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It was a photo finish at the Kentucky Horse Park after a historic showdown which brought the crowd to their feet as a Cinderella story unfolded. Canadian Wild Card Jim Anderson captured the Ram Trucks Wild Card Championship and ultimately the 2014 World Championship of Colt Starting title. … [Read more...] about Ram Trucks Wild Card Jim Anderson Captures Road to the Horse 2014 Title

I’m very proud of the young lady in the picture accompanying my editorial. This is my daughter Kelsie, and what a fine little horsewoman she has become over the years. This year my editorials have mentioned Kelsie’s journey with horses beginning with therapeutic riding and then advancing to riding her own horse without any side-walkers in the arena. When Kelsie lost her horse, … [Read more...] about Notes From Inside The Corral (April 2014)

Kelly R. Vineyard, M.S., Ph.D. Research Equine Nutritionist Purina Animal Nutrition Introduction Feeding a healthy horse is a relatively straight forward endeavor: maximize high-quality forages, supply NRC daily recommended levels of protein, vitamins, and minerals for that class of horse, and feed concentrates according to energetic requirements. Unfortunately, feeding … [Read more...] about Nutritional Management of Equine Medical Conditions

With the arrival of March, spring can’t be too far away; at least according to the calendar. The seed packets and potting soil, along with grass seed and fertilizer are on the shelves at our favorite stores. The tack catalogs all have a spring theme in their advertising photos and the biggest harbinger of spring, the annual Ohio Equine Affaire, is just a month away. This … [Read more...] about Notes From Inside The Corral (March 2014)

by Terry Myers Early in February we asked our Facebook friends what they would like to read about and we received a lot of great suggestions. In coming months we will try to write about many of the topics that people requested. By far, the most requested topic was regarding collection; what it is and what it isn’t, how to achieve collection, how do you know when you do achieve … [Read more...] about Collection Basics For All Horses