Horse Health

Challenge yourself! Have fun and test your knowledge of senior-horse health with Horse&Rider’s Trivia Challenge, featured in The Ride newsletter.

Understanding the Henneke Body Condition Scoring System (BCS) can help you determine if your horse needs more food or a structured diet.

Is it time to clean your horse's sheath? Here are five things you should know about sheath cleaning for your horse's health and comfort.

What constitutes an ultra-premium horse feed, and would your horse benefit from one?

Gastric Ulcers

Fall is an ideal time to perform important veterinary, nutrition, forage, and pasture to-dos to help keep your horse healthy and sound. Our fall-health checklist is here to help.

Stay organized on the road by keeping all necessary horse papers in a binder.

Joe Stricklin, DVM from Greeley, Colorado sat down with us to talk about vesicular stomatitis. Here’s what you need to know about this currently active disease.

Important health information about the potential role of probiotics and prebiotics in your horse’s digestive system.

Challenge yourself! Have fun and test your knowledge of horse health and proper hydration with Horse&Rider’s Trivia Challenge, featured in The Ride newsletter.

After a long weekend of riding, your tack needs cleaning. You finish it all...except the one accessory that's hard to clean and often neglected—sport boots.

As horse owners, we never want to lose our beloved best friends to greener pastures. Sometimes when they do go, however, they leave us with quite a story to tell.

Hemp products—CBD supplements—are trending for humans, but have you thought about using them for your horse? Learn how hemp may help your horse.

Burrs in your horse’s mane are more than a grooming challenge; they can cause skin damage.

Learn what horse owners should never have in their barn before you start your next spring-cleaning escapade.

Here we sat down with Tom Lenz, DVM, MS, DACT, to discuss his longtime involvement in the horse industry. Dr. Lenz is passionate about animal welfare and the humane treatment of horses.

Nutrition

Your horse’s feet are vulnerable to whatever may be on the ground, and a puncture wound can be deadly.

Horses in attendance at the NRCHA event, which took place at the South Point Equestrian Center March 30 through April 6, may have been exposed to EHV-1 and should exercise extreme caution when traveling or competing.

Pro reiner Darren Stancik discusses navigating the giant mixmaster that is a reining warm-up arena; Carol Metcalf covers maintaining a horse’s condition.

Modern biosecurity methods will help keep your horse safe from infection at home or on the road.

A vet-friendly barn is one your veterinarian and farrier will love, as it makes it easier for them to provide top-notch care for your horse.