Horse Health
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…
Author:
Christina Keim
Horse Health
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…
2 years ago
Amateur Hour
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…
2 years ago
Pro Tips
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…
2 years ago
Training
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,…
2 years ago
Life
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…
3 years ago
English
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…
3 years ago
Training
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…
4 years ago
Learn
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…
4 years ago
Learn
The Rider, the Tack and the Horse
The following is a summary of Dr. Hilary Clayton’s clinic on equine biomechanics at the University of New Hampshire Equine Program on October 27, 2015. …
