American Horse of the Year Horse of the Year Thoroughbred flat racing Country United States Website Eclipse Award What is a horse award? The National Pleasure Horse Awards recognizes horses that are consistent winners across the country at USEF Licensed Read more…
The most common types of injuries from horses are fractures, bruises, abrasions, sprains, strains, and concussions. Injuries from horses can also occur on the ground from being stepped on or kicked by the horse. What are the most common injuries Read more…
Feed him some treats, let him relax, and then return him – this should all happen within ten minutes or so. It’s even better if someone else can do the same with the other horse at the same time, so Read more…
If your horse constantly paces back and forth at the fence line, that is an important sign of loneliness. It may be that there are no other horses or animals at the barn and so it sticks to the outside Read more…
Using manure Use caution when spreading manure on pastures grazed by horses. Don’t spread manure on pastures if there are more than 1 horse per 2 acres. Spreading manure in heavily stocked pastures could result in increased parasite exposure. Spreading Read more…
Manure piles are prime breeding grounds for stable flies, face flies, houseflies and several other types. They can also become cozy burrowing sites for rats. Does manure get rid of rats? Cow manure is a natural rat killer when they Read more…
Gas in horses is most often caused by diet, confinement, fast changes in feed, stress, ulcers, or colic. It is critical to assess whether your horse also has bloat or is in pain as these are signs of a more Read more…
The horse stomach continuously secretes variable amounts of hydrochloric acid throughout the day and night and secretion of acid occurs without the presence of feed material. Foals secrete gastric acid as early as 2-days-of-age and acidity of the gastric fluid Read more…
Horse manure contains grass and grain fibers, minerals, shed cells, fats, water, and sand or grit, depending on the type of soil in which the hay or grass was grown, and the paddock or pasture on which the horse is Read more…
To those who have knowledge of recent scientific facts and vision; each wild horse is worth at least $72,000.00. Each wild horse deployed into and around remote forest and wilderness areas with depleted deer populations can abate 5.5 tons of Read more…