The mares lined up at the gate, ready to eat. I walked out of the barn with halters and lead ropes draped over my arms. The first mare at the gate wasn’t Bee, the boss mare. We don’t call her Queen Bee for nothing. Bee was hanging back behind all the...
Sometimes you just have a sense that your horse isn’t happy or that something isn’t quite right with her. Other times, your horse is clearly in distress or her injury obvious. For all of these situations and everything in between, it’s important for ...
When the owner led John, an eight-year-old Thoroughbred gelding, off the trailer, I could count every rib. John’s neck, shoulders, and spine stuck out. I placed his body condition score at a 2. “We need to have the vet out,” I said. John’s owner to...
On my boarding farm, I keep pleasure horses and retired horses. The retired horses are not ridden at all while the pleasure horses go out on the trails one or two days per week and might do some light arena work. Most of the horses are Quarter Hors...
Autumn. Warm Days, cool nights. Time to put on a sweater. Time to admire the colorful leaves. And time to understand that autumn brings weather perfect for your pasture grass to store sugar. We all know to limit our horse’s turnout on spring gra...
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