.
- Mixed operations that board horses alongside teaching, training or breeding.
- Small yards with two horses, who keep stalls, feeding and care records here free and move to a paid plan once they bill owners.
Frequently asked questions
How much does livery yard management software cost?
Stalls, feeding plans, care records and cost per horse are free for up to two horses, permanently. Monthly boarding bills and online payment from owners come with every paid plan, priced only on how many horses are in your yard. Users are unlimited on every plan, and each paid plan starts with a 30-day free trial that needs no card.
Do horse owners get their own access?
Yes, and it costs nothing extra — users are unlimited. An owner sees their own horse, its records and their own charges, with a way to pay them online. They see nothing about other horses or about the yard's finances; roles are enforced on the server, not hidden in the interface.
Can it handle different livery rates?
Yes. Charges are raised per horse, so each horse can carry its own rate and its own extras. There is no single yard-wide price the software forces you into.
Who pays when the owner is not the rider?
The livery agreement names who pays for the stall and builds their monthly bill. A rider on a lease pays their own monthly lease fee, billed separately. StudPulse records one owner per horse; it does not split ownership into shares.
Start with two horses, free
Stalls, owner billing, client logins and cost per horse on every paid plan, whatever its size. Thirty days free, and no card to get started.