The Horse’s Mouth: Understanding the Soft Palate
An anatomical structure called the soft palate contributes to the horse’s inability to mouth-breathe.
View ArticleCan Supplements Boost Your Horse’s Brain?
Could the ingredients in human supplements also benefit a horse’s mental state and capacity?
View ArticleRings and Ridges: What Horse Hooves Reveal
Just as coat condition serves as an indication of health status in horses, changes in hooves may provide clues to a horse’s historical well-being.
View ArticleBalancing Warmth and Weight Gain in Easy Keepers
For many horses, the defense against cold is simple: free-choice access to good-quality forage. Is this the best tack for all horses, though, even easy keepers?
View ArticleEnvironmental Contaminants May Affect Foals, Mares
In a matter of mere minutes, a foal rushes forth from the protection of its dam’s uterus to a world full of microscopic organisms capable of wreaking mayhem on future health
View ArticleSeedy Toe in Horses: Nutrition Helps Hoof Health
Nutritional well-being plays a role in sound hoof growth.
View ArticleConfinement Weakens Bones in Horses
If a horse spends most of its life in a confined space, its bones may pay the price.
View ArticlePlan Ahead for Weaning Foals
Equine experts suggest that time and method of weaning could also impact the behavior of young horses.
View ArticleCondition Scoring of Horses: The Topline
Multiple factors affect the shape of the topline of horses, principally body condition or weight, individual conformation, and age.
View ArticleMeasuring Height and Weight of Foals
How can mare owners be sure their foals are growing to specs, fulfilling the genetic promise of their sires and dams?
View ArticleBy the Numbers: Important Broodmare Facts and Figures
Whether you are just starting to plan your mare’s next foal or if you are in the thick of foaling season, make sure you know the most important milestones, facts, and stats when counting the days until...
View ArticleFlip That Horse: 90 Days to Condition, Inside and Out
While thorough under saddle training can take years of consistent work, achieving a sales-photo bloom from within can occur in as little as a few months with appropriate care and conditioning.
View ArticleStall Vices Linked to Digestive Discomfort in Horses
The shift from migratory foraging to stationary meal-eating can cause disturbances in health and behavior.
View ArticlePreparing for an Orphan Foal
Foaling season leaves many mare owners worried about what will happen if a foal arrives to a mare with poor-quality or insufficient colostrum. What do you have planned if your mare cannot support her...
View ArticleJet Lag and Circadian Rhythms Affect Competition Horses
Equine athletes that travel by air to competitions face huge time and seasonal differences that might affect their health, their ability to adjust their circadian rhythms to new time zones and...
View ArticleAvoiding Sand Colic in Horses
The accumulation of sand in the gastrointestinal tract of horses can cause painful obstructions.
View ArticleCondition Scoring Horses: Focus on the Ribs
Because of the ease in locating and evaluating the ribs and the amount of fat covering them, this anatomical point factors importantly in arriving at an appropriate body condition score.
View ArticleThe Loft Runneth Over: Feeding Horses Leftover Hay
As grass begins to “green up,” horses wander further away from their hay piles and nip at succulent new grass. What are you going to do with the hay you have left in your loft?
View ArticleStereotypies in Pastured Horses: What, Why, What To Do
Even pastured horses get the blues. More specifically, pastured horses are prone to developing stereotypies such as cribbing, weaving, and eating bedding.
View ArticleNavigating the World of “Fast Food” for Horses
Busy horse owners with limited pasture rely more and more on preserved forages and commercial feeds to provide their horses a nutritious diet.
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