Build Your Own Cross Country Fences

Designing cross country courses is an expensive and skilled business. In fact, equestrian facilities interested in building a competition course for their site are best advised to enroll the help…

Postcard from Jerez: Vaulting

Sept. 12, 2002 — The vaulters completed their first round of compulsory exercises in the brand new facilities at the Chapin venue. Thirty men, 45 women and 14 teams all…

Get Reliable Information

…therapy for animals as well as certifying bodies. Their listings should be your first stop. Objective publications like Horse Journal and studies published by research facilities, universities and independent testers…

Disaster Preparation for Pets and Horses

…unused blocks of stalls. (Have several options in different areas.) Says Dr. Michalke, “Establish a relationship with facilities outside your area before a crisis, and keep phone numbers and addresses…

This Stable Went Co-Op

The barn’s boarders were a close-knit bunch, most of them long-time students of head instructor Pat Kelly Jacobson. They shared a feeling that the facilities at Tara Equine Center-the airy…

Design a Top-Notch Deworming Program

…Does your horse nibble grass at other stables or public horse facilities-such as show grounds, fairgrounds, campgrounds, and/or highway rest stops-increasing his chances of ingesting parasite larvae? (Yes=5. No=0.) 4….

Bulletin Board: 05/01

…be subject to building storm-water facilities to prevent manure from washing into waterways. An organization in California called EnviroHorse is seeking input from horse owners to convince the EPA to…