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Questions To Ask When Buying A Horse

Questions To Ask When Buying A Horse

Once you have your criteria and located some potential horses for sale, it's time for questions. The answers will help you decide if this horse is worth going out to view.
Equine Horse World - What You Need to Know - Tips For Caring For Your Older Horse

Equine Horse World - What You Need to Know - Tips For Caring For Your Older Horse

Tips For Caring For The Older Horse. If you love horses then read this. This could save your horses life.
Bay

Bay

A description and photo of the horse and pony color bay.
How Does Breeding Affect Color in Horses?

How Does Breeding Affect Color in Horses?

Modern day knowledge and understanding of genetics is enabling horse breeders to breed for specific colors. The science behind breeding for specific colors is complex, but a simplified way of explaining it is that horses, like all living things, have recessive and dominant genes. Every horse has a b
How to Make a Saddle Bag for Horses

How to Make a Saddle Bag for Horses

Saddle bags are a useful piece of equipment for horse owners. On long trail rides, they are a practical way of carrying drinks and spare clothing; on shorter rides, they can safely hold cell phones if you have no pocket available. These double saddlebags lie over the horse's withers in front of the
How Your Horse Tells You it Is Stressed

How Your Horse Tells You it Is Stressed

Horses can suffer from psychological stress. Stress can be caused by many situations and horses can express their stress in many different ways. Here is a look at the way your horse may be telling you it is stressed.
Causes of Cribbing

Causes of Cribbing

Cribbing is a serious matter that both worries and frustrates a horse owner. It is a condition that is extremely hard to cure the horse of. It is said that a horse may start cribbing soon after the moment it is weaned. The dangers of cribbing are definitely serious and can even be fatal.
Artificial Insemination Techniques With Horses

Artificial Insemination Techniques With Horses

Many thoroughbred breeders stand strongly against artificial insemination.also ran image by Wimbledon from Fotolia.comArtificial insemination is an expensive option that possesses distinct advantages over natural breeding, the chief reward being access to the best stallion irrespective...
10 Tips For Successful Horse Boarding

10 Tips For Successful Horse Boarding

Are you a good boarder? The type that stable owners are glad to have in their barn? Here's ten tips for boarding your horse successfully.
How to Despook in the Round Pen

How to Despook in the Round Pen

Because a horse, in the wild, is a prey animal, it has developed very keen instincts that keep it on the alert for danger all the time. Horse owners who ride, show or use their horses for practical purposes need to despook their horse before it can be a safe and reliable companion. A horse must unde
Do it Yourself Saddle Rack

Do it Yourself Saddle Rack

Saddle racks can be expensive to buy, but there are several easy alternatives that work just as easily. Making a saddle rack helps to rein in the headstrong equine expenses while at the same time using some of the items that are likely laying around in the barn or garage.
How To Condition Your Horse for a Week of Horse Camping

How To Condition Your Horse for a Week of Horse Camping

How to condition your horse to spend a week or two in the back country horse camping. Condition your horse for back country riding and horse camping. Condition your horse for no worries trail riding in the back country.
Plants Toxic to Horses - Milkweed

Plants Toxic to Horses - Milkweed

This gallery shows pictures of common plants that are toxic to horses. Identify weeds and garden plants that are poisonous to ponies and horses. Learn which weeds growing in pastures may be toxic to your horse or pony. Photo of Milkweed.
How to Dress for Formal Riding Turnout

How to Dress for Formal Riding Turnout

Dressing in formal turnout, also called formal attire, is common at many English riding equine events. As the name infers, formal turnout is reserved for formal riding events. Riders may choose to, or be required to, dress in formal attire at fox hunts, breed shows, riding clubs and professional lev
Tips For Choosing Horse Fences

Tips For Choosing Horse Fences

If you own one horse or many horses, the most important consideration is keeping them safely contained within some form of boundary or paddock fencing to prevent them wandering off and causing damage to themselves or other peoples property. Horse fences should not only keep your horses securely cont
What is a Knee Roll?

What is a Knee Roll?

Learn about the knee rolls on English saddles and what they are for.
Writing the Perfect Horse Advert

Writing the Perfect Horse Advert

Once your picture has grabbed a potential buyer's attention, it is important that your advert contains sufficient information about your horse to keep them interested. Here is our guide on what to include in your advert to ensure your horse gets the attention he deserves.
Horse Loan - Horse Loan Financing Options

Horse Loan - Horse Loan Financing Options

When you need money fast to purchase a horse or to put up a down payment as collateral, online horse loan lenders are the most efficient route to satisfying your need for cash. Learn why over 95% of all borrowers use online lenders for funding opportunities like cash advances or no-collateral loans.
How to Build a Horse Sleigh

How to Build a Horse Sleigh

"Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh." These are famous words from the popular holiday song "Jingle Bells" written by James Lord Pierpont. Add an iconic Christmas decoration to your front lawn this winter season by building your own sleigh from materials that can be found at your l