Horse Topline-Building Tips
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
May 26, 2025
These 6 steps can help transform your horse’s topline from underdeveloped to well-toned.
These 6 steps can help transform your horse’s topline from underdeveloped to well-toned.
Learn about the challenges and unique needs of school horses and how to keep them sound for the long haul. Read more in The Horse‘s Older Horse 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.
During the 2024 AAEP Kester News Hour experts shared new research on equine genetics, atrial fibrillation detection, neck pain, and updated EHV guidelines.
Do we underestimate the impact of ill-fitting tack on our horses? Learn how to recognize and address saddle fit problems.
Read about how veterinarians incorporate therapies such as acupuncture and PEMF to help your horse feel his best.
Find out how veterinarians diagnose and treat this complex condition.
Researchers now understand how 7 types of shoeing combinations affect movement in each area of the horse’s neck and back.
Read about 9 physical and behavioral reasons your horse might be kicking up his heels.
An equine nutrition expert addresses toplines, horse protein needs, and if whey is the way to go.
Even with better diagnostics and treatments, hands-on exams and movement assessments remain essential for finding the source of back pain in horses.
Learn how and why this approach is a cornerstone in the treatment of dorsal spinous process impingement.
Do you suspect your horse is lame? Here we’ll show you how to fine-tune your riding senses to recognize lameness when you’re on your horse.
Two veterinarians explain why horses develop hunter’s bumps and how to treat them.
Researchers found that aged horses with PPID (equine Cushing’s disease) might be at a higher risk of losing bone density, especially in non-weight-bearing bones.
Conformation, saddle fit, rider body weight, and training practices can all influence function—and dysfunction—in your horse’s topline.
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