You drive a gas-saving vehicle. You bring cloth bags to the grocery store. You turn off the faucet while brushing your teeth. “Reduce, reuse, recycle” is something you take seriously, so you’re all about incorporating green, or eco-friendly, practices...
Winter may not be primetime for riding, but even when cold temperatures feel never ending, show and trail season will come back around before you know it. It benefits both you and your horse to keep a little fitness...
"Now ask your horses to tölt,” instructed Björk Jakobsdóttir, our Icelandic guide. I took a deep breath, lifted my hands and took more contact, scooped my seat under and closed my legs. Klængur, the first of many delightful Icelandic...
With this simple article on horse blanketing at a glance, learn when a horse needs a blanket, when it's okay not to blanket, types of blankets, maintenance, and cautions for blanketing.
No Blanket
Can my horse stay warm without a blanket?Yes,...
If you’ve decided that your horse can benefit from wearing a blanket, his conformation will be a deciding factor in what type and fit of blanket is best. Is he slab-sided? Does he have shark-fin withers? Or is he...
When it still feels like fall to you, your horses know better! And they start putting on their winter coats in response to the diminishing hours of daylight, whether there is a chill in the air, and this winter...
This article about back pain in horseback riders is adapted with permission from The Rider’s Pain-Free Back by Jim Warson, M.D.,with Ami Hendrickson, published by Trafalgar Square Books. www.horseandriderbooks.comLow back pain is one of the most common and most...
The scrawny foal huddled miserably in the corner of the straw-filled pen, and I moved as slowly as I could so as not to scare her more. My heart sank as I took in her protruding ribs and scraggly...
Legend has it that some people have unlimited time with their horses. They lazily chat up their friends and cool out for an hour. They graze their horses until they’re bone dry. They linger for hours playing with the...
You shouldn’t have to sacrifice warmth to look like the barn babe you are. Here are some equestrian vest options that are on trend and fully functional.
Elayne Vest
Asmar Equestrian’s Elayne vest is both elegant and athletic. The slimming silhouette...
