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Like A Horse To Water – Horse Hydration Tips Like any domesticated animal, providing good food and water for your horse is a baseline of care. Some horses can be surprisingly finicky about their water. What’s more, the level of exercise required of show and event horses places unique demands on their metabolism for processing their water intake. Essential Minerals The key is not the water, but the minerals associated with the water. Horses rely o...

Long days of riding, practicing, or competing in the sun can take a toll on your horse. So it’s important to adjust their care to counter the harmful effects of sun exposure. Provide Shade If your horse lives or spends most of its day outside, provide it with relief from the sun by sourcing shade. If your pasture or paddock has trees (even if they’re simply adjacent but overhang the fenced area), check where their shade falls during the day. Midd...

How to Recognise & Deal With Heat Stress in Horses The image of buying sunscreen for your horse at first might seem pretty surreal. Unfortunately, the same blazing heat that causes us to feel dizzy and our skin to peel also has its fair share of problematic effects for our horses - the most important of these being heat stress. As The British Horse Society have advised: “Our message is simple – horses need suntan cream and shade t...