Legendary stage and screen actor Sir Lawrence Olivier once confessed, despite decades of accolades, he still felt stage fright to the point of nausea before each performance. Beneath a professional facade the seasoned veteran was steeped in stress.
Raquel.Schilf submitted 69 days ago

On average, the equine gastrointestinal tract, from esophagus to anus, measures 100 feet. That’s 10 feet more than the span between home plate and first base in professional baseball and, as many a sports fan will attest, that’s ample space and time to make or break a game. For your horse, that’s also ample opportunity for problems like colic, the leading cause of equine distress and premature death, to arise. Overall, digestive problems rank second only to incidences of lameness.
Raquel.Schilf submitted 93 days ago

“To hit the ground running” entered our lexicon around the same time Americans began heading westward-ho “to hit the trail,” “hit the grit (road),” and “hit the flat (prairie).” Its attribution is speculated to include Pony Express riders, and even Eadweard Muybridge, whose famous photographic series on animal locomotion proved that a galloping horse does indeed have all four feet off the ground.
Raquel.Schilf submitted 141 days ago

So your broodmare is pregnant? Congratulations! Mares have been prized as the cornerstone of creating great horses since the days of the first desert horse breeders. Their contribution is twofold: passing on the genetics of their own fine bloodlines and offering a nurturing environment for a growing foal.
Raquel.Schilf submitted 141 days ago

It’s All in the Family Before that precious foal is so much as a "twinkle in its mother's eye," an Omega-3 fatty acid feed supplement can start playing a role in reproductive health, from supporting sperm motility in the future sire, to maintaining a normal, nutritious, full-term pregnancy in the mare.
Raquel.Schilf submitted 189 days ago