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Horse-Camping Help: How to Bank a Pool
When you’re fortunate enough to horse-camp near a stream, bank an environmental pool. With a banked pool, you won’t have to wander up and down the stream bank | MORE
Be Water-Wise on Your Next Horse-Camping Trip
Your trail horse needs about 10 to 30 gallons of water per day to stay hydrated and healthy. You’re responsible for meeting his critical water needs, whether you | MORE
Explore Kananaskis Country
Destination: Moose Mountain Horseback Adventures, Bragg Creek, Alberta, Canada. Best time to go: June to September. Overview: This five-day pack trip took a group of intrepid riders into | MORE
Water-Crossing: How to Prevent Dizziness
“Don’t look at the water!” That was my father-in-law’s advice to my wife, Emily, as our horses picked across the rocky bottomed swift stream. The horse, Elmer, had | MORE
Trail-Ride into Old West History
Lincoln County, New Mexico, is a land embedded in history. Billy the Kid, Kit Carson, Black Jack Pershing, the Buffalo Soldiers, and the Apache all rode here. The | MORE
Control a Spook
A fine spring morning finds you and your horse trotting along a familiar trail. You’re feeling at one with your horse and the world around you, when suddenly | MORE
Horse Lameness Check
Lameness can be definitively diagnosed only by your veterinarian, but the detective work of the diagnosis is best performed as a team. A prognosis for a full and | MORE
Westfall Horsemanship: Trail-Safety Tips
Brush up on your trail-safety savvy! Here, world champion reining competitor and top clinician Stacy Westfall offers her top trail riding tips. Plus, she shows you an exercise | MORE
Ask Julie Goodnight: Your New Trail Horse
Q: How can I increase trust with my new horse on a new trail? I look forward to riding my new horse on the trail but our relationship | MORE
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