Horse Illustrated is the magazine for hands-on horse owners and riders. Each issue delivers expert advice on horse health and care, the latest gear, user-friendly training tips for English and western riders, and profiles of interesting equestrians, rounded out with our signature breed profile and beautiful photos.
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Horse Illustrated
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Show-Ring ready • Update your look for show season with classic, quality pieces.
Will She or won't she? • Our vet tries to reason with an unreasonable owner hoping to get her mare in foal.
Kind of a Big dealership • A cowgirl entrepreneur finds her passion for pairing equestrians with the horse trailer of their dreams.
Changing times • Practices such as using flash nosebands and shaving whiskers have been done without question for decades, but are now coming under heightened scrutiny and new rules.
The Importance of sleep • Unlock better performance and faster recovery with something you already do daily.
PRACTICAL TIPS
Win the Battle agaist slime • Pesky water trough algae is bothersome to almost all horsekeepers, but there are strategies you can use to keep it at bay.
CLEAN THE RIGHT WAY • Starting with a sparkly clean water trough, rather than topping it off, will help the water stay clean longer. Here’s a recommended approach.
Finding forever • Every May, the ASPCA Right Horse program promotes a horse adoption campaign that has seen amazing success stories.
Learn to turn • Focus on balanced turns in a figure-8 to improve your courses.
Driven to succeed • Teaching your horse to ground drive offers many benefits and is just plain fun.
Itchy, Bumpy and irritated • Insect bite hypersensitivity can make horses miserable; here’s how to curb the problem for good.
Under the surface • Cellulitis occurs when a subcutaneous bacterial infection gets out of hand.
HONORING HEROES THROUGH HORSES • The Heroes Horsemanship Challenge is a competitive team riding event open to both past and current members of the armed forces and their family members.
TOWING ELECTRIC • If you’re in the market for a new truck for towing, you may have considered going electric. Has the time come to replace gas-powered with plug-in?
REPORTING from the Finish Line • Race-day reporting is part skill and part art form, as Donna Barton Brothers shares.
Icelandic horse • This smooth-gaited breed is small but mighty and up for any sport.
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