A Regarding Horses regular reader brought up an excellent point during the discussion surround Totilas’s sale to Germany and getting a new rider: getting sold is actually hardest on the horses. We’ve talked so much about how hard it must be for Edward Gal, and how much we hate to see such a special partnership [...]

Thanks to your input and willingness to share your winter blanketing policies, I decided to hold off on dressing Ace up for winter a little longer. We ended up with some warm days last week that made it a moot point anyway. But with temperatures still dropping below freezing at night, he’s finally growing in [...]

While I’m a long-time rider and horse woman, I am still relatively new to horse ownership. Caring for other people’s horses and being solely responsible for all decisions are two totally different things. As a result I’ve discovered two dormant weaknesses: I’m a chronic worrier and a chronic Googler. At the slightest hint of a [...]

How to feed horses in winter, especially those who tend to be hard keepers, is a hot topic as we head into the cold months here in the northern hemisphere. Top of the list of best winter feeding practices (and year round too), is giving horses free access to hay around the clock. I have [...]

I don’t know what it’s like where you are, but temperatures have been dropping below freezing here in Ohio. When the sun is hiding, it’s starting to feel bitter. (And this cold snap has finally provided the much needed motivation to go wash Ace’s winter blanket, but that’s really besides the point.) I’m currently feeling [...]

It’s been my long-held belief that horses should come well-stocked with bubble wrap – or at least with plenty of gauze, vet wrap, and furazone ointment. They’re good at getting themselves in trouble, and never more than when they are are turned out in the pasture together. Horses are herd animals. Almost all of them [...]

Horses aren’t like other pets, cats or dogs who need food, love, and to go outside every once in a while. There’s a lot more to owning a horse than sticking him in your pasture, cleaning up after him occasionally, and making sure he has water. Horses weren’t designed to live in barns or to [...]