Bucket Brigade: If you plan to use heated buckets, it’s time to get them out NOW… before you have to chip ice out of them on that first freezing morning. Even if you don’t use bucket heaters, make sure that your water line is well insulated and you are not at risk of it freezing if the temperatures suddenly plummet.

The Lunch and Learn Series is held once a week over the 12-week span of the festival and features experts on a variety of topics including management, horsemanship, and veterinary medicine. Admission is free to riders, trainers, and horse owners or tickets are available for purchase for $25. Held at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, new topics are presented each week with the intent to better inform horseman in the sport on a wide variety of important topics.

Techniques for mud management, composting manure, pasture management, chemical use reduction and water conservation are all win-win for horse health, chore efficiency and environmental integrity.

Vitamins A, D, E, and K. Vitamin A (as beta carotene) along with vitamin E quickly become oxidized (destroyed) shortly after cutting due to exposure to heat, air, light, and moisture.

Flaxseeds are low in sugar and starch (2.6%), making them safe for horses with insulin resistance, PPID (Cushing’s), and PSSM. They are high in fiber (47%) with a large amount of pectin and mucilage.[vi] These water-soluble fibers create a soothing gel inside the digestive tract.

As with any horse, he should be eating 1-2% of his body weight in roughage every day. Keep in mind that horses burn more calories in the winter staying warm. Your horse’s body ferments roughage in the hindgut, which creates heat that helps keep him warm from the inside.

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– Deworm your horse in fall. The AAEP recommends tapeworm treatment once a year, in the late fall or early winter.

The Estate Planning Guide examines the differences between setting up a trust versus simply naming the horse in your will, the different types of trusts available, as well as other considerations to keep in mind such as registration papers and medical records for the horse, equipment, land, and your equine business.

Breeding stallions must have their DNA genetic health panel results on file with APHA before the foals resulting from their 2018 breedings and beyond will be eligible for APHA registration, per the 2017 APHA Rule Book.