
Nutrition and Recovery for Eventing (and Other Hard-Working) Horses
Restoring muscle glycogen, rehydrating, and ensuring a horse’s diet offers enough vitamin E all help with recovery after strenuous exercise.
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Restoring muscle glycogen, rehydrating, and ensuring a horse’s diet offers enough vitamin E all help with recovery after strenuous exercise.

Researchers found younger or less experienced riders were more likely to punish horses after disqualification—but said education could improve welfare and performance.

See how mares have become champions at the highest levels of dressage, show jumping, and 3-day eventing in this article from The Horse‘s Summer 2025 issue.

In any discipline cross-training is the key to keeping a horse’s neck and back healthy, says Dr. Kevin Haussler of Colorado State University.

Could artificial intelligence help determine if horses are sound to compete during a 3-day event? Find out what experts think.

Driving horses, whether pulling a plow, going for a pleasure drive, or competing, face health considerations similar to and distinct from those of typical sport horses.

How does an FEI steward secure equine welfare at the highest levels of the sport? We caught up with one to find out.

An equine sports medicine specialist shares how footing can impact soundness and offers footing selection advice.

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.

Higher-ranking international dressage riders were more likely to ride horses behind the vertical in warmup and competition, and mounts showed more conflict behaviors.

Artificial intelligence technology might be able to assist veterinarians in making recommendations to riders about their horse’s performance.

The cross-country phase of eventing comes with risk, but new research aims to keep horses and riders safer.

How do you build a nutritional program that supports your high-intensity equine athlete? Three experts share their advice.

Learn about the best trimming and shoeing practices to ensure your horse stays sound while traveling the trails.

They found that at the elite level, horses and riders are more likely to have faults at combinations, water verticals, and fences later on course.

To better understand the piaffe and its effects on a horse’s biomechanics, researchers investigate the ground reaction forces of elite dressage horses performing the movement over pressure plates.
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