Last month, Horse Tales discussed buying your first horse and how to go about finding the “right” horse. Now that the horse is purchased and the dust has settled, the new horse keeper is finding out there are a lot of responsibilities that come along with it! The new horse, whether a youngster or ol...

Recently I learned that a neighbor was planning to get a horse for his young daughter – and realized that it was the second “first horse” I’d heard about in just a few weeks. This can be a daunting experience for a first-time horse owner, resulting in so many questions, beginning with “Where to find...

Spring is finally here. Along with the prospect of warmer sunny days, the greening of the grass and the first flower blooms comes the necessity for extra diligence in the care of horses’ feet. There are a couple of conditions that commonly occur this time of year that can cause severe and long-lasti...

As much as any other bone in the horse’sstructure,the coffin bone plays an important role in the soundness and longevity of the horse. The size and the shape varies from breed to breed, horse to horse, and the coffin bone is as inheritable as the rest of the structure. We cannot visually see it, but...