NNMHA Paddock Paper
Northern New Mexico Horsemen’s Association Newsletter...
01 December, 2022
Your Passport to Horses, Health, and History
Winter Reading List
These horsey reads are sure to keep you entertained while snuggling by the fire....
01 December, 2022
Goodnight Sweet Poet
The months of harvest celebrate the plenty of the earth, but the wind of changing seasons often carries the fragility of fresh grief....
10 October, 2022
Putting the Brakes on Bolting
Slowing your speedy eater down at mealtime can help prevent issues such as choke and wasted feed...
10 October, 2022
Nigel Fennell’s God’s Boy, 31-2.24, Breathes Life into Racing History
Secretariat storms to victory in steel...
17 September, 2022
Buyer Be Educated
Navigating today’s pre-purchase exam has come a long way, with many more options (and expenses) to choose from....
11 August, 2022
Equine Pill Resistance is an Odyssey of Its Own
Coaxing a horse to take its medicine is an odyssey of its own....
27 July, 2022
Kentucky Blue Grass a Callin!
Kentucky Blue Grass a welcome respite from the southwest drought...
27 July, 2022
Breaking the Cycle of Leishmaniasis Infection
An outbreak of the Leishmaniasis parasite in a foxhound kennel threatens to decimate any pack. New research from the University of Iowa offers hope to...
19 May, 2022
Adulterated Air
Catastrophic environmental events such as wildfires that diminish air quality and affect horses’ breathing might seem beyond human influence. We do ...
07 April, 2022
New South Wales Rider chased more than a high jump record.
Aussie show jumper sets her own record...
31 January, 2022
Bill McMullin: Dressage for Life and Life for Dressage
Bill McMullin is a USEF “S” dressage judge, a USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold medalist, and an esteemed member of the USDF Instructor/Trainer Program...
28 January, 2022
The Ukrainian saddle horse, a melting pot of blood
Ukrainian Saddle Horse, a melting pot of breeds...
19 January, 2022
Epic rescue at kill pen a New Year’s gift for draft horses
Gentle Giants' New Year's Rescue...
19 January, 2022
Seeing Inside
Huge advances in medical imaging help us see inside the horse so vets can diagnose and treat formerly mysterious injuries....
01 January, 2022
Setting a Side-Saddle Jumping Record
As the holidays draw near, consider giving a book to your horsey friends. And you can always add an extra copy for yourself to the cart....
04 December, 2021
Gift a Horse Read
As the holidays draw near, consider giving a book to your horsey friends. And you can always add an extra copy for yourself to the cart....
04 December, 2021
Santa Fe attracts top jumping clinicians and competitors
Courageous, or just plain crazy?!...
07 August, 2021
A novel alternative for cracking the mystery of lameness
Lameness, defined as any alteration of a horse’s gait, is not uncommon. Whether from tendon, ligament, or other soft tissue strain, the trauma of a....
28 July, 2021
Confidence Clinics Fill More than Bucket Lists
How old is too old to ride? The answer to this question is if you have the desire, the time, and some savings, it’s never......
28 July, 2021
Normal is old and new
A second COVID spring blossoms into a new normal combining old and new....
24 May, 2021
Packhorse librarians ride in to the Equine History Conference
Packhorse librarians ride through history...
15 May, 2021
Ted Hughes Reflects on the Power of Horses
I climbed through woods in the hour-before-dawn dark....
07 April, 2021
Birthplace of British racing and legend
Newmarket, a small market town in Suffolk, lays claim to being the birthplace of British racing. The first recorded race dates back to 1622, and......
22 March, 2021
Zoom Into equine history!
I wrote about the packhorse librarians in an article published in The Chronicle of the Horse Untacked Magazine a few years ago. I am thrilled......
19 March, 2021
Fun facts for Valentine’s Day
My husband claims he is second to my horse in the love department....
11 February, 2021
The tale of the Wind Horse
The reason that this Horse would not be seen again was because of love....
10 February, 2021
A 1980s education
Though the decade of the 1980s ushered in the birth of the ‘natural horsemanship philosophy and training method, these nascent nuggets linking horse...
19 January, 2021
Rehabilitating a neglected horse require critical care
With the numbers of neglected, abandoned, or mistreated horses steadily rising and cresting at 100,000 annually, even healthy equines without disabili...
19 January, 2021
Christmas Eve magic equine style
After midnight, horses acquire the ability to speak like their humans....
24 December, 2020
Ho, Ho, Ho Horse Books
Timing is everything, and the timing of a virtual bookstore for horse lovers and readers couldn't be better!...
09 December, 2020
Mari Lwyd haunts the season
In the bleak Welsh midwinter, kicking a gift horse named Mari Lwyd may cost you a song and a mince pie!...
09 December, 2020
Equine vets in the age of COVID
Equine vets as essential workers in the age of COVID...
24 November, 2020
In the aisleways with Horse World Connect
For the past few months, I’ve been working on some online networking with horse enthusiasts and professionals. Thanks to an excellent marketing ...
11 November, 2020
Battening down the hatches
Never before has the phrase battening down the hatches meant more...
26 October, 2020
An independent revolution in the equine publishing industry takes hold
An Independent revolution in the equine publishing industry takes hold...
25 September, 2020
Breathing easy: wetting, soaking, or steaming your horse’s hay
Hay is the main course not the appetizer for many horses, but how can something as simple as grass that has been cut, dried, and stored for domesticat...
25 September, 2020
Getting to the sole of the matter
Innocuous or not, a stone bruise on the sole of a horse's foot can stop both of you in your tracks...
25 September, 2020
COVID clinic conversation
Calendars wiped clean. Face masks a fashion statement. Social distancing measured in feet not inches. I am waiting for historians and media pundits to...
26 August, 2020
Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours!
Three-quarters through 2020, or the COVID year, and our horses are in better mental shape than humans, I think! ...
19 August, 2020
Full steam ahead!
If dipping or soaking your horse’s hay conjures visions of wasted water, contaminated liquid, and too much time seeping away...
23 May, 2020
Soaking it up!
In the past, soaking forage was a popular method to both decrease dust, allergens, mites, spores, and other respiratory irritants...
22 May, 2020
Time for a quick dip?
Dusty hay harbors allergy triggers. Low levels of these fine particles irritate a horse with sensitive respiratory airways....
21 May, 2020
Senior horse care basics: an ounce of prevention
Today, its common knowledge that immune systems in people over the age of sixty-five are more compromised. Advertisements for flu vaccinations, pneumo...
09 May, 2020
Senior horse basics: long in the tooth
As horses age, their ability to thoroughly chew and digest hay and grain may be affected. A tooth extraction, disease, or a dental abnormality like sh...
08 May, 2020
Senior horse care basics: kick up those hooves
Osteoarthritis, the most common form of joint degeneration in horses, can stop an equine in its tracks. Indeed, sixty percent of lameness issues origi...
07 May, 2020
From hoof to head: senior horse care basics
Is fifteen the new ten for our equine seniors? Proof of their resiliency is evident in barrel racing arenas, in the dressage rings, and along enduranc...
07 May, 2020
A prairie of grief
Yesterday I shared Part 1 of this piece that explores the role my horse played during a summer of grief. Today, I bring you Part 2....
03 May, 2020
Staying put breeds new interests
Are you on week two, three, or five with staying at home? Are you and your horse chomping at the proverbial bit desperate to escape your boredom and a...
10 April, 2020
Quarantine is a brutal way of life for wild horses
An email I received from the Black Hills Wild Sanctuary puts the word quarantine in perspective. Rounded up, split up, segregated, and incarcerated, o...
09 April, 2020
Staying Put, Staying Safe, Staying Well
Near the end of February, I launched a freshly designed Equi-Libris website. Excited and inspired by the incredible work of EquiLuxe Marketing on the ...
31 March, 2020
Welcome the New and Improved Equi-Libris, LLC Website
Welcome to the launch of the new and improved Equi-Libris, LLC website! My name is Anna Sochocky, and I am thrilled to share my new website with artic...
25 February, 2020
Treatment of Trigeminal Mediated Headshaking
A diagnosis of headshaking can be a life sentence of pain to a horse and end any career for a rider. Learn more in my article on new treatments for...
23 February, 2020
Herd-Centered Nirvana Profiled
A broodmare too old to produce. A failed racehorse prospect. A chronically lame workhorse. Each year, thousands of horses like these are sold at publi...
02 June, 2019
Buffalo Soldiers Tread a Path Through History
The Union Army’s victory in the Civil War ushered in freedom for thousands of enslaved African-Americans, yet, life in the war’s aftermath continu...
11 April, 2019
Portraits in Horse History
Established in 1935, as part of the Works Progress Administration, the Pack Horse Library Project provided books and magazines to rural Eastern Kentuc...
01 May, 2018
