The most important goal of any journey is to arrive safely at your destination. Anytime you travel, you are putting yourself at risk however you want to minimize the risk as much as possible.

The place to start to ensure a safe journey is with your towing vehicle and float. It is of the utmost importance that both your vehicle and the float are in good condition!

If you are looking for a float with a separate full height tack room with loads of space for your tack, food and room to stand horses up to 18hh, the new Grand Master L SR is the ultimate solution!

Russell Higgins has recently been holding Evening Demo Masterclasses at his Brumby Farm in Te Awamutu. In ‘Trouble-Free Trailer Loading’ he is giving an insight on how to prepare your horse for safe loading, travelling and unloading …

All Boeckmann horse floats now come with bicolour LED interior lighting that can be switched between white and blue light. The blue light has a calming effect on horses and supports a relaxed transport during night time travel.

The World's No. 1 dressage rider Isabell Werth took delivery of her brand new Boeckmann Performance model horse van and Boeckmann Mega Portax float last week. What a cool combo and a very excited looking Olympic & World Dressage Champion! But who else is choosing Boeckmann as their means of transport for their precious cargo?

There is always a lot of discussion about floats, what brand is best, what features are good, what people like and don’t like but is your float structurally safe? What to look out for when buying second hand or new as the industry is hughly competitive with lots of manufacturers cutting corners to be comptetive on the price point. I thought a great way to approach the horse transport issue would be from a quality, comfort and safety point of view ...

Today I want to focus on the QUALITY aspect ...

We have some very exciting news to share - we are thrilled to announce sponsorship of:

Julie Brougham  - 2016 Rio Olympian’s mount Vom Feinsten will now be traveling in comfort and style in a new Champion R float. We wish Julie and Steiny all the best as they prepare for the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games.

Louise Duncan - a young Para Dressgae rider winning Grade IV Para Equestrian Horse Of The Year, placing first in the Para IV Team Test, Para IV Championship Test and Para IV Musical events at HOY.

There is always a lot of discussion about floats, what brand is best, what features are good, what people like and don’t like. Hearing and reading about lots of float problems and incidents – horses going through the floor and incidents involving chest bars and front windows as well as problem floaters – I thought a great way to approach the horse transport issue would be from a quality, comfort and safety point of view ...

Today I want to focus on the SAFETY aspect ...

If you are looking for a float with a separate full height tack room with loads of space for your tack, food and room to change at shows, the new Portax L SR is the ultimate solution!

Although everyone gets a warrant of fitness for their float or truck do you regularly check it for general horse safety? Keeping your float 'horseworthy' is not the responsibility of the person who conducts your warrant of fitness checks every 6 months.