There are times in your life when you meet people you know you’ll never forget. Deep down inside, you realize you’ve come out better on the other side just for meeting them. They might motivate you, help you, or they simply leave you with a feeling your life has been enriched.

When you think futurities, you typically think big money classes reserved for open division competitors, right? Well, the Western Pleasure Super Sires program wants to change your way of thinking. They are shining a light on non-pro riders and a select group of stallions that are destined to make an impact on the Western Pleasure industry.

Some call it fate; others call it divine intervention. Regardless, the truth is that some things cannot be explained by logic. Such is the case for Signature Absolute, a 2009 grey gelding

Google and Facebook may be targeting the 50+ crowd with advertisements for Metamucil, creams to get rid of age spots, and tips on how to spot a heart attack, but they have missed an essential element of the baby boomer generation: this demographic isn’t thinking, feeling, or acting old.

Equine biosecurity can best be defined as the active and passive measures taken to avoid the transmission of disease causing organisms (bacteria, viruses and parasites) to a single horse or an entire herd. Biosecurity also includes the actions taken to limit the introduction of pathogens

She and her husband, Jeff, live on a sixty-acre farm in Eustis, Florida where they spend their time caring for their top quality Quarter Horses, working with the two or three foals born on the farm each year, training for competition, and traveling on the road to shows.

In a remarkable decision, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Tax Court opinion dealing with a Thoroughbred racehorse owner’s activities.

The show season is just starting to heat up, and big money has already been awarded to some of the top maiden three- and four-year-old horses on the breed circuits. With continual support, especially from entities like The Equine Chronicle and Hylton Quarter Horses, many trainers are giving their horses more time to mature, both physically and mentally, in order to prepare for the show pen, and it’s paying off big-time.

“The long-acting tranquilizer panel that we recently added stems from an equine pre-purchase drug screen that we began offering just over a year ago. That particular drug screen includes more than 30 non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) as well as three tranquilizers that are considered long-acting in veterinary medicine—at least in equine use. These include fluphenazine, fluoxetine and reserpine. The pre-purchase drug screen encompasses all of these drugs, but we felt it would be beneficial to give veterinarians the ability to test just for the tranquilizers in situations where they weren’t necessarily concerned about the NSAIDs,” says Mays.

Many exhibitors are used to hearing these familiar instructions repeated countless times as they navigate the practice pen. Those same exhibitors likely believe that the only way to improve their Horsemanship form is to spend more time in the saddle. But, what if spending more time in the gym was another way to improve performance in the horse show arena? Auburn University Strength and Conditioning Coach Anthony Kincy shares his thoughts on how time in the gym can equal better results in the show ring.