Pasture during fall can be a source of cheap feed for horses, but the lushness of the grass can hide some issues that bear watching. Horses are susceptible to digestive problems and founder when they eat fall grass or early spring grass.

Horses need to adapt to the change in climate. Change in climate is accompanied by change in pasture, while supplements of hay and grain and fallen leaves could cause chaos in your horse’s digestive system.

Here is some guidance.

Almost all sports have rules and regulations, and where there is probability of physical injury to participants, they’ve got some form of protecting equipment. Baseball has helmet and football has padding and boxing has gloves. Barrel racing with horses is another sport that needs partakers to be suitably equipped to keep both rider and pony safe and performing optimally.

Potentially the saddle is the most important piece of equipment in barrel racing. A saddle that doesn’t fit well could cause lots of tenderness for both pony and rider. If you’re into the game, you should be employing a saddle that fits both of your horse’s back and your seat right.

The term navicular bone describes a smallish smooth bone formed like a pyramid sited deep inside a horse’s foot. It essentially functions as a pulley over which tendons have smooth play. A horse develops navicular illness when the little navicular bone loses its smoothless. Tendons are not in a position to pass over smoothly, and the ensuing friction can cause significant agony to the pony. It is strange that the definite cause or set of causes that trigger this condition have not been identified.

In my early days, I was often told that horses are herd animals and had a firm hierarchy based on strength, which implied the strongest pony bossed round the rest. I now know, after a life spent with horses, that they’ve got a social structure, but it is definitely not primarily based on fear. Nor is the head horse always at the front of the herd. Horses in a herd are really very protecting of one another, as is abundantly demonstrated when a mare gives birth: she’s surrounded during the process and care of her new born foal is looked on as the entire herd’s responsibility.

There aren’t many things that can match the thrill associated with seeing your own horse race. There is a massive buzz which comes from seeing the horses initially parade in the ring and then head out to the track to race. If you own a racehorse the thrill of racedays is even greater.

The Thrill of a Win

Simple placing a bet on a racehorse makes the race even more exciting so imagine how good it would be to see your own racehorse compete and even win. Regardless of whether you purchase a horse as a syndicate or as a sole owner, going to the races will be all the more special.