Your horse won't stand still in the cross ties or when tied to the trailer at the horse show. He moves from side to side, back and forth, and paws frantically, damaging his hooves, shoes, and the stable floor. Instead of being able to enjoy some quiet bonding time with him, you rush through the grooming and saddling routine.

Peter Campbell’s "Willing Partners: Insight on Stockmanship" provides owners, trainers, and riders with guidelines for developing young horses and establishing good stockmanship practices to ensure their mount’s continued advancement. The author endeavours to break down his equine philosophies, explaining how his mentors Tom Dorrance and Ray Hunt helped form his persistent yet patient approach to working with horses.

Contributed by Washington State University - Breeding season for horses usually occurs in the spring. This makes winter a good time for breeders to plan for the upcoming season. Though people have many reasons for breeding a horse, whether for commercial purposes or as a hobby, there are some important factors that all breeders should consider before getting started.

By Juliet M. Getty, Ph.D. - “For an adult horse with moderate activity, feed .75 to 1.0 pounds per 100 pounds of body weight.” These are the feeding instructions for a popular commercially fortified feed. If your horse weighs 1100 pounds (500 kilograms), you’ll need to feed 8.25 to 11 pounds of feed per day to ensure he’s receiving enough calories, protein, vitamins, and minerals. That’s a lot of feed!

With Lisa Coulter - Contact is the connection that exists between the rider’s hand and the horse’s mouth. The connection is generated by the rider not only through the use of rein aids but with aids from the seat and leg also, and is felt by the horse not only in his mouth but throughout his entire body, making contact a more all-encompassing concept than simply rein contact. So how exactly should we define contact for the reining horse? Why is it important? How is it achieved? And what does it feel like?

When one thinks of dream barns, a therapeutic riding centre is typically not the first thing to come to mind. But Paralympian rider Alexander (Sandy) J. Mitchell (who will be competing in his fourth Paralympic competition in London in 2012) had a vision of a world class facility that catered to the elite equestrian and special needs rider alike. WindReach Farm was the result.