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Rider Rant: Using Earbuds While Riding

You see it all the time: trail riders fiddling with their iPods and arena-users taking phone calls on their headsets, ears plugged with plastic, cords dangling. Somehow it’s become...
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Safe Horse Housing

Whether you’ve decided to keep your new horse at a boarding barn or at home on your farm, it’s important to take a close look at where you’re going...
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Wild Horses of the Carolinas

Shackleford Horse by radioactv915 on flickr.com/CC BY 2.0On the outer banks of North Carolina, amid the soft sand and rolling surf, wild horses graze among the marsh grass. Their...
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An Equestrian Vacation in Hawaii

The tropical forests, cobalt-blue sea and towering mountains of Maui lure thousands of visitors to this beautiful Hawaiian island every year. But only a few opt to see it...
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Equine Emergency: Horse in a Hole

On any given day, the average equine veterinarian may see and treat a variety of conditions, illnesses and injuries—and those are just the scheduled cases. When the cell phone...
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Equine Emergency: Foal in Trouble

On any given day, the average equine veterinarian may see and treat a variety of conditions, illnesses and injuries—and those are just the scheduled cases. When the cell phone...