The act of one horse attacking another is called “savaging” and while not completely unheard of during the running of a race, it’s not exactly common. What is savaging in horse racing? savage: Noun and Verb (to savage)When a horse bites another horse or a person. scale of weights: Fixed Read more…
Lifetime Earnings. Lifetime Earnings (LTE) in National Cutting Horse Association shows are listed behind names in the pedigrees of sale horses . Produce Earners (PE) is listed after horses that have produced earners of that amount. What is a CL in horse breeding? CL: this stands for “corpus luteum”- the Read more…
The summer heat in Arizona can be very challenging for livestock, especially horses! During the summers, the temperatures start rising above 100 degrees. In these extreme conditions, you have to take extra care to ensure your horses are comfortable, happy, and healthy. What temp is too hot for horses? Avoid Read more…
grass pasture. Good-quality grass pasture is an excellent source of vitamin E in all natural forms. A horse that is sustaining itself on good-quality grass pasture will be consuming significantly more vitamin E than the NRC requirement. However, because vitamin E is not heat-stable, its levels in hay can decrease Read more…
Type 1 PSSM is a common cause for tie-up signs in Quarter Horses, Paints, Appaloosas, and warmbloods. PSSM can often be managed with diet and exercise changes but there is no cure or medication used to treat it. HYPP is an inherited muscle disease causing an abnormality in how muscle Read more…
The panel includes testing for GBED (glycogen branching enzyme deficiency), HERDA (hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia), HYPP (hyperkalemic periodic paralysis), MH (malignant hyperthermia) and PSSM (polysaccharide storage myopathy). What does HERDA do to horses? HERDA is a genetic disease in quarter horses and appaloosas, especially cutting horses. Signs of HERDA Read more…
Researchers have now named four deceased Quarter Horse stallions that were carriers and produced at least one affected HERDA foal; they are Dry Doc, Doc O’Lena, Great Pine, and Zippo Pine Bar. How do you tell if a horse has the HERDA? Signs of HERDA include stretchy skin, severe skin Read more…
Tying-up can occur during work, or within the rest period immediately following exercise. If a horse ties-up during work, stop further exercise, unsaddle and cool the horse down slowly by walking it for 2-3 minutes to lose heat and work the muscles gently without a load. What to do for Read more…
Morgans are known for having poor health and Acceleration; their Speed and Stamina are average, making them suitable for shorter journeys. Due to their small size, Morgans are extremely agile and maneuverable despite only having Standard handling. This makes them useful in dense forests and narrow mountain trails. Is Morgan Read more…
HERDA has an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance and affects stallions and mares in equal proportions. Research carried out in Dr. Danika Bannasch’s laboratory at the University of California, Davis, identified the mutation causing HERDA. HERDA is caused by a single base change in the gene PPIB (c. Is there Read more…