When formulating a strength training program for your horse, it is important to determine whether the primary requirement in the muscles is for power or for endurance which will depend on that horse's particular sport or competition.
Learn the 3 major training goals for your horse and how riding up and down hills and walking through water will help condition your horse in all three areas.
Many veterinarians are finding the use of lecithin, along with apple pectin, to be very intriguing in its apparent health benefits in preventing and treating gastric lesions in horses.
âA distinct equine undergraduate bachelor of science degree at UK has been in place since the fall of 2007 and has swelled from an initial class of 42 students to 267 students currently in the program, making it the second largest major in the college.â
"A number of horse health conditions made worse by the winter environment may dictate the need for supplementation not required in summer months.â
Cummings School faculty and students do the work to scientifically validate remedy for horses suffering from tendon and ligament damage.
âEven if youâre taking the winter off, your horseâs body systems are still on the clock, so make sure to make joint, hoof, digestive and skin health a priority.â
Dr. Diego Gomez is now in the midst of three important studies - two involving fluid therapies for foals and one for colitis in horses.
âColic is simply a general term meaning abdominal pain and by limiting the proven risk factors as much as possible can go a long way toward keeping a horseâs GI tract operating smoothly.â
St. Lawrence University coach Mary Drueding and her defending national champion Saints will share the IHSA hunter seat high point team Collegiate Cup with last year's reserve champions, coach Cindy Ford and her Built Ford tough, Skidmore College Thor