Put the Horse Before the Horse Cart
…the horse moves around you on a long rope. By staying behind the horse’s withers, you push the horse forward, using the horse’s driving instinct-the same instinct that will eventually…
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Architecture of the Equine Digestive System
…cattle are better able than horses to utilize poor quality hay. Now we enter the horse’s stomach. As I mentioned before, the horse has a ?monogastric stomach, meaning a single…
Benefits in Economic Stimulus Act for Horse Industry
…the horse industry in Washington, D.C., the AHC works daily to represent equine interests and opportunities. Organized in 1969, the AHC promotes and protects the industry by communicating with Congress,…
AYHC Recognizes Leadership in the Youth Horse Industry
April 1, 2009 — Strong adult and peer leadership are the backbone of the youth-horse industry and vital in transforming today’s youth into tomorrow’s leaders. The American Youth Horse Council’s…
Winter Care and Feeding
…can contribute to skin irritation and infections. Horse with blanket It is equally important that blankets fit the horse. Many horses develop rubs or sores on the point of their…
AQHA: Common Horse Health Issues
…animals from bothering the horse. Don’t: Force the horse to move. Symptom: Horse is down and refuses to get up. What It Means: Horse is either in a lot of…
Develop Your Dressage Horse’s Topline
…puzzle, there are rider pieces, horse conformation pieces, horse-reaction pieces, interpretation-of-aids pieces, temperament pieces and your horse’s heart or his willingness-to-please pieces. All of these physical, mental and emotional puzzle…
Transitions, the Secret to Balanced Riding
…the correct training one way or another. If you train well, you make an average horse into a good horse, and a good horse into a better horse and a…
Equestrian Organizations Endorse National Welfare Code of Practice
…community that the horse industry “Puts the Horse First.” “We fully support the AHC Welfare Code of Practice and encourage everyone associated with the horse to abide by its principles,”…
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…