Don`t Feed A Weanling Like A Steer

…growth, tending to produce large, and fat, yearlings that appeal to halter judges and sales-ring buyers. As an outgrowth of this heavy grain feeding, manufacturers developed feeds that would deliver…

A Step Up

Horsemen are creatures of habit and slaves to tradition. We’re also a pretty macho lot, a genderless quality when applied to someone clinging to a playful yearling colt. We laugh…

Sesamoid Fracture Prognosis Favorable

…by the Rood and Riddle Hospital in Kentucky looked at the long-term outcome for 151 Thoroughbred weanlings and yearlings who had surgical removal of apical sesamoid fracture fragments. Of these…

The Mustang

…wondered what to do with Lookout, almost a yearling, and, like his sire, full of spirit and gentleness. Then one day in Bend, Oregon, her car brakes went out, and…

Focus Your Deworming Efforts

…necessarily need a modification of deworming, but they should at least be checked more frequently by fecals. undefined Foals to Yearling •Deworm mares within 12 hours of foaling, if possible….

Is Stallion Ownership for You?

…of marketing young horses, McCall also believes it is advantageous to leave a horse intact if you are taking him to a sale. “If you take a yearling gelding to…

Honey & Bran Mash

…the story. At the ripe old age of 27, Honey broke through a pasture fence and seduced a long yearling colt that belonged to a friend. Just one night and…