Horse Riding | Horseback Riding in New Brunswick

Image via WikipediaMany items are needed to care for horses. Let’s explore two such items now. Suppose your horse needed added warmth? Would you just let it shiver and risk illness? No, you’d provide it with something called a horse blanket. Horse blankets are quite handy and can be used in many different ways, to […]

Some people use the horse blanket as merely adornment for their horses. A horse blanket was intended, however, to be functional. Although your pampered pet may not need a horse blanket in areas where the weather is always warm or mostly pleasant year-round, you would certainly want to use it for the comfort of your […]

Any prospective horse owner should know that your horse equipment is a necessity when you decide to buy a horse. Ask someone who already owns a horse and they’ll probably make it seem like owning a horse is quick and easy. Well, it can be if you start with the proper horse equipment.
First you’ll need […]

If you look in any horse catalog or browse through the blanket section of any tack store you will immediately notice that there is a wide selection of several different types of blankets. To the uninitiated the exact use for each of these blankets can be confusing.
Turn-out rugs are exactly what they sound like. Turn-out […]

Anyone who owns horses knows that fly are a problem. Even barns and horse owners with the tidiest stables, that haul their manure away immediately and have nice dry sandy lots have to deal with fly issues. Many horse owners attempt to control their fly population by using a variety of methods including fly sprays, […]

Image via WikipediaThey would seem to be a team anywhere, the saddles and horse blankets.  Western saddles and horse blankets are a necessary couple.  Not all saddles require the use of a horse blanket.  Indeed, there is also padding which could eliminate the need for the horse blanket under a saddle.
Saddles are plentiful and varied.  […]

Image via WikipediaAt first it can seems like such a simple task, all you have to do is open that glossy horse supply and tack catalog that is laying on the table and purchase a new Western saddle pad. No problem.
Just a few short seconds after opening the catalog you realize exactly how big a […]

“Horse boots?” you ask. “Horse blankets…does my horse come with its own wardrobe?” The purchase of a horse can bring so many changes; it can overwhelm the owner just by the information needed on the supplies.
For your journey into horse care, you’ll need good horse blankets. More than one is quite handy as one alone […]

Equine lordosis, more commonly called swayback is a condition that looks just like it sounds. Instead of a nice straight line from the the withers to the hip a horse with a swayed back has a spine that dips towards the ground.
The average horse person looks at horse plagued with a swayed back and automatically […]