Your Horse's Heart Rate Is Now on Your Wrist
Garmin's Blaze equine wellness system is a tail wrap sensor that tracks a horse's heart rate, gait, and recovery in real time.
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A Tail Wrap That Turns Riders Into Data Watchers
Riders have always relied on instinct to judge
whether a horse is tired, overheating, or recovering well after a workout.
Garmin decided that instinct alone shouldn't carry that much weight anymore.
The Blaze equine wellness system gives real-time health data that just got
real, an easy-to-use tail wrap and sensor that gives riders insights into a
horse's health and fitness, so they can make more informed decisions about
their well-being and training.
So, how does it actually attach? The system is
designed for horses, including a durable and washable neoprene wrap with
hook-and-loop straps and a removable, lightweight, power-efficient sensor.
Therefore, the easy-to-attach tail wrap holds the sensor to the underside of
the horse's tail to gather health and fitness metrics without requiring any
special skin preparation, meaning riders can start collecting real data within
minutes of putting it on.
How the Blaze System Works for You Every Ride
A horse health tracking sensor only matters if
the information actually reaches the rider in a useful way, and this is where
Blaze focuses its design. Riders can pair the wrap with the Blaze mobile app on
a smartphone or use the Blaze app from the Connect IQ Store on a compatible
Garmin smartwatch to view heart rate, strides, gait, distance, and more
through a Bluetooth connection. The equine optical heart rate monitor provides
data under motion and environmental conditions, meaning the readings keep working
whether a horse is standing still or moving through a full training session.
The system doesn't stop collecting once the
ride ends. Riders can review post-activity details on the Blaze mobile app,
including recovery rate, time spent in heart rate zones, skin temperature, and
activity highlights. In addition, the Blaze app on a compatible Garmin
smartwatch lets riders track specific activities, including training, recovery,
and transport, putting that same information directly on the wrist without
needing to pull out a phone mid-ride.
Why the Details Matter Beyond a Single Workout
Tracking one ride is useful, but the real value
of an equine wellness system shows up over time and across multiple horses.
Riders can use the wrap and sensor on multiple horses and create individual
profiles in the Blaze app, so a barn with several horses can track each one's
patterns separately rather than guessing from memory. After a few minutes of
use, riders can see how a horse's average skin temperature changes, which can
be related to activity, environment, or potential illness, turning a subtle physical
signal into something visible and trackable.
Heat safety adds another practical layer to the
system. The heat score combines current air temperature and humidity, and based
on that total, it guides riders on how safe it actually is to ride at that
time, a feature that turns vague concern about hot weather into a clear,
specific number. Riders can also see a GPS location summary after training or
transport activities when paired with a Garmin smartwatch or smartphone, while
the sensor itself offers long battery life of up to 25 hours between charges and
can be easily removed from the wrap for cleaning and charging.
Why the Details Matter Beyond a Single Workout
Tracking one ride is useful, but the real value
of an equine wellness system shows up over time and across multiple horses.
Riders can use the wrap and sensor on multiple horses and create individual
profiles in the Blaze app, so a barn with several horses can track each one's
patterns separately rather than guessing from memory. After a few minutes of
use, riders can see how a horse's average skin temperature changes, which can
be related to activity, environment, or potential illness, turning a subtle physical
signal into something visible and trackable.
Heat safety adds another practical layer to the
system. The heat score combines current air temperature and humidity, and based
on that total, it guides riders on how safe it actually is to ride at that
time, a feature that turns vague concern about hot weather into a clear,
specific number. Riders can also see a GPS location summary after training or
transport activities when paired with a Garmin smartwatch or smartphone, while
the sensor itself offers long battery life of up to 25 hours between charges and
can be easily removed from the wrap for cleaning and charging.
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