Your blanketing questions answered

horse is overheated, and a blanketed horse sweats first beneath the material, then along the neck and behind the ears. Overheating typically occurs in horses turned out during warming daytime…

The Slaughter Debate: Solving the Puzzle

…educate horse owners, especially new horse owners, on the responsibility they’re taking on when they purchase a horse.” Other current education efforts in the industry include a handbook being published…

Ranch Horse Versatility

…www.americanranchhorse.net American Paint Horse Association: www.apha.com/ranchhorse American Quarter Horse Association: www.aqha.com/showing/divisions/versatility.html Rocky Mountain Quarter Horse Association: www.rmqha.com/recreational/ranch Southern Stockhorse Association: www.southernstockhorse.com Ranch Horse Association of America: www.rhaa.org Stock Horse of…

The Mustang

…American Indian Horse Registry (512) 398-6642 www.indianhorse.com American Sulphur Horse Association www.americanspanishsulphur.org American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (877) 853-4696 www.wildhorsepreservation.com Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary (605) 745-5955 www.gwtc.net/~iram/; www.wildmustangs.com Bureau…

Ponying a Horse

…Drive (never drag) the ponied horse forward and then gradually reposition him alongside the pony horse. Practice moving the ponied horse in every direction with the lead horse, in a…

A Pre-Flight Check Out

…this horse. Trainer’s Tip I Don’t Ride Bucking Horses If the horse bucks when the owner rides him, or if the owner reports that the horse occasionally bucks, I don’t…

Horse Vision and Eyesight

Good question. Myths about horse vision litter the ground like discarded betting stubs after the favorite loses a race. We are told that horses only see the world in black…