Spring Vaccine
Before taking a shot in the arena, be sure your horse takes his shots for better health.
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A Global Solution to Health Certs
The digital age catches up with the horse hauling competitor.
Welcome to the age of the highly mobile modern horseman, where [...]
Off season is a good time to offer your horse some well deserved R&R.
Another full season of mounted shooting has passed, which means there are [...]
Wound Care Basics—An essential part of good horsemanship.
Horses seem to have the uncanny ability to injure themselves under almost any circumstances. Humans can build, design, [...]
The Pre-Purchase Exam. Before you plop down hard earned money for your next shooting horse, take this exam.
Finding and selecting a mounted shooting horse can [...]
With literally hundreds of nutritional supplements to choose from, shooting horse owners are wise to do their homework before committing to a program that requires [...]
On The Hoof
When Jessica and Royce Anderson’s talented shooting horse Scooter developed lameness problems, Jessica looked to the science of Applied Equine Podiatry to get [...]
Got Bute?
What every horseman should know about the first aid essential.
Don’t leave home without one of these in your first aid kit or trailer. Every [...]
DAILY HOOF CARE
No Hoof, No Horse!
I was raised in the Pacific Northwest, the Seattle area specifically, and brought up around show horse barns on the [...]
TURN THE WORM
The planning and selection of your horses’ worm control program is one of the most important annual management decisions you make for your [...]
The Perfect Shoeing Job - Is There Such A Thing?
I met Lee Green, farrier of renown from Yucaipa, CA, back in 1983 when he helped [...]
A Colic Update – Breaking Myths and Legends
Mention colic to a horseman, and you’ll probably see some fear come into his eyes. And for good [...]
Top Ten Blow-Up Factors of Competition Horses
COWBOY MOUNTED SHOOTING is a fun and exciting sport for the rider, but our mounts must endure many distractions.
Our [...]
Purina Ultium Serves Up a Recipe for the Mounted Shooting Horse
There are very few commercial products in the world today that are as worthy as [...]
Supplement Choices of Top Shooters
Supplement (sup-ple-ment) noun. Something that completes or makes an addition, such as a dietary supplement - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.
That’s what the [...]
Support From the Ground Up
Does your shooting horse routinely stumble, forge, or otherwise interfere, despite your brilliant riding skills? Has he foundered, or been diagnosed [...]
Equine Insurance
Very few modern horsemen understand how equine insurance works and how best to utilize it. So let’s go over the various types of equine [...]
A Different Perspective
Barefoot Trimming – The military has a saying—an army travels on its feet. Movement is essential to military success; if soldiers have foot [...]
Every Horse is Worth It!
The sense of hearing is important for all mammals. It is essential for survival. Yet it’s one of the things that [...]
And Making Him Want to Drink
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.
There is a lot of truth in the [...]
Watch’em Walk!
This time I’ll open with the caveat with which I closed my last article. PLEASE DON’T TAKE THIS MAGAZINE OUT AND WHACK YOUR HORSESHOER [...]
How a little herbal treatment can help your horse
Mickey Young has a track record of success when it comes to horses. He’s an 11-time qualifier [...]
They See You When You’re Shooting!
We see the world in a particular way. And we assume that our horses see it in just the same [...]
Horse Shoeing for the Mounted Athlete
Sometime back I was called out to tack a shoe on for a girl in town for the high school [...]
Don’t Leave Home Without It!
As a full-time, practicing veterinarian I live in a world that is overstocked with medicine, tack, and supplies. When the weekend [...]
Protecting Your Competition Horse
The evolution of equine sports medicine has sky rocketed in the last 20 years. Advanced scientific information is gathered and analyzed about [...]
