The Perfect Small Boarding Barn

…or four horses years before, in cooperation with a neighbor whose barn I shared. I had further knowledge gleaned from the myriad equine experts I’ve been privileged to interview and…

Final Postcard from 2003 Fair Hill

…participated before the jumping. All the squads were led in by contingents of mounted pony clubbers, and that gave Darren pause. His stallion, who is also used for breeding, “has…

Married with Horses: The Clothes Make the Horse

…is. Rachael had spent years breeding Arabians. I theorize that the horses’ hot behavior rubbed off on her. Who knows? Maybe Rachael just needed more turnout time and less protein….

Horse Sheath Cleaners

The sheath of the male horse is a pocket of skin that houses and protects the penis when the horse isn’t breeding or urinating. It’s lined by glands that secrete…

Tips and Insights from Courtney King

breeding stallion. DT: When you got Idocus back, how did you prepare him to get back into competition? CK: The first year was rough and wasn’t looking promising. I believed…

Ask Horse Journal: 02/99

…I had hopes of using her for dressage and then breeding her. I have had enough experience with navicular to recognize its symptoms — lameness on a small circle and…

Tail Knots Step-By-Step

…Joan and Robbie Schroeder started Schroeder Ranch in Gainesville, Texas, and they’ve grown their business from six stalls to a full-time breeding and training operation with more than 100 stalls….

‘Go Green’ in Your Horse Pasture

…pesticides and removing toxic herbicides. 1. Limit pesticide use by controlling fly and mosquito populations through management. Dump out any stagnant, standing water to reduce breeding grounds for biting bugs….