Poll Recap: Favorite Riding Season
Jennifer Whittle
November 7, 2017
Of the 795 respondents, 437 (55%) said fall is their favorite riding season.
Of the 795 respondents, 437 (55%) said fall is their favorite riding season.
Of the 336 respondents, 65 people (19%) said they planned to attend a Halloween horse show or event this year.
Of the 1,375 respondents, the vast majority said their horses get breakfast first in the mornings.
Of the 515 respondents, 232 (45%) said they use joint supplements to help keep their arthritic horses comfortable.
Of the 413 respondents, 219 (53%) said they have their horses’ shoes pulled for the winter months.
Readers said maintaining weight, osteoarthritis, and other lameness were their top senior horse care concerns.
Of the 854 respondents, 681 (80%) said their horses are currently vaccinated against rabies.
Of the 439 respondents, 348 (79%) said they’ve been horseless at some point in their life.
Of the 351 respondents, 174 (50%) said they live in an area where rattlesnakes and other venomous snakes are a concern.
Of the 263 respondents, 137 (52%) said they have an evacuation plan for their horses in case of a natural disaster.
Of the 755 respondents, 209 (28%) said foot-related lameness is their biggest equine lameness concern.
Of the 420 respondents, 349 people (83%) said they have rehabilitated an injured horse.
Of the 270 respondents, only 74 (27%) said they’ve had a horse tested for a genetic disorder or disease.
Of the 502 poll respondents, 224 (45%) said their biggest concern is keeping horses from overheating in the trailer.
Of the 392 respondents, 202 (52%) said they were or are a member of at least one equine youth organization.
Of the 630 respondents, 323 (51%) said they use fans to keep horse barns cool during the summer.
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