Feeding Hard-Keeping Horses During Summer
Janice L. Holland, PhD
June 28, 2026
If your horse struggles to keep weight on in summer, here’s how to safely increase his calories.
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If your horse struggles to keep weight on in summer, here’s how to safely increase his calories.
Electrolyte loss through sweat can lead to dehydration, fatigue, and poor recovery. Here’s how to support your horse’s health during work and warm weather.
Delaying treatment, letting horses get overweight, and other common mistakes can contribute to arthritis progression and affect comfort and performance over time.
Horses can (and will) find unique ways to injure themselves. In this article we’ll highlight 4 of the most common causes of sudden lameness.
Protecting your young horse’s musculoskeletal system can help reduce his risk of injuries later in life.
Find out how antioxidants support your horse’s overall health and how to ensure his diet provides enough of them.
Explore the causes of and treatments for this common muscular problem in horses, along with prevention methods.
Keeping competition horses well hydrated isn’t always easy. An equine nutritionist offers tips to help prevent dehydration.
Do you know what to do–and just as importantly, what not to do–if your horse displays vague, mild, or serious signs of what might be colic? Your answer could save your horse’s life. Sponsored by Kentucky Performance Products.
Degenerative suspensory ligament desmitis can cause progressive fetlock dropping and joint pain. Learn how veterinarians manage affected horses.
A sports medicine specialist looks at what could cause a Western dressage horse to travel haunches-in when loping to the right.
Traveling to horse shows (and clinics) can cause your horse stress and put him at risk for behavioral issues, gastric upset, and infectious disease.
Always treat wounds near joints as emergencies. An equine veterinarian explains why and what you can do to limit the risk of infection until the vet arrives.
Restoring muscle glycogen, rehydrating, and ensuring a horse’s diet offers enough vitamin E all help with recovery after strenuous exercise.
Learn about the challenges and unique needs of school horses and how to keep them sound for the long haul.
Find out what commonly applied practices horse owners and caretakers tend to overdo.
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