A sports medicine specialist looks at what could cause a Western dressage horse to travel haunches-in during the right-lead canter.
Radiographic evidence reveals Western performance horses can develop fetlock bone stress similar to racehorses—likely from repetitive strain, not speed.
High-speed maneuvers and abrupt stops can take a toll. Learn how to help Western performance athletes stay sound and competitive in this article from The Horse‘s Summer 2025 issue.
Proper shoeing aligns with a horse’s conformation and job, enhancing natural abilities with minimal interference.
Learn about 4 common injuries veterinarians see in these athletes, how they diagnose them, and what treatments and rehabilitation methods they use.
Learn how champion Western riders select the perfect mount, train and condition him properly, and manage his health so he delivers his best in the show pen.
How to help performance horses of all types reach peak fitness.
No horse is perfect, and many with conformational flaws go on to compete successfully. What can you live with and how?
A research team used ultrasound to establish normal proximal suspensory ligament cross-sectional areas of cutting horses.
How do you build a nutritional program that supports your high-intensity equine athlete? Three experts share their advice.
Researchers measured the energy output of riders at a basic walk, jog, and lope; performing a reining pattern; and cutting.
PRCA Hall of Famer Douglas Corey, DVM, offered insight into rodeo horse care and welfare during the American Association of Equine Practitioner’s annual convention.
Do you have a cinchy horse? Follow this step-by-step advice to modify his behavior.
A deep branch lateral plantar neurectomy and fasciotomy procedure can get affected horses back to work.
One practitioner describes her diagnostic imaging decision-making process when assessing Western performance horse soundness during prepurchase exams.
Prevailing wisdom has been that Western disciplines are too physically demanding to allow athletes to return to work after arthroscopic stifle surgery. A study presented at the 2019 AAEP Convention found this isn’t necessarily the case.
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