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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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Horse Shopping
Problem Solved
Rider Fitness
Stable Management
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Your Very Best Equine Fly-Control Plan
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Teachers' Pets
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Face Your Riding Fears
Blind Horse Competes
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Do Horse Hair-Whorl Patterns Indicate Temperament?
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How Slow-Feed Hay Nets Benefit Your Horse
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Check Your Salt-Feeding Know-How
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Riding Gear
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Vaccine Wars: The Great Debate
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Tractor-Buying Resources
Grooming
Greed in the Horse Industry
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Horse & Rider Readers Reveal Best Horse-Oriented Gifts Ever
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