While a conscientious training program, adequate turnout and regular exercise can help keep a horse more steady, there are feeding strategies that can help.
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Feeding small meals many times per day provides horses with a slow and constant intake of feed, which is how their digestive tract has naturally evolved.
A foal is reliant on the mare for its nutritional needs for up to 17 months during pregnancy and while nursing, so its dam's diet is crucial.
Everyone knows ponies are “special” in their own right, but they also require some special nutrition guidelines, this article highlights those guidelines.
In this article equine nutritionist Shannon Pratt-Phillips, PhD., discusses the relationship between diet and the development of laminitis.
In this article learn all about what Cushing’s Disease is and also learn about how to manage the diet of a horse with Cushing’s Disease.
Your horse has gone through colic surgery, but what should the diet consist of while it recovers? This article explores what you should be feeding.
At the CEI Greenway Gallivant held in Dunnellon, Fla., Jan. 1–3, 2015, Canadians earned great finish times in the CEI 1* 80 km and CEI 2* 120 km races. In the CEI2* 120 km race held on Jan. 2, Wendy MacCoubrey of St. Justine de Newton, Que., finished in a time of 7:58:42 for fourth […]
Mark Bellissimo announced last month that he and his partners in the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, which operates Winter Equestrian Festival and the Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Florida, had signed a deal to acquire the Colorado Horse Park. The Colorado Equestrian Partners includes Mark and Katherine Bellissimo, Roger and Jennifer Smith, Howard and […]
The FEI has two classifications for prohibited substances; they are either banned, or they are a controlled medication. Keep reading to find out more.