The Photography of Robert Vavra

…has explored the photographic montage-multiple images superimposed or juxtaposed to achieve still more dramatic visuals. In Vavra’s Horses and Horses of the Sun, the reader beholds horses within horses, horses…

Laminitis In Pregnant Mares

…people and may well be what is going on in these mares, too, a situation similar to grass founder and/or laminitis in overweight, cresty horses and ponies. Juliana was an…

WEG: Katherine Brunjes — U.S. Endurance

Horse: Ali Darnkess, 12-year-old, chestnut, Arabian Owner: Kathy and Janet Brunjes Home: Bethel, ME Born: March 23, 1953 Katherine Brunjes has been riding for over 40 years and competing in…

Let The 2002 World Games Begin!

…WEG, a concept that premiered in 1990. Don’t, however, forget either the frailty of horses or that during competition, anything can happen–and often does. Perhaps the most predictable of all…

Start Simple And Work Up

It’s a medicine basic: Look for the simple problems first. For instance, if your horse starts to limp, check first for a rock in his hoof. However, when your horse

Light Horsekeeping

horsekeeping. It starts in the garden, with shears and a cardboard box for the clippings. Then we move to the horse yard (we being little Joe in his stroller, and,…

Trekking New Zealand

…16-year-old daughter, gathered together because of our love of horses and the outdoors. We are on a multi-day trek and Cheryl is our guide and owner of Western Ranges Horse

Does Loving Horse Tack Make You Tacky?

…president of Hobby Horse Clothing Company, a show apparel manufacturer, and also the caretaker of an assortment of lawn ornaments including a Paint, a Quarter horse and an antique Arabian….

Horse Saddle Buying Guide

…width of the gullet. All horses’ backs are not created equal, ranging from the prominent withers of the Thoroughbred to the rounded, mutton withers often seen in Arabians and Quarter…