Why this matters
X-rays enter a horse sale at its most delicate stage. By the time a buyer asks for them, the deal is serious: a vet check is coming, money is on the table, and everyone is reading the images for reasons to proceed or walk away. These are medical records, and a finding taken out of context — a shadow, an old remodel, a vet's cautious phrasing — can follow a horse around long after a qualified vet would have waved it through.
Yet the way X-rays are usually shared ignores all of that. Full sets go out as email attachments or file-transfer links, and from that moment the seller has no idea where the copies live. Images meant for one buyer's vet end up discussed in group chats, attached to a horse's name in conversations the seller never sees. The files are heavy, arrive in awkward formats, and once sent, can never be unsent.
Keeping X-rays on the platform puts that choice back in the seller's hands. The images live in one place, organized in named sets per horse, and how visible they are is up to you: some sellers show them right on the horse card as a sign of transparency, others keep them off the card and release them only when a deal gets serious. When you do share directly, the link can demand verification, discourage downloading, watermark every view, and be revoked the moment it has done its job. The buyer's vet sees everything they need; the seller keeps control of a sensitive asset.
How to use it
X-ray sets attach to a horse. Create or open the horse listing — public or private, depending on your publication settings — then open the horse card and click the "X-rays" button. "Add new X-ray set" lets you enter a custom name for the set and upload one or multiple files, and each horse can hold several sets, useful when images come from different dates or clinics. Whether the sets are displayed on the horse card is your decision: you can show them there for openness, or keep them off the card and manage access purely through sharing. Uploaded sets appear on your "X-rays" page; in the mobile app, they're one of the content types in "Tools" → "Sharing hub".
The simplest way to share a set directly is "Copy link", which produces an xray-preview URL — anyone with that link can view the images, with no additional protection applied. That suits the cases where speed matters more than secrecy.
For sensitive cases, open the set's "Settings" and enable privacy features. Phone number access requires an SMS code from the number you specify, and email access works the same way with a one-time code to a given address — so the set opens only for the person it was meant for. Download restriction adds browser-level protection against saving the images, and the viewer watermark overlay marks every preview. Once at least one option is enabled, a secure link is generated; you can disable or regenerate it at any time, which makes every previously shared link stop working. When the vetting is done, access ends because you end it.
Frequently asked questions
Are my horse's X-rays visible to everyone?
Only if you choose that. You decide whether X-ray sets are displayed on the horse card — on a public or private listing — or kept off the card and shared only through the links you create.
How do I send X-rays to a buyer's vet?
Either copy the simple link for quick, unprotected viewing, or enable privacy features and send the secure link. With email or phone protection, the vet enters a one-time code sent to the address or number you specified.
Can I stop access after the vet check is done?
Yes. Disable or regenerate the link at any time — all previously shared links stop working immediately.
Can I prevent people from downloading the images?
The download restriction adds basic browser-level protection against saving, and the viewer watermark overlay marks every preview, so viewers see images rather than collect them.