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Horse Trailering

What You Need to Know Before Hauling a Horse

A horse relaxes in the trailer after the completion of a safe journey. Here's how to make sure your travels…

10 years ago


How to Find the Right Horse Trailer

Horses relax in a parked slant-load trailer. Photo: Lesley Ward   Buying a trailer can be a very stressful decision.…

10 years ago

How to Hitch a Horse Trailer

Hooking a trailer quickly and correctly requires practice and patience. In order to make sure your trailer is hooked correctly,…

10 years ago

What Your Horse Needs to Know Before Getting in a Trailer

  Your horse’s survival instincts encourage him to seek wide open spaces and steer him clear of confinement. The last…

10 years ago

Trailer Packing to Prevent Show Day Panic

Scrambling to locate spurs or hoof polish in your trailer is no way to begin a successful show day and…

10 years ago

Caring for the Traveling Horse

Planes, trains and automobiles – the ability to move horses across the country, and even around the world, has come…

10 years ago

Video: Inspecting a Horse Trailer

Examine the hitch, chains, and electrical connections. The condition and air pressure of all tires--including the spare--should be checked. Look…

11 years ago

Horses in Flight

Traveling from oversees for the World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky, can be troublesome for people, but the equine athletes journey…

11 years ago

Finding the Type of Trailer that is Right for You

Trailers are either straight-load (horses face straight ahead while traveling) or slant-load (horses stand at an angle). While most horses…

11 years ago

Towing Capacities

From the multitude of terms pertaining to ratings of horse trailers and tow vehicles, there are five that are extremely…

11 years ago