Trailering Your Horse: The Movable Feast
- Topics: Air Quality, Article, Transport Stress, Water & Electrolytes
Alas not only are horses dedicated herbivores but the average horse trailer doesn’t fit that easily into a fast-food drive-thru. Other solutions must be sought. If you travel with your horse in tow whether it’s to the local Sunday morning gymkhana or all the way up the Alaska Highway you need to address his dietary needs. Doing so isn’t difficult fortunately–but it requires some care and preparation.
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Karen Briggs is the author of six books, including the recently updated Understanding Equine Nutrition as well as Understanding The Pony, both published by Eclipse Press. She’s written a few thousand articles on subjects ranging from guttural pouch infections to how to compost your manure. She is also a Canadian certified riding coach, an equine nutritionist, and works in media relations for the harness racing industry. She lives with her band of off-the-track Thoroughbreds on a farm near Guelph, Ontario, and dabbles in eventing.
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