Henneke body condition score + hoof-care audit — Lexington, KY.

Lexington, KY -- the heart of the Bluegrass Thoroughbred breeding industry -- is home to the University of Kentucky's Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, the only US scientific institute with nearly all faculty conducting full-time research in equine health, including a dedicated musculoskeletal research focus. A genuinely distinct real institution and equine context from Ocala's high-density companion/pleasure-horse population -- a research and Thoroughbred-breeding center rather than a trademarked horse-population capital -- offering this standard's third tile real complementary depth on the same laminitis-risk husbandry problem.

Where

Lexington, KY — on-site with the horse / Bluegrass horse country · Open the map

Pay

$220 proposed

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Proof

A recorded 9-point Henneke BCS with the six-region findings that justify it, plus a hoof-care audit, compared to the ideal working range and prior rounds, with any laminitis-risk flag routed

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

skilled

Open until

2026-11-30

Posted by

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Bring

• The horse, calm and standing square on a flat, level surface
• Published Henneke 9-point BCS chart/descriptions for the six regions
• Hoof pick and good light for a basic hoof exam
• Prior BCS/farrier records where they exist

Steps

1. 1. Identify the horse (breed, age, use/discipline) and stand it square on a flat, level surface in good light.
2. 2. Visually inspect and palpate the neck for a firm, bulging crest vs a smooth, thin neck; record the regional impression.
3. 3. Visually inspect and palpate the withers, the area behind the shoulder, the ribs (fat cover felt over each rib), the loin (topline between the last rib and hip), and the tailhead (fat deposits around the tailhead) the same way.
4. 4. Assign the 1-9 Henneke score the six regions' combined fat-cover pattern actually supports, recording the finding at each region that justifies it.
5. 5. Compare to the ideal working range (approximately 4-6, breed- and use-dependent) and record the result as a trend against any prior score.
6. 6. Run the hoof-care audit: check the current trim/shoeing interval against the horse's own growth and use, inspect for overgrown or flared hoof wall, visible growth-ring divergence (can signal a past laminitic episode), unusual heat, or a bounding digital pulse.
7. 7. Record BCS ≥7 or a cresty-neck impression alongside any hoof finding as a laminitis-risk flag, route per the decision rules, and set the recheck date.

What counts as done

• 9-point Henneke BCS recorded with the six-region (neck, withers, shoulder, ribs, loin, tailhead) palpation/visual findings that justify it
• Comparison to the ideal working range (approximately 4-6, breed/use-dependent) recorded as a trend, not a diagnosis
• Hoof-care audit recorded: current trim/shoeing interval, wall condition, growth rings, and any heat/digital-pulse finding — a named local farrier or equine veterinary route counts
• Any BCS ≥7, cresty-neck impression, or hoof-laminitis sign routed to a veterinarian and/or farrier per the decision rules

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.