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Proper Hydration Maximizes Your Horse’s Nutrient Intake

Horses require a precise balance of nutrients to maintain health and performance, but the one that’s often easiest to access—water—is…

5 months ago

How Hot is Too Hot to Ride?

For many riders, summer brings the most time to spend in the saddle. Days are longer and horse activities abound.…

5 months ago

Heat Stress in Horses

Warmer summer days can provide the ideal weather for leisurely rides on your favorite mount, but heat can take a…

6 months ago

Riding Your Horse on the Beach

Galloping along a sandy shore with the sound of hoofbeats and foamy waves crashing on the surf is a dream…

6 months ago

Photosensitization in Horses

If you live in an area where sunlight is plentiful and horses spend hours outside, you’ve most likely seen white…

2 years ago

Hoof Problems Caused by Fly Stomping

It’s summer. Just listen: tractors, songbirds, bullfrogs, and a chorus of earth-shaking hoof stomps are the sounds of summer around…

2 years ago

Anhidrosis in Horses

Anhidrosis is a fairly common problem for horses in hot and humid regions, but there is hope for keeping them…

2 years ago

Heat Risk: Managing Horse Health in Summer Months

When it comes to summer, hot weather has its own brand of risk factors for horses. Knowing what can possibly…

3 years ago

Making the Most of Summer with Horses

This winter, while I clenched my horse’s freezing metal bit between my thighs to warm it up for her, I…

3 years ago

Horse Health in the Summertime

Long summer evenings are perfect for leisurely after-work trail rides and schooling sessions. But even the idyllic summer season isn’t…

9 years ago