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Accidental ingestion of sand by horses may be harmless in many circumstances, but can also lead to the dangers of colic.

Slowing your speedy eater down at mealtime can help prevent issues such as choke and wasted feed

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 foxhunts and their hounds across the country.

Catastrophic environmental events such as wildfires that diminish air quality and affect horses’ breathing might seem beyond human influence. We do have control, however, over the equine management choices we make daily about feed, bedding, ventilation, exercise, and veterinary care. Many of these decisions and strategies can help horses breathe easier during times of both crisis and calm. Here’s what you should know about protecting your horse’s respiratory health.

Huge advances in medical imaging help us see inside the horse so vets can diagnose and treat formerly mysterious injuries.

When the decision was made to euthanize Barbaro, the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner, the team of equine surgeons who had labored for eight months to bring the colt back to soundness and health lost a friend. But what is daily life like for the quintessential equine surgeon operating on horses without the glare of celebrity?

Headshaking or allergies? Join the odyssey to equine wellness.

When Emma Peek was born on Sept. 5, 1849, women lacked many of the rights they have today. They didn’t have the right to vote in the United States, and they couldn’t own property outside of marriage. But they could ride, and that’s just what Emma Peek did.

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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 continued to be plagued with lynching, segregation, and prejudice for many especially in the east and south. The guns may have gone silent, but echoes of war still raged. Follow the story of the Buffalo Soldiers!

Established in 1935, as part of the Works Progress Administration, the Pack Horse Library Project provided books and magazines to rural Eastern Kentucky to broaden literacy in homes and schools. Horse history notes the librarians, mainly women who traversed rocky, remote, and muddy terrain fifty to eighty miles each week. In many cases, a visit from a packhorse librarian was a family’s only access to library service. Deep in an area where the only means of learning about cultures far beyond Appalachia, the Packhorse Librarians Project fostered much more than education and curiosity, the program gave birth to a mind’s flight.

Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but inside it’s so delightful because tea and horse books can keep you warm this holiday season. If you’re on the hunt for the perfect gift for horsewomen in your life or want to assuage your own hunger for a horse book, these three books should be on your list.

Horse books claim their place in tween and teen personal libraries, but what happens when horse girls become women? Is the “horse bug” cured, or does it go into remission? If you’re looking for the perfect gift idea for the horsewomen in your life or are hungry for a horse book that retraces your own youth and childhood with an adult eye and perspective, take a look at the following three reads.

Independent publishing continues to revolutionize how books are created, published, and read, and a corral of equine writers are blazing new trails.

Single-digit temperatures. Water trough skating rinks. Ice crystal whiskers. When a riding day becomes a reading day, brew another cup of coffee and start catching up on your reading.