Letters: 04/06

…an area where I frequently see the breeding of unregistered mares with obvious conformation or behavior problems. The owner’s rational for breeding is usually so that they can “raise a…

The Slaughter Debate: Your Response

breeding, what’s the answer? And will breed associations, whose members produce hundreds of thousands of foals annually, go for it? When breeding volume goes down, so does their association income,…

How to Evaluate a Weanling

…and breeders alike, at all levels of the weanling market. If this is where you are, I’m here to offer a hand. In the breeding/training business I operate with my…

Protect Your Horse After He Sells

…clinics that encourage stallion owners to castrate their horses unless they’re intended for the breeding shed?thus helping to avoid accidental breedings that will produce unwanted foals. The UHC will help…

Dig Into Software`s Support And Upgrades

…individual horses, including basic information, training, veterinary and hoof care, with an emphasis on costs. It doesn’t track feed schedules. It will support pedigrees and breeding-horse schedules. It will also…

The Slaughter Debate: A Two-Sided Issue

…they won’t be able to get rid of their horses for meat. They are now breeding misery.” In fact, advocates on both sides of the slaughter issue agree that whether…

ES Exclusive: The Devon Horse Show

…jumpers, easily won the Leading Hunter Rider title, while earning the Grand Hunter Championship with Chopard, tops in the Regular Conformation Hunter section. And Kenny Wheeler, king of the breeding