All aspects of caring for performance horses
Assessing a horse’s limbs, feet, and body can help you and your veterinarian identify anatomical traits that could end up being performance-affecting liabilities.
Learn about common joint issues in horses and current preventive and therapeutic approaches.
Find out how coffin bone fractures happen and how to prevent them from becoming career-ending injuries.
Two experts describe this degenerative suspensory ligament condition in horses and what new information researchers are learning about it.
Take a few simple precautions and management approaches to help your horse weather winter safely.
In this podcast excerpt Dr. Beau Whitaker explains how veterinarians choose the right joint injection product for each horse.
Find out how to safely feed horses fat and if it’s a good weight-gain solution.
Is your horse’s hay meeting his nutritional, health, and welfare needs? Learn how to make informed forage decisions.
Review the latest research findings on how different horseshoes affect the hoof and a horse’s gait.
In this podcast excerpt Dr. JD Conway explains how veterinarians might be able to slow the progression of equine joint disease.
What causes delayed-onset muscle soreness in horses, and what does its occurrence tell us about our horses’ fitness levels? Learn more in the Winter 2025 issue of The Horse.
Here’s how one veterinarian manages horses diagnosed with navicular syndrome to keep them comfortable in a performance career.
A look back at what scientists have recently learned about pain management in horses.
If your horse is acting naughty when handled or ridden, he might be trying to avoid pain somewhere in his body.
An equine nutritionist explains how different energy sources function in your horse’s feed and how to incorporate them to improve his performance.
Biometric sensors and other technologies are reshaping how we monitor horse health and performance across various disciplines.
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