Shipping Your Horse
Internationally or domestically, from air-ride van to private jet, we have lots of options for getting your horse home
Shipping horses- Domestically
There are many shipping options in our area, since we are so close to Highway 101. What we have below is just a small sampling of the many quality, local companies. If you want to use a different hauler or just need an opinion, we are happy to help.
Mark VanOver
(831) 234-5930
Mark is out of Santa Cruz and is available for hauling throughout California. He has done lots of hauling for us, through the years. He doesn’t have a website but when you call, tell him you’re working with Allida.
Rockstar Ranch
https://www.facebook.com/rockstarranch
(408) 612-5253
Local, in Gilroy, shipping within California
Light Star Horse Transportation
http://www.lightstarranch.com/
(408) 839-9709
Local, in Gilroy. They have large air ride vans for longer distance and four-horse trailers for short distance hauls.
Wayne Willnauer Transportation
http://www.waynewillnauerstables.com/
(408) 761-0054
Local, in San Martin. Long distance and local hauling.
Bob Hubbard
(800) 472-7786
https://www.bobhubbardhorsetrans.com/
Probably the most well-known, cross-country shipper. They have a great website that will answer most of your questions and an easy quote system.
Tex Sutton (Air Transport Only)
Tex Sutton is known for flying racehorses around the US on their plane, Air Horse One. This is our recommendation if you want to fly your horse within the US. Their California flight leave from Ontario airport, which is much easier for trailers to get in and out of than LAX. If you opt to fly your horse to its new home, know that it is getting top notch care. They post their upcoming flight schedules on their website.
The Dutta Corp. (Air Transport only)
Dutta ships many of the horses from southern California to Wellington for the show season, and has routes to all the big racing cities. They contract through cargo airline, like FedEx or Tex Sutton.
Shipping horses- Internationally
If you are purchasing a horse overseas, we will take care of the shipping logistics for you. These are some of the companies we work with to make sure your horse’s travel is as easy as possible. This is one of those occasions where it doesn’t pay to shop for the cheapest deal. The shipping company arranges the transport and paperwork, but the horses fly as cargo with any number of airlines including: KLM, Lufthansa, Quatar, and FedEx.
Fly & Co Horse Export (Spain)
Fly & Co. handles the quarantine and transport of our horses purchased in Spain. Horses that are housed with them have access to turnout and longing, during their month of quarantine.
Guido Klatte
Klatte does most of our transportation from Europe. Allida and her horses have been flying with them since 1997.
IRT
IRT is one of the big players in transporting horses from Europe and we occasionally use them.
Jet Pets
Once your horse arrives in the US, it will be taken to the USDA quarantine facility, where it will be retested for various pathogens. Jet Pets runs the only West Coast quarantine facility. From there, an import agency will handle all the paperwork. We keep things simple and use Jet Pets for all of it. They are great about giving us updates about the condition of our horses and information on how they traveled.