Horse Journal Monthly Newsletter Notes

…the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina. The herd was being maintained at just 60 horses, a number experts believed was insufficient to sustain the Corolla horses. They date…

Protecting Your Horse from Outbreaks

…horses in the United States. On January 5, equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy, or EHM, also referred to as neurological rhino, was confirmed in a mare in North Carolina1. In addition, as…

Book Review: Still Riding at 80

…with us the rest of our lives.” Hills lives in Massachusetts, as do the 20 elder horsepeople she interviewed. Dan and Carol Rice, who are both 77, ride and drive…

Strengthen Your Horse’s Feet By Pulling His Shoes

…veterinarians on lameness issues that require state-of-the-art therapeutic shoeing. Based in Chester County, Pennsylvania, he travels monthly to Aiken, South Carolina, and seasonally to Ocala and West Palm Beach, Florida….

Thanksgiving Weight Loss

…be gone by then, and we’ll be throwing out 50-pound hay bales for the next four or five months. –Mara Watson, South Carolina Tackle some put-off projects that will keep…

Your blanketing questions answered

…the blanket is warmer. When consistently covered, the horse’s body thinks it’s in a South Carolina mini-climate even if the reality is wintry Wisconsin. Blanketing also flattens the hairs, creating…

Oops! My Horse Stumbles!

…Lexington, Kentucky. Eventer Mark Weissbecker of Richmond, Massachusetts, and Southern Pines, North Carolina, has competed numerous horses at international levels, among them the 1990s stars Best Seller and Brevity and,…