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Health and how-to advice every horse owner can use. Here are horsekeeping tips, horse-handling guides, and hauling hints, plus rider-fitness routines and riding-confidence boosters.

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Gallop Poll: Bought a Horse ‘Wrong’ For You?
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Tests to Tell If He’s a ‘Can-Do’ Horse
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How long have you owned your horse?
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Al Dunning: Horsemanship Basic #5: Collect and Review
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Al Dunning: Horsemanship Basic #4: Back Up
Al Dunning: Horsemanship Basic #3: Sit Down and Say, 'Whoa
Al Dunning: Horsemanship Basic #3: Sit Down and Say, 'Whoa.'
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Gallop Poll: Donated a Therapy Horse?
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Al Dunning: Horsemanship Basic #2: Go Left and Right
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Master the Log Drag—Safely
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Rise of a Cowgirl
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Fly-Mask Face-Off
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Budget Boots for the Barn
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