Q: I’ve read that bits hurt a horse’s mouth, hackamores can injure the delicate nerves and bones in the nose, and a sidepull can be too weak to offer control or severe enough to damage the nose. I know...
Your normally mild-mannered horse has begun to toss his head, refusing directions and acting impatient when you ask him to wait. While under tack, he slams on the brakes and rubs his nose on his legs, jump standards or...
View image | gettyimages.comI am not a racing know-it-all, but I am a horse racing enthusiast. Especially after living in Lexington, Kentucky for a year and a half.
I am not a racing trainer know-it-all, either, but I’ve cheered for...
After almost 40 years, a horse finally won the Triple Crown. Fans are likely to still get goosebumps or smile uncontrollably whenever they watch footage or read about the win. But for the jockey who brought American Pharaoh to...
It’s full-on bug season here in the Mid-Atlantic and I’m keeping the flies out of my horse’s ears in style. That’s my Welsh Cob gelding, Taff, wearing what I call "Horse on Fire.” Hayden, Alabama-based LaClaire Couch made this...
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, like dealing with...
In Part I of Dressage Mysteries Solved, dressage clinician, author and three-time Olympic coach Jane Savoie outlined the connecting aids required for putting your horse on the bit:Close your legs on the horse...
On Saturday, June 6, 2015, the Triple Crown drought finally ended. American Pharoah became the first horse since Affirmed in 1978 to win Thoroughbred Racing’s Triple Crown: The Kentucky Derby, The Preakness Stakes, and The Belmont Stakes. Watch his...
Last year, I returned to horse showing after ten years away. With this perspective, I can see why it wasn’t my parents’ favorite activity. "Hey, how about we cut a massive check and bake in the heat this weekend?...
Happy Friday, everyone! Here’s what’s been happening in the horse world this week.This is a strange story that sparked a discussion here in the office. A farm owner in rural Vermont built a big...
