True horsemen treat every horse as an individual. Along with all aspects of their care, nutrition routines are carefully calibrated. Body type and tendencies, intensity of work, food sensitivities and temperament are all considered, and
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One of the most exciting parts of being a part of the Strides for Equality Equestrians (SEE) team is having the opportunity and privilege to work with a group of likeminded, individually talented people who
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by PURA (@philadelphiaurbanridingacademy) The latest movie hit to top the charts on Netflix brings horses into the mainstream through the lens of Concrete Cowboy, a movie centering
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Today I traded my white jeans for a pair of britches and a stock tie (I had no idea how to tie it). Thank you Wendy and the Cheshire Hunt for an incredible day! Posted
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The CREW Urban Youth Equestrians is scheduling lessons! It was a big day welcoming our first two CREW members. We had So.Much.Fun!! We cannot wait to travel this path with these youth and see where
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by OYES Equestrian Scholarship (@oyesequestrian) The Optimum Youth Equestrian Scholarship (OYES), currently in its third round of applications since launching in 2020, aims to provide more opportunity
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I spied a photo this week of this cool new sticker available from Haybales & Barbells. It’s so crazy to think of how far we’ve come from the days of little or no diversity to
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Young eventer Nicole Timm is coming up on her third anniversary with Primitive Popeye, whose flashy good looks reflect his unique mix of Thoroughbred, Shire and American Paint Horse blood. From his one blue eye
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Happy holidays! We are ready to welcome 2021 with open arms and say a hearty farewell to 2020. Thank you, all, for submitting your horsey holiday traditions for a chance to win some awesome prize
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Much has changed for Charlotte Dujardin since her dominance with Valegro on the international dressage stage made her that rare equestrian: a household name well beyond it. The Olympic, World Equestrian Games, World Cup and
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Like most horse owners in Northern California, Haygain ambassador Lauren Billys Shady has been through the ringer during a wildfire season that started early and shows no signs of letting up. In late August, she
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Stall flooring isn’t the sexiest subject among the many considerations in building or updating a barn. But leave it to the last at your peril, counsels renowned barn architect John Blackburn. As the title of
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As the source of 50 to 90 percent of a normal, healthy horse’s nutritional needs, hay warrants careful consideration. Yet, there is a lot of confusion over what, exactly, defines “good” hay. Nutrient content and
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The mention of Marguerite Henry’s Misty of Chincoteague novels beams many equestrians back to their childhood dreams. As the protagonists of the 1950s tales, these hearty, feral ponies roamed Virginia and Maryland’s Assateague Island before going onto
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Slider, a mixed-breed steer; Ramona, a San Clemente Island goat; and Nataani, a Navajo-Churro sheep have Ben, a geriatric Quarter Horse, to thank for the supportive, comfortable surface on which they spend their nights. They
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“Respiratory health is essential to performance,” stresses Dr. Emmanuelle Van Erck Westergren of a key focus at her Equine Sports Medicine Practice in Waterloo, Belgium. The prominent veterinarian and thought leader spent 15 years engaged
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Competition has resumed in much of the United States and schooling shows and clinics are cropping up on Canadian calendars. Yet, the school horses who likely put riders on their equestrian path in the first
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The horse world is cautiously getting back on the road as competitions re-emerge on June calendars. Productive horse people likely spent some of the pandemic doing horse trailer maintenance: checking breaks, tires, interiors, hitches and
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Top riders leave nothing to chance when it comes to their equine athletes’ well-being. It’s no surprise that respiratory and digestive health rank among their top concerns, and many have adopted Haygain hay steamers into
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Get your game face on, because Equestrian Marketing Firm Athletux has partnered with EN’s awesome sponsor Haygain to give away a HG One Hay Steamer for this week’s edition of #TakeHomeTuesday.
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It’s widely known in the equestrian world that horsemanship skills and horse sense in a business context don’t always go together. They do at Whillans Equine, where 24-year-old hunter/jumper trainer and barn owner Emma Whillan’s
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The recent warm weather suggests that spring is here – along with daffodils, rich spring grass and an increased concern about laminitis. Managing horses and ponies prone to or at risk of laminitis will be
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By Drs. Kathleen Ivester and Laurent Couetil, Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine For nearly as long as horses have been domesticated, the relationship between barn confinement and respiratory disease in the horse has been recognized. This relationship is
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