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Can Shoeing Improve How Show Horses Move?

Mike Pownall, DVM, MBA January 22, 2025

Proper shoeing aligns with a horse’s conformation and job, enhancing natural abilities with minimal interference.

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Crooked Lope: Training Issue or Lameness?

Erin Contino, DVM, Dipl. ACVSMR October 8, 2024

A sports medicine specialist looks at what could cause a Western dressage horse to travel haunches-in during the right-lead canter.

Sidelined: 4 Common Injuries in Western Performance Horses

Erica Larson June 26, 2024

Learn about 4 common injuries veterinarians see in these athletes, how they diagnose them, and what treatments and rehabilitation methods they use.

Health Care for Western Performance Horses

Tracy Gantz June 10, 2024

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.

Condition Your Horse Like a Pro

Nancy S. Loving, DVM February 7, 2024

How to help performance horses of all types reach peak fitness.

veterinarian injuries; The Conformationally Challenged Athlete

The Conformationally Challenged Equine Athlete

Nancy S. Loving, DVM July 1, 2023

No horse is perfect, and many with conformational flaws go on to compete successfully. What can you live with and how?

Evaluating the Suspensory Ligament in Cutting Horses

Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc March 3, 2023

A research team used ultrasound to establish normal proximal suspensory ligament cross-sectional areas of cutting horses.

Is Synovial Fluid Toxic to Horse Tendons

Feeding the Anaerobic Equine Athlete

Katie Navarra July 21, 2022

How do you build a nutritional program that supports your high-intensity equine athlete? Three experts share their advice.

Study: Western Riding Offers Riders a Good Physical Workout

Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA March 31, 2022

Researchers measured the energy output of riders at a basic walk, jog, and lope; performing a reining pattern; and cutting.

Veterinarian: Pro Rodeo Boasts 99.9% Animal Safety Record

Betsy Lynch January 21, 2021

PRCA Hall of Famer Douglas Corey, DVM, offered insight into rodeo horse care and welfare during the American Association of Equine Practitioner’s annual convention.

Help for a Girthy Horse

Angelo Telatin, MS August 24, 2020

Do you have a cinchy horse? Follow this step-by-step advice to modify his behavior.

2-in-1 Suspensory Desmitis Surgery Restores Western Performance Horses

Betsy Lynch March 25, 2020

A deep branch lateral plantar neurectomy and fasciotomy procedure can get affected horses back to work.

Diagnostic Imaging in Western Horse PPEs: Fifty Shades of Gray

Betsy Lynch February 26, 2020

One practitioner describes her diagnostic imaging decision-making process when assessing Western performance horse soundness during prepurchase exams.

Getting Western Horses Back to Work After Stifle Surgery

Betsy Lynch December 11, 2019

Prevailing wisdom has been that Western disciplines are too physically demanding to allow athletes to return to work after arthroscopic stifle surgery. A study presented at the 2019 AAEP Convention found this isn’t necessarily the case.

FEI Votes to Maintain Reining, Works Agreement With NRHA

Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA November 19, 2019

The two bodies have differing rules regarding horse age, medication use, and warm-up practices.

An Introduction to Slide Plates

Katie Navarra September 18, 2019

Reining horses and those competing in other cattle events often wear slide plates. These specialized hind shoes allow them to slide while reducing joint stress.