Q: I have a 16-year-old gelding who I adore and plan to keep until the end of his life. My past experiences with old horses have been that overall muscle weakness compromised their ability to get around. Both of my other aged horses had some arthritis, but it was weakness that seemed to be the
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For more information please click here: Royal Equestrian – Eggbutt Flexi Soft (royalequestriancollection.com) Details Eggbutt Flexi Soft – a fantastic bit for sensitive mouthed horses. Bits with a flexible mouthpiece can be used on all horses, however, they are especially suited to young horses or horses with a sensitive mouth. The plastic is FDA approved,
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The Fjord horse, sometimes called the Norwegian Fjord Horse, has a distinctive appearance. This compact, hardy, mild-mannered horse may be small, but it’s strong enough to carry adults. The Fjord is a great choice for disciplines like dressage and driving, and if you’re looking for an equine partner who’s happy to go to work and
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Unicorns aren’t just a modern trend. Throughout history, unicorns have appeared in many Eastern and Western mythologies. But are unicorns real? Did they ever exist beyond people’s imaginations? Although there has never been any substantiated evidence, certain events have helped to fuel the myth of unicorns. What Is a Unicorn? Unicorn means “one horn.” Most often,
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As you stumble around a dark pasture with a flashlight on a winter evening, you may wonder how your horse manages with fewer hours of daylight. The answer is, “Very well.” For starters, horses have a higher ratio of rods to cones in their eyes than people do. Rods are specialized cells that are sensitive to
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Boarding a horse may seem like an expensive way to keep a horse, but compared to the purchase and upkeep of a property suitable for horses, it may be a little less expensive. For some people, the only way they can keep a horse is to board it at a stable. The cost of boarding your horse
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Horses have a much better sense of smell than we humans. If you’ve ever ridden a horse on the trail that dropped its head to sniff its way along because other horses have been on the same trail, you’ll know that they get much more information out of a smell than we do. They aren’t as
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As comebacks go, Bob Baffert couldn’t have asked for a better one than to win the $125,000 Los Alamitos Derby July 9 with High Connection .Dr. Ed Allred, owner of Los Alamitos Race Course, presented the trophy to Baffert, who recalled how many decades the two have known each other. “He gave me my first job, out of
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Q: Every winter, within a few weeks of putting blankets on my horse, he gets some type of crusty growth on his back—mostly along the top of his rump and hips. I think it may be rainrot. It’s too cold here to bathe him in the winter, so I’ve tried scrubbing the scabs off with a
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There’s a lot to not like on social media. And then there’s the delightful friendship between a horse named Coaster and his “emotional support goat” Buttercup. The duo have a devoted following on the popular platform TikTok, where short videos chronicle their day-to-day adventures and mutual love of gummy worms. Coaster, an 18-year-old Thoroughbred gelding,
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Is grass low in protein or high? What about carbohydrates and sugars? Let’s find out! What Nutrients Does Grass Contain? Horses can survive by eating a diet that consists entirely of grass, but many of us never stop to thing about what is in our horses pasture land. It is easy to underestimate the nutritional content
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It’s a question that many horse owners have pondered – just how do horses give birth? It can be hard to imagine how a full-size newborn foal was born, especially when you see those long legs! Let’s find out everything you need to know about how do horses give birth. How Do Horses Give Birth? The
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