Wellness

Shannon Peters is not afraid to try something new when it comes to her horses' health. When her Grand Prix mount of a decade ago, Flor de Selva, struggled with weak hooves and tender feet, Shannon researched natural ways to improve hoof strength and...

In under 24 hours after putting the word out, Devonwood was filled to their 250 stall capacity with horse, ponies, and other assorted animals, as the skies surrounding them glowed in the horror what what happening.

Following recurring cases in which human medication excreted via urination in horses’ stables has resulted in horses testing positive for prohibited substances, the FEI Tribunal has urged the FEI and all athletes to reinforce the information and education provided to support personnel about this avoidable contamination risk.

The stream of trailers seemed endless. People who I had never met before showed up to help trailer, unload animals, hold traffic, gather owner information and get the horses settled into a paddock with fresh hay and water.

The science of the benefits of Airlite Bedding a healthy and eco-friendly cardboard bedding providing a healthy and sanitary environment for equines and other animals.

In spite of the challenges of holding a National Championships in the midst of a pandemic, the American dressage community came together and made this year’s U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions a huge success. The credit for that success goes to...

Dust, mold, fungi, bacteria and other allergens, often in the dangerously small particle size of 5 microns, one-tenth the size of a human hair is small enough to infiltrate the horse's lungs where it can cause inflammation and impede the transfer of oxygen from the lungs to the blood stream.

Young show jumping professional Lillie Keenan made a pact with herself when it became clear the COVID-driven competition closures would last a while. "I'm going to be better coming out of this than when I went in." That's saying something for an equestrian already sitting at #10 on the U.S. rankings going into the shut-down in March.

Carr, who grew up in Wellington, Florida, says a high school science project – converting cooking oil into biodiesel – taught her how one of the byproducts, glycerin, is a natural dust suppressant. “So, I called my dad and suggested adding it in arenas. That sparked the idea for a waterless, dust-free footing that was environmentally safe.”

As Cheryl Benefiel began the process of getting her new horse to America, she was unaware that she was about to join a tragic group of horse owners – those bringing a horse into the U.S. that, upon landing, doesn’t test negative for an infectious disease.