When my daughter was 2 years old, she was playing at a friend’s farm that was home to a pony ride business. I’d started the search for her own pony, because I wanted something she could lead around the...
Dr. Diehl describes in her Vet Adventures column what happens next in life to a gray horse with a serious lameness diagnosis. Does he have hope for a good home?After several hours of diagnostics on Olaf, a 13-year-old gray...
In this story from writer Stacey McKenna, she describes the life lessons she learns from Daisy the Wonder Mule.In the book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell argues that it takes 10,000 hours of focused practice to master a skill. Most equestrians...
Forage is the main component of a healthy equine diet. Here are hay accessories for horses to make feeding it a little easier.
Tarter Round Bale Feeder
Prioritizing safety, the spacing prevents horses from getting a hoof stuck in the feeder,...
Have you wondered if riding will have to take a back seat to your career once you’ve graduated from college? After all the years of lessons and shows, for many young people, going to college and on to a...
Whether for competition or pleasure, often our horse adventures take us far from home for several days. Hotels can really add up, and horse trailer living quarters are expensive. Inventive equestrians have solved this problem by converting their horse...
In this fourth episode of The Horse Illustrated Episode of Horses in the Morning, sponsored by Title Sponsor Straight Arrow Products, hosts Glenn the Geek and Sarah Evers Conrad talk to Greg Otteson from Tex Sutton Equine Air Transport...
The sport of driving is a beautiful thing to watch, but it’s even more fun to participate. Two top professionals in the sport—Leslie Cashion of Louisville, Ky., and Jacob Arnold of Goshen, Ky.—offer some key points to consider on...
The lights flickered on in the barn that morning, and I heard the familiar shuffling of all the other ponies in the barn. Jack, the pony next to me who the girls in the barn refer to as “impatient,”...
Join the Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA) for a webinar on horse selection and suitability at the link below on Monday, June 14, at Noon Eastern Time, or watch the recorded version afterward. To join in person live or get...
