How is a horse transported in a plane?
In a box or standing stall, depending on the horse, and who’s paying for the shipping. The stalls are either built into the aircraft, or the horses are loaded onto large pallets and then moved into the plane by way of a hydraulic lift. Staff are generally provided by the airline, but oftentimes horses will have their own individual grooms. Most racehorses fit into this category. This is the way in which Curlin was shipped when he went overseas to Dubai for the race there. Shipping by air can be very stressful for horses- most of them do not adapt well to the noise and vibrations of the aircraft, and not all horses can stand the close confinement which is necessary when transporting horses this way. Sometimes, this can lead to serious problems, as happened in 1960 during the Rome Olympics. That year, there was an American horse named Markham who had to be destroyed in flight because he panicked and went berserk, and endangered everyone’s safety. Most planes used for horse transport gene
