WELLINGTON, FL – BarnPilot, an equestrian technology platform, announced the launch of Watcher and Sentinel, new horse monitoring features designed to integrate live barn camera feeds into its comprehensive command center. The development aims to address a common pain point for horse owners: the fragmentation of information across multiple apps and platforms.
Scott Morvay, founder and principal developer of BarnPilot, explained that the platform was born out of his own experiences in show jumping. “I spent several years inside show jumping and experienced the same pain points riders and owners deal with every day,” he said. “The schedule, records, ride, camera, and people responsible for the horse were all separated.”
BarnPilot, available on iPhone, iPad, and Android, already offers horse-centered records, GPS-tracked ride journaling, equestrian-specific navigation, and communication tools. The new monitoring layer adds a dedicated Camera Focus view for supported fixed barn cameras, allowing users to view live feeds and connect horses to specific camera views. Watcher provides continuous monitoring with two modes: Equine Watcher for horse-specific awareness and Farm Watch for broader visibility of people, vehicles, and packages. Sentinel allows users to set a specific visible condition to monitor for a 24-hour session, such as “horse is lying down and not getting up,” and sends alerts when the camera detects that condition.
“Watcher is the ongoing watch; Sentinel is the focused watch,” Morvay said. “With Sentinel, the owner defines the condition that matters in their own words. The system is not asked to make a medical judgment. It is asked to help watch for something specific and visible.”
Importantly, BarnPilot evaluates motion-triggered still images rather than continuous video, and the company stresses that the monitoring features are informational, not diagnostic. They do not replace in-person observation, veterinary care, or emergency response.
The monitoring features are part of a larger platform that integrates with BarnPilot’s Navigator, which provides horse-specific navigation for trails and equestrian destinations, and Horse Prospects, a tool for organizing horse searches. AI-assisted tools help review records and bills, explain terminology, and prepare questions for professional teams.
Wellington, Florida, where BarnPilot is based, is a global hub for equestrian sports, making it an ideal testing ground. “Wellington makes the need visible,” Morvay said. “This sport runs on skilled people, but too often those people are forced to work around fragmented technology.”
Looking ahead, Morvay is developing an equine-specific camera detection model and purpose-built camera hardware, as well as a desktop version of the platform. These projects are in development and not yet available.
“The future of horse monitoring is not just another camera on a stall wall,” Morvay said. “It is a connected system that helps the right person see the right thing, with the horse’s wider context close at hand.”
For more information, visit BarnPilot’s camera monitoring page and the press page.
