Wellington, FL – BarnPilot, a connected operating platform for equestrian sport, has announced the launch of the Watcher system and Sentinel program, designed to bring horse monitoring into its broader equestrian command center. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Android, the BarnPilot app aims to consolidate scattered information—such as health records, ride data, barn cameras, and communication—into a single, horse-centered platform.
Scott Morvay, founder and principal developer of BarnPilot, developed the Watcher and Sentinel features after experiencing the challenges of fragmented technology in the show jumping world. "I did not set out to build another app with a list of horse profiles," Morvay said. "I spent several years inside show jumping and experienced the same pain points riders and owners deal with every day. The schedule, records, ride, camera, and people responsible for the horse were all separated. I turned those problems into BarnPilot and kept building."
The monitoring experience begins with Camera Focus, a dedicated view for supported fixed barn cameras. Owners can view live feeds, check camera and monitoring status, connect horses to appropriate views, and review alerts without leaving the platform that holds the horse's schedule and records. Watcher provides an ongoing layer, with Equine Watcher for horse-specific awareness and Farm Watch for broader visibility of people, vehicles, animals, and packages. Sentinel allows users to define a specific condition to monitor for 24 hours, using their own words to set the "Law of the Sentinel." If supported camera imagery matches the condition, BarnPilot alerts the user to investigate.
"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." The monitoring features are informational and do not replace in-person observation, emergency response, barn staff, or veterinary care. BarnPilot evaluates motion-triggered still images rather than recording continuous cloud video, and visibility can be affected by lighting, camera position, obstructions, power, and network conditions.
The significance of Watcher and Sentinel lies in their integration with BarnPilot's broader equestrian platform, which includes horse-centered records, Ride Journal with GPS tracking, BarnPilot Navigator for horse-specific navigation, and Horse Prospects for organizing horse searches. AI-assisted tools can review uploaded records and bills, explain terminology, and help users prepare questions for their professional team. The platform supports multiple languages and live voice-translation, facilitating communication across diverse equestrian communities.
Wellington, Florida, a global hub for equestrian sports, has shaped BarnPilot's development. The demanding schedules and scale of operations in Wellington expose the gaps between traditional tools, making the need for a unified system evident. "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. BarnPilot is my effort to build the infrastructure around them and around the horse."
BarnPilot currently connects with supported third-party fixed camera hardware, and Morvay is developing an equine-specific camera detection model and purpose-built camera hardware. A desktop experience is also in development. These projects are not yet available but signal a move toward comprehensive equestrian infrastructure. "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. That is what we are building."
For more information on horse monitoring with Watcher and Sentinel, visit https://barnpilotapp.com/cameras. Press inquiries can be directed to https://barnpilotapp.com/press.
