“Parenting is just a lifelong lesson on how to stay with the horse. Finding your balance and creating rhythm. Keeping your heels down not by forcing, but by relaxing and sinking down into them.”
The bill (S-455) was introduced by Senator Dawn Marie Addiego and would require horse auctions to publish online identifying marks of horses 72 hours prior to sale, including microchips, tattoos and brands.
The third running of the Pegasus World Cup crowned City of Light the victory, while the inaugural Pegasus World Cup Turf went to Bricks and Mortar. Catch the recap and replays here!
Monday is already the crappiest day of the week, so it only makes sense that we make things official. Here’s our latest “oh crap” moment gleaned from the internet.
Last week’s SmartTip from SmartPak about properly adjusting the surcingles on a winter blanket was so popular that we’ve rounded up ALL of SmartPak’s blanketing tips in one place for you to save as a reference!
Justice the horse sued his abuser in Oregon court due to ongoing pain and suffering, but a circuit court tossed out the case due to a horse being a “non-human animal.” The Animal Legal Defense Fund appealed earlier this week.
“I often have to remind myself that ACE’s role is to provide free veterinary care to the animals brought there — it’s not a sanctuary, and all the horses we help must go back to their owners, whether it’s the right thing for that animal or not.”
The Prevent All Soring Tactics, or PAST, Act was reintroduced yesterday in the House of Representatives, and if passed, would strengthen USDA regulations regarding the act of soring Tennessee Walking Horses for exaggerated gaits.
A performance just two years old might be a little young to be considered a “classic,” but when it comes to the fledgling Pegasus World Cup, two years ago is ancient history.
Horses are master communicators — and let’s be honest, master instructors. For today’s throwback, we take a look some of the things we can learn from our horses.
“Think about your life if you had never had access to that first horse that lit that spark of joy in your heart. Would you have grown up knowing what you were missing if you had never been exposed to it?”
