Getting Started
Everything you need to know to start tracking your horse buying journey.
Create your account
To get started, create an account with your email address and a password (minimum 8 characters).
Once signed up, you'll be taken to your dashboard where a default folio will be created for you automatically.
Understand folios
A folio is a workspace for organizing horses you're considering buying. Think of it as a shared folder for a specific horse search.
You can:
- Create multiple folios for different searches or buyers
- Switch between folios using the dropdown in the top-left of your dashboard
- Share folios with trainers, agents, or family members so everyone stays on the same page
To create a new folio, click the folio dropdown in the header and select New Folio.
Add horses
There are two ways to add horses to your folio:
Save from the marketplace
Open the Explore tab in your folio, tap the heart on any listing, and it becomes a candidate horse in your folio with the seller's photos and details copied in.
Add manually
Click the Add Horse button on your dashboard. Fill in the details you know — only the name is required. You can add the breed, age, location, asking price, notes, and upload photos or videos.
You can always edit a horse's details later by clicking on its card and selecting Edit.
Organize with statuses
Every horse has a status that tracks where it is in your pipeline:
Horses you're tracking. Everything you save from Explore, paste in, or add by hand starts here.
Your serious contenders. Tap the star on a horse's card to promote it — finalists sort to the top of your Saved tab.
For horses you've decided to pass on. They're hidden from your main view but still accessible under the Archived tab.
Use the tabs at the top of your folio (Saved, Archived) to filter your view. The heart and star on each horse's card move it through the pipeline.
Collaborate with others
Horse shopping is often a team effort. Horsefolio makes it easy to loop in trainers, agents, or family members.
As a folio owner, click Manage collaborators below your folio name to:
- Send email invitations — invite specific people by email. Invitations expire after 7 days.
- Create a shareable link — generate a link that anyone can use to join your folio.
All members of a folio can view horses, add new ones, leave comments, and track progress. Only the folio owner can manage members and delete the folio.
Discuss and track progress
Comments
Each horse has a discussion thread where you and your collaborators can leave comments. Share your thoughts on a horse, ask questions, or note things you've learned. Unread comments are flagged on horse cards so you never miss an update.
Notes & the original listing
Each horse keeps your private Notes ("what I've learned") separate from the Original listing ("what the seller claimed"), so your due-diligence trail stays distinct from the ad you started with.
Manage your profile
Click your name in the top-right corner of the dashboard to visit your profile page, where you can:
- Set a display name so collaborators can easily identify you
- Upload a profile photo
- Manage API tokens for the browser extension