Tips From Pony Club Pros
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Cold Weather Grooming Tips
Grooming your horse in the winter takes a little more elbow grease than in summer. The routine and grooming steps are the same, but you must account for longer hair and no option to bathe if it’s too cold where you live. However, there are ways to deep-clean your fuzzy horse in cold weather.
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How to Change Your Horse’s Nutrition to Suit Workload
Horses spend 10 to 17 hours grazing daily, and good horse management reflects a similar set-up. Horses should have access to forage (hay and grass) for most of the day. All forages, no matter how nice, are going to be deficient in some nutrients.
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How to Score Your Horse’s Body Condition
Any time of year is a great time to body condition score your horses and ponies and evaluate if you should make any important diet and management changes so that your horse is as healthy and fit as he can be.
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Nutrition for the Working Senior Horse
It’s no surprise that our horses are living longer and staying more active than ever before. The combination of progressive veterinary care, parasite control, improved dental management, and nutritionally advanced feeds have made it possible for many horses to live well into their 30s.
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Improve Your Hunter Seat Equitation Skills
Learn from Christina Keim, USPC National Examiner, how to progress your Hunter Seat Equitation skills through the various Pony Club certification levels.
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Tough Decisions: When Horse Ownership Doesn’t Fit With Life, Is Leasing Out Your Horse a Good Option?
Horse ownership can be difficult during different times. Learn what you should consider if you want to lease out your horse.
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Dear Ema: Tough Shows, College or Not, Working Students, and Tips for USPC Championships
This column from Ema Klugman, brought to you by Ride iQ, will now be featured on the Pony Club Blog, with this month's topics discussing what to do when training falls apart at a show, whether to go to college or go pro, tips for working students, and how to prep for USPC Championships.
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USPC Festival Travel Planning Tips
There’s a lot to plan for your trip to USPC Festival. Here’s a quick guide to amenities for you and your horse.
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USPC Festival Bluegrass Tour Guide
Excited for your trip to the USPC Festival? Here are some fun things to do and see while you’re in Lexington.
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Dear Ema: Improving Riding, Plateaus, and Breaking Up with a Coach
This new column, brought to you by Ride iQ's Ema Klugman, will now be featured on the Pony Club Blog, with this month's topics featuring how to improve your riding skills with a hectic schedule, working through plateaus in your skills, and breaking up with a coach.
