Haylie Pfeffer

Haylie Pfeffer, Digital Editor, holds a degree in equine studies with a concentration in communications and a minor in social media marketing. She is a Pennsylvania native and, as a horse owner herself, has a passion for helping owners provide the best care for their horses. When she is not writing or in the barn, she is spending time with her dog, Clementine.

Articles by: Haylie Pfeffer

Off-Season is the Season for Horse Trailer Maintenance

It’s important for horse owners to maintain their trailers during the off-season. USRider, national provider of roadside emergency assistance for horse owners, reminds equestrians to spend some time doing preventive trailer maintenance, not only

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Free as a Donkey: Runaway Equine Frustrating Owners

An exasperated farmer has tried for weeks to corral his runaway donkey. He tried coaxing her. He tried tranquilizing her. He even tried using a horse whisperer. But Jenny the donkey has proven to be elusive, evading capture and enduring bitter

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Maryland Caravan to Deliver Hay to Seized Horses

A caravan of 10 trailers will set out on Saturday (Feb. 17), carrying more than 480 donated hay bales to 72 horses seized from a Sharpsburg, Md., farm in early December.

The horses are in the custody of the Washington County Humane Society

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Volunteers Rescue Struggling Horse from Icy Mont. Pond

Several rescuers managed to pull a horse from a pond in Kalispell, Mont., where the animal struggled in the water after breaking through thin ice.

Jerry Fredericks glanced out the window of his home Saturday morning and saw the horse in the

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Woman Charged with Starving Deaths of Six Horses

A Columbia Falls, Mont., woman is to appear March 1 in District Court in the starvation deaths of at least six horses and severe malnourishment of two others.

A ninth horse is missing.

Tina Pickton, also known as Tina Houston, 32, is

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Temperature Believed to Have Impact on Polytrack

As officials and horsemen at Turfway Park work daily to find an optimum Polytrack surface for winter racing, there is growing sentiment the synthetic material is affected by temperature or swings in temperature.


Recently, horsemen have

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Horse Dies in Tenn. Barn Fire

A fire caused by a homeowner burning debris has destroyed a barn in Rutherford County, Tenn., killing the man’s 20-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse.

Kenneth Parker said he thought the scrap fire was out and had gone into his house yesterday

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