Horse Blanketing FAQs
Alexandra Beckstett
October 7, 2022
On or off? Hot or cold? Lightweight or heavyweight? We’ll answer these questions and more.
On or off? Hot or cold? Lightweight or heavyweight? We’ll answer these questions and more.
Dr. Andrew van Eps gives his advice for returning a previously laminitic horse to movement and exercise slowly.
A veterinarian describes how he formulates a rehabilitation plan for a horse recovering from an injury.
Controlled exercise, as discussed with your veterinarian, can be part of a successful rehabilitation program.
Young horses in work have different nutritional needs than their adult counterparts.
As tough as steamy summers can be on humans, they can be even harder on horses. Two veterinarians share tips on how to help your horse beat the heat this summer.
Feeding hard-working endurance horses is as much art as it is science. Our sources walk you through an endurance horse’s diet, from conditioning to post-race.
Here’s what to know about horse inspections, which are designed to evaluate the horse’s fitness to compete.
Measure and understand your horse’s unique exercise heat patterns so you can promote recovery and prevent heat stroke.
Learn about exhausted horse syndrome, its clinical signs and causes, and how to prevent and treat it.
Placing elastic therapeutic tape strategically on the skin might stimulate the underlying muscles and help horses recovering from back pain or injury.
Training horses in the spring and summer can present some challenges. Learn how your horse’s body adapts to exercise training, how he acclimates to spring and summer weather conditions, and what you can do to help him perform at his best.
Horses lose large quantities of sodium, potassium, and chloride, as well as smaller amounts of magnesium and calcium, through their sweat. Supplementation before work might help.
Researchers: Understanding the impact of early exercise on growing horses could help prevent bone fractures in the future.
Researchers found extra body fat causes movement asymmetries and affects horses’ performance on a chemical level.
Study: Working horses in moderately low-oxygen conditions—typical of slightly higher altitudes—could lead to more endurance and better race times for Thoroughbreds.
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