Answers Straight From The Horses Mouth!
Pat 
My son and I went out to the races the other day, and we ended up chatting with a horse trainer that was there—off duty, of course. He was just enjoying the race as we were. However, it did come up that he loved his job as a horse trainer, and that he was making …
No, horses do not eat horse radish. The plant from which the sauce is derived is inedible in its natural form—only be grinding up the roots do we get something edible. There are no natural wellsprings of horseradish from which wild horses eat. the word horse in this context simply means large and coarse. So, …
After many years of friendship, the first horse I ever owned sadly died last week. He lived to a ripe old age and we had many great years together, so while it’s of course very sad, we were all prepared for it. What I realized I wasn’t prepared for, though, was what to do with …
I’ve been teaching my son all the ins-and-outs of horse husbandry recently, and it’s been really great to see him getting fully stuck into to something. One of the things we did recently was hoof trimming, and I showed him how to do it. Not the most rewarding activity when it comes to horse maintenance, …
One of my horses went through surgery recently, and my son and I have been by his side as much as possible during the recovery. He seems to be in good spirits, but he is in a lot of pain—he twisted his ankle while on a trail, and the vets had to set it back …