Tips From Pony Club Pros
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Help Your Horse Shed
Horses shed their coat twice a year—in the spring and fall. During this process, the next season’s coat is growing simultaneously. Check out some tips for helping your horse shed.
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Dear Ema: Getting the A USPC Certification, Getting the Most Out of Pony Club, and Eventing and Dressage Issues
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 whether to get an A Certification from Pony Club, getting the most out of Pony Club membership, how to fix jumping issues in Eventing, and relaxing a horse in Dressage.
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From Unfit to Fit: Basic Conditioning for the Riding Horse
Conditioning is the process of getting a horse or pony fit. It's important to understand how to condition your horse properly to keep them healthy and avoid injury. Learn more about the conditioning process and all the elements that go into it.
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Dancing with a Western Flair
Now available as a USPC certification track, Western Dressage offers benefits for every horse and every rider. Learn how you can get started, and how to offer it in your club/center program.
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Mental Health for the Rider
All riders struggle with fear, anxiety, anger, and frustration—in riding and in life—but how can we help ourselves and get back to better riding? Two experts share tips on developing happier riders.
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Tips to Help Off-Track Thoroughbreds to Shine in Second Careers
Pony Club clinician and coach Richard Lamb shares tips for working with off-track Thoroughbreds.
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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.
