About Stride
Stride is an equine intelligence platform built in the UK. It turns everyday riding, health records and camera scans into one picture of a horse — so that the things worth noticing don't get lost in a notebook.
Who is Stride's founder?
Sophie Sparkes learnt to ride when she was just five years old, and has been surrounded by horses ever since. She also spent five years working as a work rider in the horse racing industry.
Her view of it is straightforward: horses are soul healing, and riding is a true partnership between you and your horse rather than something you do to an animal. That idea is why Stride is built the way it is.
When she went looking for something to manage it all — health, riding trails, nutrition, performance, and a coach that actually knew the horse — nothing did more than a piece of it. So she built it.
What Stride does
The scanner is the part that changes the most. You can scan anything from a hoof to a wound to overall body condition, and get a gait analysis and lameness check from your phone's camera.
The rest is built around the idea that you're half of the partnership, so the app tracks both of you:
- Your horse — health records, nutrition, performance and conditioning, planned riding trails, and an AI coach that reads the horse's own history rather than generic advice.
- You — recovery, sleep, stress and training load, so you can see when you're actually at your peak riding capability rather than guessing.
- The two of you, while you ride — balance, symmetry, consistency, timing and energy match, measured during the ride itself.
The aim is one system that brings you both to your full potential, whatever your goal is — and that leaves you better informed when you do pick up the phone to your vet or farrier, so those calls are the ones that genuinely need making.
How we write about horse health
A lot of what we publish touches on health and soundness, so it's worth being plain about how it's written and what it is not.
- We write for the observer, not the diagnostician. Our posts are about what you can see and feel on the yard, and when that's worth a phone call. Nothing we publish is a diagnosis, and we say so on every article.
- We only claim what the product actually does. If a feature isn't built, it doesn't appear as though it is.
- We cite sources for factual claims. Where a post states a figure or a mechanism, we link to a veterinary or welfare organisation so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
- We correct things. Posts carry a visible "updated" date when they've been revised.
Stride is not a veterinary service. Always consult a qualified vet or farrier about your horse — see our Veterinary Disclaimer.
Get in touch
We read everything, and we're particularly glad to hear from vets, farriers and yard owners who think we've got something wrong.