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  • Cornell Cardiologists Calm Horses’ Fluttering Hearts

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    Cornell Cardiologists Calm Horses’ Fluttering Hearts ITHACA, N.Y. – When traditional treatments for Atrial Fibrillation (AF) fail, a new procedure offered by cardiologists at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, provide an alternative way to reset the quivering heart of a horse back to its normal heartbeat: Transvenous Electrical Cardioversion (TVEC). “I’m very excited…

  • Concussion Awareness For Equestrians

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    Concussion Awareness For Equestrians Would you know if someone was suffering from a concussion? Lexington, KY -Did you know that the average amount of traumatic brain injury-related deaths in equestrian sport is more than seven times that of traumatic brain injury-related deaths in contact sports (such as American football)? That’s an average of 60 deaths in…

  • Hurricane Harvey Makes TX Horses Refugees in CO

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    Hurricane Harvey Makes TX Horses Refugees in CO On a late September Sunday morning at barely 1AM, sixteen miniature horses emerged from a trailer to glimpse their new surroundings.  It had been a long, sixteen-hour journey direct from the Houston SPCA’s equine facility in Hempstead, Texas to the Harmony Equine Center in Franktown, Colorado, part…

  • Being Mentally Present While Training Your Horse

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    Being Mentally Present While Training Your Horse As an instructor, what I struggle with the most when teaching students is not the physical aspect of riding, but the mental.  Intent is hard to teach.  We all have good intentions when we work with our horses, but, where is the mind?  This is a fast paced,…

  • Road To The Horse Features Australian Dan James

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    Road To The Horse Features Australian Dan James He’s no stranger to Road to the Horse. The crew loves him, the fans love him, let’s just be honest, everyone loves the charismatic Australian horseman, Dan James! Since his very first appearance at Road to the Horse 2012, fans have had a front row seat to…

  • Correcting ‘Falling In’ with Lynn Palm

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    Correcting ‘Falling In’ with Lynn Palm Palm Partnership Training™ Building a Partnership with Your Horse – By Lynn Palm It is back to the circle pattern we used in the last article about “Falling Out” to learn how to identify, anticipate, and correct the second of two common problems that can occur when turning —…

  • A Look at Composting Manure

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    A Look at Composting Manure Once the weather warms up, a swarm of flies around the manure pile is a common sight. Not only is this annoying and unhygienic… but it feels like there must be another way. So what is it? What can we do with manure? If you have a garden, you may…

  • Horsemanship Through Leadership

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    Horsemanship Through Leadership A life-changing opportunity for horse lovers and riders of all disciplines is coming to America in 2017. For the first time in this country, equine experiential learning director and facilitator Barbara Alexander offers an unprecedented workshop opportunity, Horsemanship Through Leadership: the Mind, Body and Spirit of Connection. Barbara designed the program in…

  • Six Signs Of Quality Horse Hay

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    Six Signs Of Quality Horse Hay Use these six helpful tips when choosing hay for your horse. Forage makes up between 50 and 90 percent or more of a horse’s diet. Much of the forage part of the diet comes in the form of hay. Because it’s such a big part of the ration, good…