By Reese Koffler Stanfield, USDF gold medalist, FEI-certified instructor, owner of Maplecrest Farm. It is amazing how many riders forget to breathe, especially when they are competing in the ring! Holding your breath creates tension…
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Looking for low-sugar treats for your horse? Try these fruits, but remember, all things in moderation and introduce new treats...
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By Lisa Barry, FEI 5* Rider and Trainer. Go back to basics and make your exercises simple. Start with just poles on the ground and gradually build up…
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Bugs? What bugs? Horses are hindgut fermenters. In other words, the hindgut portion of your horse’s digestive tract contains millions...
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By Joe and Penny Most, equine clinicians and owners of Perfect Partners Equine. All of the maneuvers we ask our horses to perform originated with either war horses or ranch horses. These movements were…
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You just received your first bucket of a new supplement and you can’t wait to start feeding it. You open...
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By Reese Koffler Stanfield, USDF gold medalist, FEI-certified instructor, owner of Maplecrest Farm. The best way to improve your riding is to always be positive when you’re working with your horse. Horses are extremely…
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Interesting fact: Water makes up about 65% of a mature horse’s body weight. For a 15.2-hand, 1,000-pound horse, that amounts...
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By Lisa Barry, FEI 5* Rider and Trainer. Want your horses to eat out of hay nets to slow them down, but struggle to get the hay in the net? Put the hay net in a muck tub, just like…
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As some of you know, I’ve grown up riding and training all my horses essentially from scratch. I’ve had a wide assortment of talent and level of hotness. None of them have been all that easy but that’s what makes riders well-rounded, right?!
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In Clarifying Carbohydrates Part I, we reviewed simple carbohydrates and in Clarifying Carbohydtrates Part II we looked at rapidly fermentable carbohydrates. This Nutritional Minute describes slowly fermentable carbohydrates (fiber) and discusses the concerns associated with all carbohydrates in the equine diet.
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There are many types of carbohydrates in equine diets, including simple carbohydrates, rapidly fermentable carbohydrates, and complex, slowly fermentable carbohydrates. Your horse digests each type of carbohydrate differently. Some types of carbs are better for your horse than others. Click here for Clarifying Carbohydrates Part I for information on simple carbs. This time we will reviewing rapidly fermentable carbs.
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There are three different types of carbohydrates utilized by horses: simple sugars and starches, rapidly fermentable carbohydrates, and structural carbohydrates. This part of our series will deal with simple sugars and starches.
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The far-reaching effects of vitamin E in equine nutrition are well known. Vitamin E plays imperative roles in immune, cardiovascular,...
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By Joe and Penny Most, equine clinicians and owners of Perfect Partners Equine. So many times we feel as though we don’t get to spend enough time with our horse, either riding or working on our relationship. With our jobs and living life, it is sometimes hard to have…
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Text-only version of “Micro-Phase™: What’s Inside the Bucket” Vitamins and minerals play an important role in almost every system in...
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By Reese Koffler Stanfield, USDF gold medalist, FEI-certified instructor, owner of Maplecrest Farm. Trailers are a big investment, so it is worth your time and money to take good care of them. Before you hit the road for the season, arrange to take your trailer…
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By Lisa Barry, FEI 5* Rider and Trainer. Mix a travel size bottle of hairspray with water in a ratio of 1 part hairspray to 4 parts water, and put it in a small spray bottle. It will give you just enough stick to help make your braids beautiful without breaking the bank!
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When riding young horses it’s a journey of ups and downs. Last blog, I wrote about how thrilled I was with a certain young horse of mine. This blog, I’m writing about hitting the dirt off of that very same horse. In general with young horses, especially ones off the track that come with baggage…
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By Joe and Penny Most, equine clinicians and owners of Perfect Partners Equine. Horses can be finicky drinkers, especially in the winter and when traveling. For our horses we use electrolytes daily in their feed to encourage them to drink. Oftentimes when a new supplement…
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By Reese Koffler Stanfield, USDF gold medalist, FEI-certified instructor, owner of Maplecrest Farm. The days are getting warmer and the show season is just around the corner. Empty out your show box and…
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It is that time of the year—the cold, gray winter is transforming into a warm, sunny spring and the grass...
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By Lisa Barry, FEI 3* Rider and Trainer. Try adding 3 or 4 packets of powdered dexamethasone to a normal…
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