Drop the Stirrups

Riders hate to hear it, but trainers and coaches keep saying it just the same: “Drop your stirrups.” While you might not like the soreness the day following the stirrup-free…

Essential Etiquette for Trail Rides

Do you know the many unspoken rules of etiquette for riding cross-country? If you want to be invited back—or even allowed on the property in the first place—you’d best be…

Fly Control

Fly season is upon us! Protect your horse from the irritating, disease-carrying pests with our carefully compiled strategies:  Credit: Nick Bradsworth/sxc.hu Don’t lose steam on your fight against flies. Read…

The Grain–Brain Connection

A recent study shows that horses on high-grain rations spent more time being alert for signs of danger than those on an all-hay diet. | © Dusty Perin A diet…

Equine Proud Flesh Problems

Proud flesh, which occurs when granulation tissue in normal healing mushrooms over the skin surrounding a wound, almost exclusively exists in wounds of the lower leg. | © Paula da…