Be part of the team, help us create the first ever National Horseracing College Calendar for 2021. From 1st to 31st October NHC is running a Calendar Competition to celebrate how well their horses work for them all year round and to raise funds for a few Christmas gifts for them. How creative you can…
Equestrian magazine The Horse’s Hoof has reached the end of its publication after 20 years, and is making its final issue free to all readers. The final issue includes articles by Carole Herder of Cavallo Hoof Boots, Dave MacDonald of Old Mac’s Hoof Boots and Scoot Boots, Dr Hiltrud Strasser, Dr Robert Cook, Anna Twinney,…
CAFRE will be delivering their online course, Managing Equine Health in November 2020. The course will be delivered completely online over a four week period. Participants can access the interactive lectures at a time and place which suits them during the scheduled course. The course will begin on Monday 9th November and will be live…
Extreme Mustang Makeover is a 13-year-old contest in which horse trainers compete at training mustangs. At the start, horses are untamed, and many have never been handled. Trainers vie to see who can take their horse the farthest, showcasing the horses’ versatility and usefulness for potential owners — and this year, they did it virtually.…
Fencing of grazing areas for equines falls into two categories – boundary fencing to prevent animals leaving the grazing area and internal fencing, which divides the grazing area into smaller sections to separate animals into specific groups.
Dr. Hilary Clayton offers advice on the best way to warmup and supple your horse at the beginning of your ride.
A new study confirms not only that horses remember caretakers they hadn’t seen in months, but that they even recognized photos of them.
The National Park Service Cape Lookout National Seashore is offering three lesson plan units in their wild horse curriculum that are free for everyone.
A treadmill study explored upper airway dynamics in horses, comparing the effects of a bitless bridle with that of a bridle fitted with a conventional snaffle bit.
We should not necessarily judge what ‘clothing’ our horses’ need based on how we feel for two very good reasons. The first is, of course, that the horse has a fur coat. The second is that due to its size, the horse does not lose heat as rapidly as we do. This means that at…