Earlier this year, I bought a new car. Well, new to me, but only slightly used. I didn't really want a new car, but it was time. I'd always said that I was going to drive my old Corolla...
Q: I have a mare that has rubbed spots on her hocks and on the front of her fetlocks. Sometimes they bleed and I have to doctor them. They go away for a while but keep coming back. She...
Editor’s Note: Stable Advice is a place for our readers to offer their advice on some of those uniquely equestrian problems. These aren’t the questions that you’d normally ask your vet or trainer. These are questions about horse life,...
For the horse trainer known for his respect and consideration of the horse, Mark Rashid’s journey of seeing his first novel, "Out of the Wild,” transformed into a feature film has been a lot like his horsemanship.
"Sometimes, when we’re...
To many horse owners, it seems that horses lose shoes more frequently when their pastures and paddocks are muddy, or when the weather alternates between very dry to very wet. But is there really one season in which it’s...
By now you must have heard about Quest and Rio, the emaciated horses rescued with awful hoof neglect this month in Maryland by Days End Farm Horse Rescue. The horses each had more than three feet of excess hoof...
The differences between my fellow airplane passengers and me began to enumerate right around the time I admitted I needed to call this kind of jet-setting work—life on the road as a clinician—something else.At first, I thought of it...
Q: I know senior feeds contain a forage replacer for horses with difficulty chewing and digesting hay, but it doesn't seem like enough. What other forage options are there for the hard-to-keep senior horse?
A: Many horses begin to experience...
Photo courtesy of ChetPaila ShawWhen the famous Chincoteague pony Surfer Dude, died this spring, the stallion’s passing made national news. His legacy lived on this year at the 90th annual swim as his offspring made history at the July...
Hello and happy Friday, everyone! Here’s what’s been happening in the horse world this week.My favorite story of the week? This profile of a 75-year-old dressage rider. We’ve talked about the very awesome Century...
