Christina Keim, Author at Horse Network

Impaction Colic: What You Need to Know

Colic is a catchall term used by horsemen to describe equine gastrointestinal distress, but there are several different causes. Impaction colic is one of the most common types, and fortunately...

Cooling Out a Hot Horse

You do it at the end of every ride—take ten minutes to walk your horse out, then maybe rinse them with cool water in the summer, or throw on a...

Somewhere Between Marginal and Sufficient

My Connemara cross mare JEF Anna Rose and I finished our 2017 show season the last weekend of August at a close to home recognized USDF/USEF show, held at Longfellow...

Bernie Traurig: A Solution to Every Problem

Clinicians who have trained and competed at the elite levels in multiple disciplines have a depth of knowledge and experience that is the accumulated wisdom from countless types of horse and...

Improving Balance in the ‘Non-Traditional’ Dressage Horse

My Connemara cross, Anna, is not known for being the most forward thinking of mounts. While she is pretty willing to do whatever is asked, she does not naturally possess...

Life Lessons From My Yellow Horse

When I started my blog in March of 2016, it was nearly a year that the ending began. But to tell the story from the end would not be fair or...

The Future of Equestrian Sport

I started 2017 by attending two big meetings—one which celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA), and one which heralded the start of a new era...

Innie or Outie…or both?

Those who follow Denny Emerson’s Tamarack Hill Farm Facebook page may have caught his comments earlier this year, on the “innies” and “outies” of the horse world: “In the great...

Detroit Horse Power

Last June, I was invited out to the Great Lakes Region of the United States Pony Club to teach at their amazing Regional Camp. Held at Hunter’s Run Farm in...

The Rider, the Tack and the Horse

[caption id="attachment_1733" align="alignleft" width="229"] Dr. Hilary Clayton[/caption] The following is a summary of Dr. Hilary Clayton’s clinic on equine biomechanics at the University of New Hampshire Equine Program on October...

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