1. Sign in — no password needed
Enter your email and we'll send a one-time code. No password to remember, and you'll stay signed in for 7 days.
2. Set up your profile
Add a photo, a short bio, and your location. Choose who can see it: everyone, members only, or just you.
3. Create a horse profile
Give your horse its own page — name, breed, age, colour, photos. It's separate from your own profile, with its own visibility settings.
4. Post & build an activity trail
Share text, photos, videos, or a gallery — as yourself or as one of your horses. Every post adds to a lasting, dated trail of their life.
5. Follow & become a fan
Follow any horse to see their posts in your feed. Reach 100 fans and a horse earns celebrity status on HoofTrail.
6. Get discovered
Once you're logged in, we suggest horses you're not following yet — weighted toward the ones already doing well, so popularity compounds.
7. Like & comment
React to any post with a like or love, and leave a comment to cheer someone (or some horse) on.
8. Search
Find horses by name, breed, category, or country from the search page — no account needed to browse public profiles.
9. Share a post
Tap the share icon on any post to send its link anywhere, or copy it straight to your clipboard.
10. Sell or transfer a horse
Selling or rehoming? Transfer the profile — history, fans, and all — to the new owner. Both sides confirm by email before it's final.
11. Control who sees what
Set your profile and each horse's visibility to public, members-only, or private, and block specific people if you ever need to.
12. Install it as an app
Add HoofTrail to your home screen from your browser — it opens just like an installed app, no app store needed.
13. Manage your account & data
Edit your details any time from your profile, or permanently delete your account and all your data whenever you want.
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