Recovery. A word charged with significance. More than likely, it carries a unique weight and meaning for you. Most of us, as horse people, have encountered “recovery” somewhere along our path — whether our own or our horses’. It usually signals that something has gone wrong: an emergency, an illness, an injury. Rarely is it a word associated with celebration.

Progress rarely replaces tradition; it usually explains it - Farriery has an extensive historical timeline, steeped in tradition, empirical knowledge, and a deep reservoir of skill. Horses have played a central role in human civilization, and their use — for transportation, war, agriculture, status, and sport — has driven the evolution of hoof care as we know it today. From early leather coverings to iron protection, hoof care adapted in response to the changing demands placed on the horse.

Equiwinner™ patches can give your horse relief this fly season - We all look forward to good riding weather — but not the fly season that comes with it! Have you noticed that flies prefer some horses more than others, and wondered why?

I’ve been watching horses for years, first wistfully as a horse-crazy girl from the spectator seating at the Royal Winter Fair, and later making my living watching horses as a horse trainer, riding coach, and judge. As a trainer, I’ve studied horses circling around me on the end of a lunge line, recognizing signs of tension, relaxation, or hints of gait irregularities.

Horses are highly social animals that form close bonds with other members of their group. Because of this, it is reasonable to expect that the loss of a companion may affect their behaviour and emotional well-being. However, until recently, there has been surprisingly little scientific research into how horses respond to the death of another horse. A study led by Claire Ricci-Bonot and Daniel Mills at the University of Lincoln, with MSc student Emily Wilson, alongside Stefania Uccheddu of the San Marco Veterinary Clinic and Laboratory, Padua, Italy, aimed to address this gap.