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What's Your Horse's Colic Risk?

Your horse never passes up a meal. In fact, at dinnertime he is always the first one at the pasture gate. Once in his stall, he never fails to position...

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Relieve Your Horse's Back Tightness with Massage

The muscles whose tightness is frequently a cause of these signs are the longissimus dorsi—the longest and largest muscles in your horse’s body and a powerful extensor of his spine—and...

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Raising the Base of the Horse's Neck

In the June 2010 EQUUS installment of Conformation Insights, Deb Bennett, PhD, discusses how a horse raises the base of his neck to produce an arch. In the exercise below,...

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Videos: Keep Your Horse's Back Loose, Swinging

Editor's note: In the September 2009 issue of Dressage Today, JJ Tate provides exercises to keep the horse's back loose and swinging. In the following videos, Tate trains Sacramento, a...

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Dressage Life: Check Horse's Mouth for Osteosarcoma

Horses have been in my life since I was a little girl. My parents couldn't afford lessons, so I made do with Breyer horses growing up. They galloped...

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Louise Serio: Improving Your Horse's Jumping

Beef up your flatwork. Begin by making sure your horse's hind end is always "in gear" when you work on the flat. Use whatever incentive is necessary -...

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The Source of a Horse's Bumpy Skin

Question: My 6-year-old Paint mare has dime-size bumps on either side of her back and a marble-size one on the right girth area. These bumps have become more noticeable in...

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Gymnastic Exercise to Soften Your Horse's Jaw

In this gymnastic exercise, you'll teach your horse to yield to the pressure of your inside rein so he: Lowers his poll. Softens in the jowl area (the crease where his head...

http://www.equisearch.com/horses_riding_training/english/dressage/softenjaw_092606/

How to Evaluate a Horse's Reining Potential

"Does my horse have reining potential?" I hear that question many times a year from customers who bring their horses to me for evaluation and possible training. Based on well...

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What Your Horse's Ears Tell You

For all the verbal chatter you may aim at your horse, the meaningful dialog between you and him is purely physical. From the most basic handling requests to the most...

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