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Equine Wellness: Horses’ Sense of Touch

Equine Sensitivity Requires Our Thoughtful Handling by Barbara Breckenfeld   Horses use their sense of touch to navigate their environment, but it also includes how they experience being touched by others. Touch is a major part of our interactions with them: grooming, checking legs, picking feet, haltering, leading, riding, driving, … Read More

Online Exclusive: Summer Sores

Stomach Worms Gone Astray By Eleanor Blazer   The mare lived in the perfect home: balanced diet, access to good quality forage, fresh clean water always available, adequate exercise and turnout time with her friends. Vaccinations were kept up-to-date, the farrier came on a regular schedule, fecal egg counts were … Read More

Editor’s Postcard: Good Training Pays Off

Think Ahead, Plan Safe Facilities, and Train Your Horse By Kim Roe   Things with horses can go haywire in an instant. A horse’s immense power combined with split-second reactions and a powerful flight instinct can result in a horrible wreck. Anyone who lives with horses for long has a … Read More

Scratch-N-All Pads Testimonial: Loves Your Product

“I wanted to connect with you to let you know how many scratch-n-all pads we have at my barn. To date I have 18 in all of the colors you offer. I guess this is an indication of how much my horse and the boarders’ horses love your product! They … Read More

Rusty Bar Ranch Named 2019 Time To Ride® Program Facility

  Rusty Bar Ranch is proud to announce it has been approved as a 2019 Time To Ride Program Facility.   Time To Ride is a program of the American Horse Council (AHC), a Washington, DC-based nonprofit association representing all segments of the horse industry. Time To Ride’s purpose is … Read More

“New Lease On Life”

Eventer Lauren Billys targets a second Olympics with Castle Larchfield Purdy going into high stakes competition at this weekend’s Rebecca Farm CCI4*.   By Kim F Miller “He grabbed the bit and ran!” is Lauren Billys’ description of how Castle Larchfield Purdy attacked the final uphill stretches during his most … Read More

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