Things happen to horses all the time. They need immunization; they get cut; they colic. In short, you can bet that at some point in your horse’s life, he’s going to need a veterinarian. When that time comes, you need your horse to cooperate. And that’s not the time to start training him. “It is not the vet’s job to train our horses,” says clinician John Lyons. “It is our job to train our horses, and the time to train the horse is before

Each success story is a little different.  Each story has its own set of twists and turns and ups and downs.  Each story has breathtaking highlights and rock bottom failures, and each success story has a common thread; the reality that no story travels in an uninterrupted straight line from beginning to end,

The placenta is the connection between the developing fetus and the mare and provides the means for obtaining nutrition and gas exchange. It can offer valuable insight into the health of the newborn foal. As soon as the mare passes the placenta, you should evaluate it. The placenta is normally passed within three hours after foaling. Once passed, the placenta should be

Think of a rider’s biomechanics without the horse; you have to look at each part of the body. The legs do one thing, the arms do another, and the torso settles in with the center of the horse. This is the case no matter which discipline a rider chooses. Fitness is the training of the body to compartmentalize itself into a functional system. If nothing else, working out establishes individual body awareness that can be used to function in the saddle.