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Introduction to Showing Sport Horses in Hand

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ASPCA Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week: Whenelephantsfly

Horse Adoption, Welfare, and Charities Horse Illustrated -
Welcome to Horse Illustrated’s weekly installment of the Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week, offered in partnership with...
Horse and Rider Fitness for Spring

Horse and Rider Fitness for Spring

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Depending on the availability of indoor arenas, lights, and safe footing where you live, riding throughout the winter can...
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ASPCA Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week: Uroncillo

Horse Illustrated -
Welcome to Horse Illustrated’s weekly installment of the Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week, offered in partnership with the ASPCA's Right Horse program....
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Treatment and Recovery of Founder in Horses

Hope Ellis-Ashburn -
Plenty has been written about the prevention, causes, and treatment of founder, but less information is available on whether or not afflicted horses will...
Adoptable horse Whenelephantsfly

ASPCA Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week: Whenelephantsfly

Horse Illustrated -
Welcome to Horse Illustrated’s weekly installment of the Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week, offered in partnership with the ASPCA's Right Horse program....
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Horse and Rider Fitness for Spring

Shoshana Rudski -
Depending on the availability of indoor arenas, lights, and safe footing where you live, riding throughout the winter can be a challenge. But peak...

ASPCA Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week: Trooper

Horse Illustrated -
Welcome to Horse Illustrated’s weekly installment of the Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week, offered in partnership with the ASPCA's Right Horse program....
Adoptable horse Yumi

ASPCA Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week: Yumi

Horse Illustrated -
Welcome to Horse Illustrated’s weekly installment of the Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week, offered in partnership with the ASPCA's Right Horse program....

Winter hay to spring grass: Tips for a smooth transition

ssaini@egmediamags.com -
As winter winds down and soil temperatures start to rise, spring grass pops up all over. Our equine partners eagerly start seeking out this...
Quinnten Alston showing a horse in hand

Introduction to Showing Sport Horses in Hand

Kim MacMillan -
Read the full article about showing in hand in Horse Illustrated’s June 2024 issue! Here is some great content we couldn’t fit in the...
Two horses and riders going for a walk to build spring fitness

Horse and Rider Fitness for Spring

Shoshana Rudski -
Depending on the availability of indoor arenas, lights, and safe footing where you live, riding throughout the winter can be a challenge. But peak...
A cowboy aboard a sorrel horse performing cattle work

Cattle Work 101

Heidi Melocco -
Whether you’re new to cattle work or want to improve your cattle-driving skills, you’ll need to learn how to influence a cow’s movements. How...
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Are Show Judges Favoring Ponies Carrying Extra Weight?

Sarah E. Coleman -
A recent study has shown that judges tend to favor pudgy ponies over their more-svelte counterparts in the show ring. This is despite the...
USEF “S” Judge Cheryl Holekamp teaching a dressage ride a test clinic

Try a Dressage Ride-a-Test Clinic

Kim MacMillan -
Heads up dressage, western dressage and event riders: Are you looking for a way to polish your skills and improve dressage test scores? Do...
A trainer riding a bay gelding with a mountain backdrop

Keep Loping: Prevent Breaking Gait at the Lope

Heidi Melocco -
It’s no fun to ride a horse that needs to be pushed constantly to stay in a lope. It feels like pedaling a bicycle...
Adam Snow, author of Winning with Horses, a book about preparing for competition

Preparing for Competition: Self-Reflection

Trafalgar Square Books -
The following is an excerpt from Winning with Horses, by Adam Snow and Shelley Onderdonk, DVM, about preparing for competition through some self-reflection.Why is...
A portrait of a chestnut American Saddlebred horse with a flowing tail

Breed Portrait: The American Saddlebred

Leslie Potter -
The American Saddlebred has an unmistakable presence wherever the breed goes, and these horses can be found just about everywhere in the equestrian world....
Belgian draft horses

Belgian Draft Horse

Kim Klimek -
Bred for farm work and heavy carriage deliveries, Belgium’s native Belgian draft horse is more commonly seen in show and recreational pursuits today: weight-pulling...
A bay Dutch Warmblood (KWPN) stallion trots across a field

KWPN: The Dutch Warmblood Registry

Shoshana Rudski -
Dutch Warmbloods, or as their registry in The Netherlands is known, Koninklijk Warmbloed Paardenstamboek Nederland (KWPN), boast high performance in dressage, jumping and in...
A dark bay stallion galloping in a field

The Standardbred Horse: Anything but Standard

Anna Sochocky -
Today’s harness racing trotters and pacers can do a lot more than pull a sulky at high speeds. Standardbred horses retiring from off the...
Fell Ponies on British fells

100 Years of Fell Ponies

Kristina Lotz -
From before the Vikings invaded through modern times, the sturdy and faithful Fell Pony has weaved itself through Northern England’s history in one form...
Colonial Spanish Horses in the wild

Breed Portrait: Colonial Spanish Horses

Audrey Pavia -
When the Spaniards arrived on the shores of the New World in the 15th century, they found a land void of horses. They couldn’t...
A man riding a Paso Fino horse on a mountain trail

Breed Portrait: Paso Fino

Kristina Lotz -
Imagine gliding down the trail, oblivious to rough terrain, without worrying about hours spent in the saddle causing back pain. This isn’t just a...

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Horses graze on a spring pasture

Tips for Spring Pasture Maintenance

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Ultimate Guide to Buying Your Dream Horse: Questions to Ask, Red Flags, and Pro...

Buying and Selling a Horse Ashley Sollars -
If you're planning on buying a new horse, check out which questions to ask and which red flags to look for with the pro tips in this...
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How to Back a Horse Trailer

Horse Illustrated Daniel Johnson -
It’s the end of a busy horse show day, and you’re worn out. The horses are loaded, your gear is packed, and you just want to head for home....
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Dealing with Inflation as an Equestrian

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It’s no secret that prices are going up, up, up! Understandably, equestrians are watching every dollar so they can continue taking great care of their horses amid inflation.Instead of...
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10 Common Horse Care Mistakes

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No one goes through life without making mistakes, and luckily for us, most errors have minor consequences. Even so, life with horses raises the bar because they are large,...

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