Many horse owners these days elect to feed supplements in addition to traditional forages and grain. Covering a wide spectrum of equine health, they offer to affect your horse’s weight, coat condition, joints, feet, breathingContinue reading
Category: Horse Management
How to Buy a New Horse Blanket
Do Make Sure Last Year’s Blankets are Cleaned and Repaired Now that winter is slowly and inevitably on the way, it’s time to open up those storage containers and take inventory of blankets, weights, sizesContinue reading
Easy storage solutions for horse blankets
After sorting through my blankets, I realized I had a whole pile that needed seasonal storage (ie, fly sheets and light summer sheets for one season, heavy winter blankets and thick coolers for the other).Continue reading
Conformation for Event Horses
When it comes to equine conformation, many experts agree that a horse’s conformation dictates its performance in the discipline in which it performs. A digital article (originally published in Horse Sport magazine) written by Judy WardropContinue reading
Want to make mucking easier? Try electric wheelbarrows
Interested in saving time while mucking stalls? As any farm owner or commercial stable manager will tell you, getting the stalls clean and fresh can be a very physically repetitive and time-consuming task. While readingContinue reading
How to wash Back on Track horse products
If you are like me, you are constantly looking for ways to improve your horse’s performance (or keep them healthy and sound!) While there are a wide variety of alternative therapies available to horse owners,Continue reading
Blanketing horses for winter
In many parts of the country, weather has been changing and growing cooler. Time for winter! While many owners may pull out the first blanket that may suit the temperature, there are additional factors toContinue reading
Keeping horses cool in the hot summer
When the humidex begins to reach above the 100*f mark, you know it’s hot out. The air gets still and heavy, and it seems like there is no escape from the hot temperatures. But whatContinue reading
How to ship a saddle
With wonderful websites like Ebay.com and UsedSaddles.com, it gives owners and riders more options than ever to buy saddles from across the state, country or even internationally. There are a lot of advantages including costContinue reading
Horse physiology and saddle fitting
Many saddle fitting books and videos focus on the fit of the saddle to the horse. I particularly like this video because it focuses on the horse; his individual shape and musculature. Dr. Joanna RobsonContinue reading
Saddle shopping online
If you are in the market for a new saddle, try Fine-Used-Saddles.com for used high-end and luxury saddles including Devoucoux, Butet, Antares, Delgrange (PJ Saddles), CWD, Hermes, and Luc Childeric. Some additional premium brands includeContinue reading
Equine nutrition: Myth busters!
Here is an excellent site published by the Agriculture and Rural Development division of the Government of Alberta, written by Lori K. Warren, Ph.D., P.A.S. It examines popular myths in the equine industry regarding feedingContinue reading
Make your own winter blankets
As summer is winding down, it is apparent that winter will eventually be on its way. It is beneficial to take advantage of the moderate temperatures and take out last year’s winter blankets and inspectContinue reading