
The Effects of Longeing on Your Horse’s Joints
Longeing horses in a controlled way and avoiding overlongeing could be the most effective ways to protect their joints.
Longeing horses in a controlled way and avoiding overlongeing could be the most effective ways to protect their joints.
Take a few simple precautions and management approaches to help your horse weather winter safely.
Cold, inclement weather and poor footing can create challenges for exercising horses during the winter. Here are some factors to keep in mind.
Experts share 15 tips for keeping you and your horse safe at both ends of the longe line. Read more in the Winter 2024 issue of The Horse.
A sports medicine specialist looks at what could cause a Western dressage horse to travel haunches-in during the right-lead canter.
Sacroiliac problems can affect any horse, potentially limiting performance abilities.
An equine sports medicine specialist shares how footing can impact soundness and offers footing selection advice.
Find out how you can keep your metabolically efficient horse healthy when he’s laid up with an injury or chronic illness.
The steps you take to care for your horse both immediately after a competition and once you’re back home are important to his athletic longevity.
Work closely with your veterinarian to regularly reevaluate your horse’s progress and determine the success of your horse’s rehabilitation program.
Protecting your young horse’s musculoskeletal system can help reduce his risk of injuries later in life.
Consider the horse’s lameness history and gradually increase varied exercises to manage these mounts, one veterinarian says.
Discover how to properly condition your mare before, during, and after her pregnancy.
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.
A nutritionist explains how meeting your sport horse’s dietary needs can help keep him healthy and performing his best.
Learn how young horses’ bodies adapt to exercise and how to prepare them for successful careers.
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