Category Archives: Health

While hay is just dehydrated grass there are several differences between hay and the live plant that you need to take into consideration when adding pasture to the horse’s diet....

Everyone knows the rules when it comes to grooming during spring shedding season. Don’t wear polar fleece of any kind. Get ready to spend LOTS of quality time with your...

Spring has sprung! With it comes a whole host of awesomeness that every horse person can relate to... [show-list] Be Social! Connect with Absorbine®.

You’ve heard the phrase “If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it must be a duck." That is an example of abductive reasoning, more accurately inference, where...

The University of Saskatchewan has unveiled a new robotic sling system which may improve the odds of survival for horses suffering from serious traumatic injuries, including limb fractures. Saskatoon's RMD Engineering team...

It’s difficult to go anywhere online (and probably off) where people are talking about horses without having something come up about hind gut ulcers, symptoms and treatments. There are even...

Veterinary and engineering researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) have teamed up to harness imaging technology to fill in a blank area in animal health—what goes on...

Anne Kursinski’s right hand, Carol “Hoffy” Hoffman, reveals her trick for trimming thin manes in this Tuesday Tip video posted to the five-time Olympian’s Facebook page. It’s a variation on...

Irish wunderkind Bertram Allen and Quiet Easy lost the Grand Prix of Olympia last December because of one. U.S.’s top-ranked dressage rider Steffen Peters was eliminated from the Reem Acra 2015 World Cup Final...

Think you know hoof care? Take this short quiz to find out! [interaction id="56cc97f5e5be274a1fe25e43"] Sources by Question: 1. American Farriers Journal, “Light vs. Dark, The Hoof Debate Rages On.” 2. The...

When it comes to equestrian sport, few horses can bring it like the thoroughbred. Their heart, courage, power and athleticism make them an ideal fit for just about any discipline,...

Four years ago when I took a chance on a “rescue” prospect, I wasn’t really
 sure what I was getting myself into. It turned out that this horse was
 labelled...

Four years ago when I took a chance on a “rescue” prospect, I wasn’t really
 sure what I was getting myself into. It turned out that this horse was
 labelled...

Jillian Scott’s horse artwork is really quite extraordinary, but she doesn’t require any brushes or paints. Nor does she take photographs, or sculpt life-sized horses out of copper or steel. In...

Imagine you just imported a new Grand Prix horse from Europe. You go to work excited about your new prospect and are alerted that he’s missing from his stall. A quick search of the grounds reveals...

Some horses handle the change in seasons like a pro. Some horses don’t. [show-list]

[caption id="attachment_2980" align="alignleft" width="395"] Mary Ida Young (Courtesy of Absorbine®)[/caption] Whether the men of yore like to admit it or not, women have always played an important role in horse...

Legendary English footballer Michael Owen is a full-fledged horseman these days, breeding and owning numerous stakes winning thoroughbreds. His fortunes, however, took a turn for the worse on Sunday when...

1. Humans making sudden, unnecessary movements—movements that could be perceived as aggression on the part of the human (like chasing them with a plastic bag tied to a whip). [caption...

Along with back-to-school jitters, warm hazy mornings, and some dynamite sweet corn, the Dog Days of summer are notorious for their late-season flies, which can be a nuisance to your horses,...