Some of the fattest, shiniest horses I’ve seen have some of the worst dental problems. Read on to learn about how a vet found a long horse tooth in a horse's mouth.One horse in particular, we’ll call him “Roper,”...
My horse Wally is a western horse. He’s got a pitty-pat jog, a gentle lope and a ground-covering walk that’s a little bit “we’re on our way to someplace” but not quite “let’s get this over so I can...
A lineup of horses and riders stands in the middle of the arena under a blazing summer sky. Everyone’s waiting for the results to be called; riders feel sweat dripping down their backs under their layers of show clothing....
Being in vet school is crazy enough without cameras following you around. Morgan Taylor was one of the vet students at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine selected to be on Animal Planet’s show, “Life at Vet...
In order to embrace the horse show experience fully, one rider develops a list of her reasons for showing.My horse show career began with a bang. I won my very first hunt-seat equitation class, which just so happened to...
The call was for a week-old mini donkey foal that the owner insisted was not passing manure. I was charmed by the fuzzy little Ewok-looking creature with tremendously long ears. He barely came up to my knee and busily...
Learn how this equestrian horse show braider learned to balance the time required to braid each horse at the shows with the physical demands of competing.Horse shows are just that: putting on a show. And grooming is an integral...
Make sure you are eating right a horse shows.
Follow this guide for a healthy and supportive diet to keep you going at horse shows!Sometimes the runaround of a horse show doesn’t leave much time to think. You have to...
Read how Courtney S. Diehl, DVM, helped a horse with a hamstring laceration 30 miles into the backcountry, accessible only by rough roads.I was somewhere in the wilderness, headed to my last call of the day. I was exhausted...
It’s a universally acknowledged truth that equine-obsessed children are jealous of kids born into horses: trainers’ children; children of famous riders; royalty. My parents were decidedly non-horse people, and it’s still a mystery how they produced not one, but...
