Stall bedding materials range from woodchips to manufactured pellets to traditional straw, as well as many other regional options. Choosing one that’s right for your horses depends several factors.
Is your horse getting enough sleep? New research into the lying patterns of horses has uncovered that 20 per cent of horses are only lying down for less than one hour in a 24-hour period. More worryingly, nine per cent of horses only lie down for less than 30 minutes, putting them at significant risk…
Girthiness is a frustrating and challenging problem for horse owners to deal with, causing normally placid and well-mannered horses to get upset as the girth is tightened.
Many horse owners realize that their horse’s welfare is about more than having food, water and appropriate shelter. The horse’s emotional well-being, also known as their quality of life, is an important piece of the welfare puzzle.
Calling all horse crazy kids in Canada—it’s time for the annual Royal Canadian Mounted Police Name the Foal Contest! Contestants must live in Canada and be 14 years old or younger. Winning names will be chosen by the RCMP Musical Ride and Heritage Branch. Up to 10 winners will be selected from across Canada. And…
Enter this Blaze Kids Magazine contest! Send them your best t-shirt design that horse-crazy kids would love to wear. Your design can be a horse slogan, or a real-life picture or a carton… serious or funny. The top 10 Horsey T-Shirt Design Contest winners will receive an awesome gift prize from Blaze. Contest deadline: April…
A free online tool developed by scientists enables riders to benchmark their horses against thousands of others in terms of welfare, training and behaviour. On completion of the questionnaire, contributors will receive a graph that compares their horse with 1000s of other horses across various different categories. They will also receive a private dashboard where…
Research carried out by Naomi Hartmann and Linda Greening in the Equine Science Department of Hartpury University examined the effect of playing classical music to horses at night.
Schools and colleges over the U.S. offer plenty of ways to engage with horses all through advanced education. Here’s a list of eight top schools offering an assortment of equine encounters.
To better monitor the activities of the Przewalski’s horse population in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, researchers are using satellite technology to monitor the living conditions of the species as winter settles in.