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Horse Health
Why Horses Aren’t Getting Any Faster
I don’t know if you pay any attention to sports like swimming, or track and field, but if you haven’t, the fact is that people…
2 weeks ago
List
Shetland Ponies Are Equal Parts Fluff and Sass
They’re the fluffy speed demons eliciting “Awwwws” and squeals in equal measure on pony steeplechase courses around the country. They’re backyard pets, cart-pulling machines and…
4 weeks ago
Horse Health
False Precision
There’s something that you need to be aware of in the horse world. It’s called “false precision.” Precision (true precision) requires that a specific action…
4 weeks ago
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How to Decrease your Horse’s Risk of Colic with Nutrition Management
Horses have evolved as grazing animals, eating a wide variety of forages and living in herds. They graze at ground level and can cover distances…
4 weeks ago
Psychology of Sport
6 Reasons to Embrace Your Riding Mistakes
To err is human. So is stopping out in the triple and ploughing past the halt at X. If you ride horses (or participate in…
1 month ago
Books and Film
The Horse Cure
Inspired by her own childhood trauma when she spent seven days in a coma, awakened to a severely compromised body and brain, and rebuilt her…
1 month ago
Horse Health
Barefoot Trimming
There’s a curious phenomenon going on in the world. Some people assert that the horse’s hooves must be trimmed in a certain way, and the horse left without…
2 months ago
Interviews & Profiles
We May Ride in Different Saddles But We All Mount From the Same Side
Whether you ride with a lariat rope aiming for the steers horns, leap extraordinary heights in the jumper ring or dance across the dressage arena, we…
2 months ago
Horse Health
Type Two Wounds (Second Intention Healing)
You had to know that if there’s a type one wound, there’s also a type two wound. Type two wounds are the wounds that make…
3 months ago
Horse Health
A Veterinarian’s Guide to Treating Type One Wounds
They say that there are two kinds of people in life—lumpers and splitters.* Lumpers like to put everything into one box. So, to a lumper,…
3 months ago
Books and Film
10 Surprising Facts About Double H Farm’s Hunter Harrison
Show jumping fans know Hunter Harrison as the name behind the famous Double H Farm, owner of superstar horses like the two-time Olympic team gold…
3 months ago
Horse Health
Rehabilitating Tendon and Ligament Injuries
No matter what sort of treatment you choose when your horse injures a tendon or a ligament, the most important treatment will be time. TRIVIA TIME!…
4 months ago
Books and Film
Become the Mother
Over and over and from numerous sources it is impressed upon us that we must provide leadership for our horses…that in order to train them,…
4 months ago
Psychology of Sport
Your Comfort Zone Is Limiting Your Riding
As the minutes spent in the saddle tick by, we all get trapped in repeating habits. What equestrians may not know about these repeating habits is…
4 months ago
Veterinary Medicine
Is Your Feeding Program All That?
Fueling a horse so it can perform its best, maintain a healthy weight, and store appropriate levels of energy is a delicate puzzle. Just like…
4 months ago
History
Naming the Nations Cup, a Brief History
Hockey has the Stanley Cup. Football, the Grey Cup. In show jumping, the annual championship coveted by every international team the world over is known…
4 months ago
Interviews & Profiles
How Vanessa Mannix Embraces the Philosophy that Riders Never Stop Learning
Show jumping is possibly the most misunderstood sport in the world. We often hear “It’s an individual activity,” “The horse does everything, the rider just…
5 months ago
Show Jumping
Science of Show Jumping: Style Matters
Have you ever wondered how much time a lofty jumper spends in the air versus a horse that just skims over the fences? Is scope…
5 months ago
Books and Film
Taking a Bow: Teach Your Horse to Plié
Who doesn’t want a reason to take a bow? Teaching your horse a few simple tricks can absolutely be fun for you both, but did…