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From the tarmac

Completed shipments

Horses, cattle, sheep, goats and zebras. Air stables, purpose-built crates, night loading and destination offload. This is what 40+ years of moving animals looks like.

A Flying Horse Services crate being lifted into a freighter's cargo hold

Loading the main deck

Every airline handling crew is briefed on the crate before it goes anywhere near the aircraft.

Horses standing in air stables inside a cargo aircraft

Horses in air stables, in flight

Main-deck air stables with grooms aboard for the full sector.

Horses being unloaded from transport on arrival

Offload at destination

A groom is on the ground for every offload, not just the flight.

Ponies at a ranch before transport

Origin collection

Pickup starts at the farm, not at the quarantine gate.

Animal crates handled on a Korean Air cargo operation

Crates on a Korea-bound operation

Korea is one of the best-balanced markets in the region for horses and specialized species.

Cattle and a horse loaded together in a livestock trailer

Mixed livestock on the ground leg

Cattle and horses share a trailer on the ground leg when the schedule allows it, never in the air.

Goats in transport crates inside an aircraft cargo hold

Goats in purpose-built crates

Small ruminants travel in crates sized and vented for the species, not a one-size-fits-all box.

Livestock transport trucks

Ground fleet

Our own vans and trailers move animals from the farm to isolation and on to the airport.

Wooden animal crates staged on the tarmac at night

Crates staged on the tarmac

We build our own crating rather than subcontracting the part of the job most likely to go wrong.

Animal cargo loaded for a China-bound flight

Loading for a China service

China shipments carry a longer isolation period and a broader test panel than most destinations in the region.

Animal cargo on an Alaska Airlines operation

Domestic leg by air

We ship domestically to and from most major U.S. cities as well as internationally.

Animals being loaded for transport

Loading operations

Loading is where most avoidable stress happens, which is why the same crew handles it every time.

Zebras prepared for international transport

Zebras staged for export

Exotic hoofstock is among the most demanding work we do — species-specific crating, CITES documentation and wildlife clearance on top of the usual testing and certification.

Track record

What we have moved.

Flying Horse Services began as a horse shipping company and expanded into livestock and exotics. Shipments have consisted of horses, cattle, sheep, goats and zebras, domestically across the United States and internationally worldwide.

Horses

Racing, breeding and competition stock, including returning racehorses and sales purchases. The original business and still the core of it.

Livestock

Cattle, sheep, goats and breeding stock — single consignments and recurring genetics programs.

Exotics

Zebras and other hoofstock, moved for zoos, wildlife parks and private collections with the CITES and wildlife permitting handled.