I took this brief excerpt from my horse journal to share with the community.  It got me thinking about how amazing the horse and human bond can be given all the obstacles put in our way.  It also gave me the reality check that our horses can always use a little more patience and understanding on our part ( Read more... )

I work at the racetrack during the summer, with, as many of you know, "high strung" horses. (I put high strung in quotations because there are as many calm, level-headed TB's as there are wacky ones.. and some it truly depends on the day!)

so my question is, where does everyone stand on the use of lipshanks to control unruly horses? The reason I ask ( Read more... )

I haven't been to all the clinic, nor read all the books, and definitely not seen all the videos, but I have nosed about the training philosophies of different ... we'll call them "Horse Gurus." These are not people who train horses for a specific event. Most of their experience seems to come from simply getting horses to "behave" and work well ( Read more... )

I found an interesting article about the way bits taste based on the different metals used to make them ( Read more... )

EDITED: to remove a reference to story/post that had no bearing on my question, only sparked my interest on the topic!

This time, let's talk Navicular changes -not Navicular Syndrome, incorrectly called Navicular Disease.
What is your opinion on a horse who is free of the navicular symptoms, passes hoof testing, never been lame in the foot, but has " ( Read more... )

Alright, guys, we have kinda a variety of members here -some show, some don't, some used, to now don't, not to mention the variety of disciplines involved. I know of at the very least four members who compete in equitation, WP, saddleseat, and barrels who are in this community.
A while back there was a statement made (elsewhere) that peopel who ( Read more... )