Who Operates SEQ
Sequence Equestrian Q is an independent software business based in Nevada, in the United States. It is not owned by, funded by or connected to any equestrian federation, association, show organizer, breed registry or equipment maker.
No Affiliation With Equestrian Federations
SEQ is not affiliated with, endorsed by or licensed by the Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA), the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF), the United States Dressage Federation (USDF), the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) or any other equestrian body. Their names appear in SEQ only to identify the tests and rules that shows use. The tests, their forms and their directives belong to the organizations that publish them.
Official Results and Records
SEQ produces score sheets, placings and PDFs from what the show’s judges and staff enter. Whether those become the show’s official results is decided by the show under its own rules and by the officials it appoints. If SEQ’s output and the show’s official record ever differ, the show’s record governs. Riders and trainers with a question about a score should ask the show, not SEQ.
Artificial Intelligence and Voice Recognition
Parts of SEQ use speech recognition and artificial intelligence:
- Voice scoring turns a judge’s spoken scores and remarks into text, using Deepgram’s speech-recognition service, a model running on the judge’s own device, or the device’s built-in recognition.
- Proofreading, when the owner has switched it on, uses a second listen by Deepgram and Anthropic’s Claude to suggest corrections to plainly misheard words.
- The ride referee, when switched on, uses Claude to point out likely mistakes, such as a remark that seems to be about a different movement, in the judge’s earpiece.
- Voice ID compares the voice speaking with a voiceprint kept on the judge’s own device, so that lines spoken by someone else are marked for checking.
- Earpiece reminders are spoken by Deepgram’s text-to-speech.
None of these decide a score. Every score and remark is reviewed and signed by the judge, who can change any of it. SEQ makes no automated decisions about riders. These tools can be wrong, and they are aids to a trained judge, not a replacement for one.
Electronic Signatures and Records
Judges sign tests electronically, by drawing their signature on the device, and SEQ keeps tests, placings and bills as electronic records. By signing or accepting in SEQ you agree that these electronic signatures and records have the same effect as paper ones, to the extent the law allows. A show can print or save any signed test and any placings as a PDF at any time.
Safety Alerts Are Not Medical or Veterinary Advice
When a judge calls an error of course, a fall, blood, lameness or a tack problem, SEQ sends an alert to the C judge and the show office so that they can act. The alert repeats what the judge said. It is not a diagnosis, not medical or veterinary advice, and not a substitute for the show’s officials, its veterinarian or its emergency plan.
An Early-Stage Service
SEQ launched in 2026 and its first shows are being run in late 2026. It is tested before every release, including a full rehearsal of a show, but it is new software and it will have faults we have not found yet. We tell you this so that you plan a show with a paper fallback, and so that you tell us what goes wrong; that is how it gets better.
How SEQ Makes Money
SEQ is paid by shows, through the bill described on the Pricing section of our home page and in the Terms of Service. We earn nothing else from your use of SEQ: no commissions, no affiliate links, no paid placements and no sale of data. We do not pay anyone to recommend SEQ, and any review or testimonial we publish is unpaid.
Advertising, Tracking and Third Parties
There is no advertising on SEQ and no advertising or analytics tracking on its pages. The third-party services SEQ relies on, and what each receives, are listed in the Privacy Policy.