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Tips for Preparing Your Horse for Hurricane Season
Major storm of any kind are frightening for both humans and horses. Hurricanes and tornadoes can do major damage as witnessed over the past few years with televised reports of stricken areas showing the devastation that can happen in a very short time.
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Tips for Selling Your Horse in Today's Market
According to the latest news letter from Equestrian Professionals in an article, "Selling Horses in a Changed Market," Elisabeth McMillan has several tips for horse owners that need or want to sell a horse.
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Tips to Prevent the Theft of Your Donkey
If you are the owner of a donkey, miniature or full size, here are tips to help make sure that your donkey is not stolen. Theft of donkeys Is generally a rare occurrence, but one that is on the increase. These same general rules apply to all equines.
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To Brand or Microchip - What's Best for Foals?
For centuries, animal owners have sought ways to identify their foals, horses and other animals and differentiate them from those of neighbors. Identifying marks also helped in regaining animals that became lost or were stolen. Branding with a hot iron
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Top 10 Most Popular Horse Names 2011
SmartPak, the nationâs leading equine online and catalog retailer, and creator of the patented SmartPak⢠supplement feeding system, has just released the Top 10 List of the most popular horse names for 2011.
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Top 5 Things To Do with Your Horse Trailer Now
Doing some fall maintenance on your horse trailer can be one of the most cost-effective things a horse owner can do. "Many people have the misconception that with aluminum horse trailers there is no maintenance," says Laurie Cerny, publisher of Horse Ce
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Top Ten Riders in 2012 Tevis Cup Ride
The Western States Trail Ride, popularly called the Tevis Cup Ride, the oldest modern day endurance ride took place on August 4, 2012, with more than 200 horses meeting at Robie Park, near Lake Tahoe, California for the 100 mile endurance race to Auburn,
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Top Ten Spook-tacular Ghost and Monster Horse Stories
Halloween Books for Horse Lovers: Top Ten Spook-tacular Ghost and Monster Horse Stories: From the sweetly spooky to the truly terrifying, these ten ghost and monster horse stories are sure to add some mane-raising fun to your horsey Halloween!
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Trainer of I'll Have Another Suspended for 45 Days
Trainer of I'll Have Another, Doug O'Neill, has been ordered  suspended for 45 days after a nearly two-year legal battle during which he  vigorously denied that he gave one of his horses an illegal performance-enhancing mixture.
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TRF Expands Foster Care Options
The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) is the largest equine rescue organization of its kind, devoted to the rescue, retirement, rehabilitation and retraining of Thoroughbred racehorses no longer able to compete on the track.Â