Horse Management and Accounting Software

There are many horse management and accounting software programs on the market. Everytime a new one is released we take the time to test it out. Very few are any good. We've found that many have programming errors that cause the programs to lock up and boot you out if you enter something incorrectly in a field, some want you to enter far too much information and others are just plain difficult to navigate.

Listed here are some of the programs that we use and recommend. If you are a software designer and have a new equine program you would like us to review, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Horsetrak Family of Products:
Horsetrak Softare has been developing and distributing equine software since 1990. Their product line ranges from simple health care management (HorseTrak Basic) to a complete turn-key business software solution - Horsetrak Deluxe. They offer free telephone support for the first 30 days after your purchase of their software, and ongoing email and online support is always FREE. System Requirements: PC Pentium or greater, at least 32MB Ram, at least 64MB free hard drive space. Windows 98 or higher operating system. Click here to read about the complete Horsetrak Product Line UP

Quickbooks 2008 Releases

Quickbooks Simple Start 2008 is an entry level accounting program that enables users to get up and running very quickly.Though not a program specifically designed for the horse industry, I have many customers that use Quickbooks in conjunction with other horse software like horsetrak, or by itself. It's low cost will be very appealing to those seeking to automate their accounting. Suggested retail $99.95, buy it here for $79.96 and get free shipping!

Quickbooks Pro 2008 offers all the functionality of Quickbooks Simple Start 2008 but also adds payroll and inventory features for those that require them. Suggested retail $199.95, buy it here for $169.96 and get free shipping.

Quickbooks Online Edition -Access Quickbooks from any computer. Great for those on the road. !

To save my customers time and agravation, I have created a diskette containing a sample Horse Company chart of accounts that will make setting up your horse business on Quickbooks 2008 a real breeze. This diskette already has the basic asset, liability, income and expense accounts that typical horse operations use, set up, ready for you to customize for your equine operation. Note does not work with simple start or Quicken.