The Duke Evaluation System, now in an app

Your eye for a horse.
Now measured.

EqEval scores your horse on up to 85 categories of the Duke Evaluation System (DES), turns them into one EQ Score from 0 to 100, and points to the categories with the most room to grow. Evaluate again, and the progress of horse and rider is on record.

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Cancel anytime · Jumper, Hunter and Equitation · iPhone, iPad and desktop
85categories in the method 5areas: Physical, Mind, Performance, Profile, Health 3disciplines: Jumper, Hunter and Equitation 1EQ Score you can track over time
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See the horse beyond the ride Every round, every flat session, every fence becomes part of the record.
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Why EqEval

Every ride tells you something. EqEval makes sure you can measure it.

Good trainers already see what a horse has. EqEval gives that expertise a shared structure: one method, one scale and one record that riders, trainers and owners can compare, explain and build on.

Consistent The same criteria and the same scale every time, for any horse and any evaluator. A written guide sits inside every category, so everyone knows what a 7 means.
Comparable One EQ Score from 0 to 100, read on the DES scale, from a horse to learn on to legendary. Compare a horse with itself over months, or with other horses side by side.
Actionable The weakest categories become exercises from the library and tasks in the training log. The next evaluation shows whether the work paid off.
How it works

One loop for the development of horse and rider.

Evaluate, understand, train and measure again. Each turn of the loop leaves a record you can look back on.
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Inside an evaluation

Ten minutes at the ring, or the full method at home.

Pick the depth that fits the moment. Every mode uses the same scale and the same formula, so a quick check and a full evaluation stay comparable.

Quick · about 10 minutesThe key categories for the discipline: 26 for Jumper and Equitation, 21 for Hunter.
Method · about 30 minutesEvery category that counts for the discipline: 82 for Jumper and Equitation, 78 for Hunter.
CustomChoose the categories you want, for example only the jumping or only the mind before a purchase.
Didn’t see something? Mark it “Not observed” and it won’t count against the horse.
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Meet Jay Duke

A lifetime with show jumping horses, now in a method you can use.

Jay grew up in Calgary in a family of horsemen, rode for Team Canada and now coaches riders, develops young horses and designs courses across North America. He wrote the method in his book, The Analytics of the Show Jumping World, and built EqEval so it could be used at the ring.

Read Jay’s story
Duke Evaluation System · DES

A coach’s eye, written down category by category.

Jay Duke turned decades of riding, coaching and buying horses into a method, published in his book The Analytics of the Show Jumping World. EqEval puts the system and the guide for every category in your hand.

“A jump is simply a taller canter stride; the better the canter, the better the jump.”
Jay Duke · from the Canter Quality guide in the app
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The DES scale for the EQ ScoreEvery result shows its band and the points to the next one.
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Discover the method
Built for how you work

One method. A workspace for every role in the barn.

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EQ Analyst

AI that explains the result. It never sets the score.

The EQ Score always comes from the method. EQ Analyst reads it with you: what stands out, what to work on first, and what changed since the last evaluation.

· Plain-language reading of every result · Consistency check before you save · A development plan from the weakest areas · Questions about your horse, any time · Voice notes straight into the training log
Share and connect

Everyone around the horse, on the same page.

Connect with your trainer or stable, send a report to an owner, or give a parent a read-only view. You choose the horses and what each person can see, and you can end it any time.

ConnectionsInvite by email, SMS, WhatsApp or link ReportsPDF or private link, with your logo on business plans GuestsParents, owners and vets, read-only Your dataDownload or delete it from your account
Trainer Program Bring your students. Earn credit toward your plan. Trainers who bring riders to EqEval earn credit on every payment we collect, plus a welcome discount for their students. Grow from EqEval Trainer to Certified and Ambassador. How the program works → Verified Evaluation A certified evaluation for a sale or a purchase. A separate paid service: a DES-certified evaluator scores the horse and the report carries the EqEval verification seal. Request a verified evaluation →
Pricing

The exercise library is in every plan.

Start with a 5-day free trial. Pay yearly and get 12 months for the price of 11.
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Questions riders and trainers ask

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