How to Use Self-Carriage to Improve Your Horse

…of the horse is not sufficient. It is impossible to make general statements regarding how far or low a horse should be able to stretch because all horses differ in…

Stolen Horse Trailer Tips

…two-acre parking lot, I stood in the location where we had parked our horse trailer. As it began to dawn on me that our horse trailer had been stolen, I…

Breaking the Strangles Cycle

horses. Stress, such as long transports, heavy exercise, change in location, introduction to new horses, and other factors, can temporarily weaken a horse’s immune response, making it especially important to…

Trail Riding Regions: Where to Ride Guide

…Trail-Riding Destinations Lazy Horse Ranch, Pearce, (520) 221-0722; anne@lazyhorseranch.com Riding Vacations Arizona Horseback Experience, Tucson; (520) 455-5696; www.horsebackexperience.com Casa de Caballo; Hereford; (520) 803-6692 Hilltop Hideaway Riding Paradise, Chiricahua Mountains;…

Horse & Rider Magazine 2009 Articles Index

…19 “A Wider Show Gate,” (Palomino Horse Breeders Association), YHYL, Sept., pg. 18 “Ride a Better Horse,” (American Stock Horse Association), YHYL, Oct., pg. 20 “The Magic of Morgans,” (Grand…

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…

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…