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Quick Fixes for Broken Tack on the Trail

Just as cars always seem to conk out when you're miles from a service station, so tack tends to break when you're nowhere near your barn. A busted buckle on...

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EquiSearch's Ask the Vet: Saddle Fit for Broken Withers

Question: I have a 6-year-old Oldenburg mare. During a trailer loading experience she fell over backwards after slipping on a patch of ice. She broke five of her sinuous...

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Treatment for Girth Galls

Girth galls -- open sores that form just behind a horse's elbow -- may look like minor wounds, but they can be enormously painful to a saddled horse....

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How to Settle Your Cinchy Horse

Step 1. Put safety first. Never tie your horse while you girth him up, or he could develop a dangerous pull-back problem. Position yourself in such a way that you...

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Saddle Up with the Right Cinch For Your Horse

The principle behind a cinch or girth for a horse is deceptively simple: Hold the horse saddle in place so that it's comfortable and safe for...

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"Blowing Up" a Girthing Myth

[/caption] You were probably told, in your earliest riding lessons, that a savvy school horse might hold his breath to expand his chest and make it difficult to tighten the girth---and...

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Tack Safety

[/caption] Avoid Murphy's Law I'm sure you are aware of Murphy's Law. You know, the one that states "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong". Well, with horses never a truer...

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Horse Weight Calculator

Holding a flexible plastic tape measure perpendicular to the ground, measure around your horse's heart girth--starting about 4 inches behind his front leg at the girth area, up over the...

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Cinch Checks

Riding with your cinch too loose can be a big problem for you, causing your saddle to slip; while fastening the cinch too tightly can cause a big problem...

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Flying-Change Fix at a Glance

[/caption] RECOVERY: As you land, put weight in heels; stretch leg down at girth; relax hips into saddle; bring upper body back; keep head, eyes up. HALF-HALT: Sit deep on outside (opposite...

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