3 to 4 months. How can I see if my feed is fresh? For freshness and palatability, it is recommended stores sell Triple Crown feeds within 3 to 4 months from date of production. How long is Triple Crown horse feed good for? 3-4 months*For best freshness and palatability, recommend Read more…
hoof pick. A hoof pick is used for this purpose. Some of the best hoof picks have a small stiff brush attached, which can be used to brush away loose dust and dirt after the majority of the mud or dirt has been removed. 1. How do horses clean their Read more…
It is recommended that hay pellets should not exceed more than 50% of the horse’s total forage portion of the diet. The minimum forage intake for most adult horses is 1.5—2.0% of their total body weight per day. Make all feeding changes gradually. Provide clean, fresh drinking water at all Read more…
Forage is the base of all horses’ diets, and all horses need at least 1% of their weight per day in a high quality forage such as grass, hay or alfalfa pellets. Should I feed my horse pellets? One of the benefits to pelleted feed over pasture or hay is Read more…
The pellets can be fed dry, but many horses prefer them to be soaked in water and fed as a mash. Do Timothy pellets have to be soaked? Feeding Directions: Stampede Timothy Grass pellets can be fed as is right out of the bag or they can be soaked to Read more…
IRAP® (INTERLEUKIN-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST PROTEIN) The irap®-therapy is based on the production of regenerative and anti-inflammatory proteins by the horse’s own blood cells. After processing, the resulting “Autologous Conditioned Serum” (ACS) is injected into the affected joint or inflamed tendon sheath. Which type of drug is injected into the tendon Read more…
The carpus is a compound joint composed of the radius and ulna proximally, 6 carpal bones, and the fused 3rd and 4th metacarpal bones distally. The carpal bones are arranged in 2 rows. The proximal row of the carpal bones consists of the accessory, ulnar, intermediate, and radial carpal bones. Read more…
Shoulder. The shoulder is the large bone that runs from the withers down to the chest. A well-sloped shoulder can indicate a horse that will have smooth gaits. Horses with more vertical shoulders can have choppier gaits. Where is the point of a horse’s shoulder? Withers: the highest point of Read more…
Some horses have been found to have small bony growths on the front of their skull, that historically have been considered may be the evolutionary remains of ‘horns’. They are small bumps on the forehead above the eyes, small in size, maybe as big as a 10p piece. Is there Read more…
Those numbers translate to 6.73 to 8.39 inches, and a mean of 7.58 inches. So, some of the horses in the most grueling endurance ride in America have cannon bones a quarter inch smaller than the Connemara minimum requirement. How do you measure a horse’s cannon bone? Left Fore Cannon Read more…