By Reese Koffler Stanfield, USDF gold medalist, FEI-certified instructor, owner of Maplecrest Farm Every riding horse needs to be able to stop and go when told. I teach all my horses that whoa means whoa, whether I am on the ground or in the saddle. No ifs, ands, or…
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Slurp, slurp, nibble, nibble, slurp… I really do love my breakfast. I had a run-in with a little issue called choke a few years back, so now I get porridge for…
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By Lisa Barry, FEI 5* Rider and Trainer. Need to have a school over brush jump but don’t have access to any? Or maybe…
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Now that I am fully retired, I have plenty of time to sit around and remember all the great times I have had. Like in 2011 when I flew around…
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Click here to download a print version of this infographic. Text-only version of “Summer Games® Plus: What’s Inside the Tube?”...
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Let me share a little secret with you. Humans love to give out treats. Take my mom, for example. I see her coming and I make a beeline to the…
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Routine vaccinations considered essential during COVID-19 pandemic The Infectious Disease Committee of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) has...
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In healthy joints, the ends of the bones are coated with a thin layer of friction-reducing tissue known as articular...
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Well, this entire grazing issue is really heating up. My mom REALLY wants me to go out and eat grass every day. She says it is good for me, full of vitamins and minerals and healthy calories.
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Electrolytes are a group of minerals that perform critical functions in the horse’s body. They are sodium (Na), potassium (K),...
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I love my stall, I adore it, I can’t put into words how much I love my stall. I get really upset when I can’t get in my stall. Some horses don’t like being in their stalls, but that is NOT my problem…
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You know I am retired now, so I have a lot of time to think back on my glory days. I was amazing! (If I do say so myself.) When my mom starts talking about how special I am…
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I heard some of you were concerned about me last night because it was freezing here in Kentucky. No need to worry…
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Feeding directions are an important place to start. As human beings, we have the ability to manage our own daily...
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I knew it was just a matter of time before they asked me to tell my life story. After all, I have had quite an interesting life. Four different careers, lots of excitement, and plenty of hard times…
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COVID-19 has taken over what we horse people know as normal and we’re having to call this strange limbo our new reality. How does one decide how to train their horses with no competitions…
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By Reese Koffler Stanfield, USDF gold medalist, FEI-certified instructor, owner of Maplecrest Farm. There is nothing worse than dealing with skin crud. To limit your horse’s exposure to the pathogens that cause skin disease, take a few easy steps:
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By Lisa Barry, FEI 5* Rider and Trainer. Are you sick of sending your blankets away to get professionally cleaned and spending a fortune on it?? Invest in a…
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Click here to download a print version of this infographic. Text-only version of “How to Test Your Hay” All horses...
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Click here to download a print version of this infographic. Text-only version of “Hay Management for Horses with Equine Metabolic...
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Click here to download a print version of this infographic. Text-only version of “Factors That Affect NSC Levels in Hay”...
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Busted: While organic grains are free of some pesticides and other chemicals, plain grains do not provide balanced nutrition to...
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Article re-posted with kind permission by Equine Guelph: http://equineguelph.ca/index.php Preparing for the pitter patter of tiny hooves? Here is a great...
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