https://airhorse.dk/ A documentary notebook on the air transport of horses: jet stalls, export papers, quarantine, the travelling groom, cargo routes and welfare in flight. en https://airhorse.dk/jet-stalls/anatomy-of-a-jet-stall/https://airhorse.dk/jet-stalls/anatomy-of-a-jet-stall/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000The aircraft stall part by part: the frame on its pallet, the movable partitions, the front gate, the floor and the standard that governs all of it. https://airhorse.dk/jet-stalls/from-paddock-to-box-the-first-loading/https://airhorse.dk/jet-stalls/from-paddock-to-box-the-first-loading/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000How a horse learns the travelling box weeks before it sees an aircraft, why fitness for transport is a legal test, and what the airport day rewards. https://airhorse.dk/export-papers/the-export-health-certificate/https://airhorse.dk/export-papers/the-export-health-certificate/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000Who may issue an official health certificate for a horse, who must endorse it, how TRACES and the Danish export portal work, and what the deadlines are. https://airhorse.dk/export-papers/blood-tests-and-their-windows/https://airhorse.dk/export-papers/blood-tests-and-their-windows/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000The four diseases the United States tests imported horses for, the exact laboratory method used for each, and what happens when a result is not negative. https://airhorse.dk/quarantine/arrival-quarantine-country-by-country/https://airhorse.dk/quarantine/arrival-quarantine-country-by-country/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000What post arrival quarantine actually costs in days: the United States three, seven or sixty day rule, and the Australian fourteen day facility at Mickleham. https://airhorse.dk/quarantine/cem-quarantine-for-breeding-horses/https://airhorse.dk/quarantine/cem-quarantine-for-breeding-horses/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000Why an entire horse over 731 days old faces a second quarantine on arrival in the United States, and what the mare and stallion protocols actually involve. https://airhorse.dk/travelling-groom/a-day-aloft-with-the-groom/https://airhorse.dk/travelling-groom/a-day-aloft-with-the-groom/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000The shape of a groom day on a horse freighter: the hours before loading, the seat in the hold, the checks in flight and the handover on the ramp. https://airhorse.dk/travelling-groom/what-a-flying-groom-must-hold/https://airhorse.dk/travelling-groom/what-a-flying-groom-must-hold/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000Training, documents and biosecurity conditions behind the person who flies with the horse, including the rules that apply inside a quarantine facility. https://airhorse.dk/cargo-routes/nose-loader-or-side-door/https://airhorse.dk/cargo-routes/nose-loader-or-side-door/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000The two ways a horse stall enters a freighter, why the difference decides which airports can be used, and how that shapes a route on the map. https://airhorse.dk/cargo-routes/technical-stops-on-the-ramp/https://airhorse.dk/cargo-routes/technical-stops-on-the-ramp/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000When a route includes a fuel stop the horses stay loaded. What that hour on the ramp involves, what changes for the animals, and who is responsible. https://airhorse.dk/welfare/hay-water-and-hold-temperature/https://airhorse.dk/welfare/hay-water-and-hold-temperature/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000What European law actually requires of air quality, temperature and pressure on a flight, why it sets no number, and what the hold is managed to in practice. https://airhorse.dk/welfare/why-sedation-is-refused/https://airhorse.dk/welfare/why-sedation-is-refused/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000What the industry standard says about sedating an animal for a flight, why a horse that can balance travels better, and where the decision actually sits.