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I’ve owned donkeys for many years but hadn’t thought about riding them until the other day when I was asked if they could carry a fully grown adult. I have to confess that this is something I’d...

If you're new to horses or have never owned one before it can be daunting at first if you don’t know what to look out for in a healthy horse. Horses can’t tell us when something is wrong and have...

I was talking to a friend recently who had just bought her first horse but wasn’t sure whether or not she should be blanketing them during the winter because she didn’t know if he would be cold....

You might think that horse riding is horse riding and that all sports come under that umbrella but, while this is of course true to some extent, it’s a bit like saying badminton and tennis are the...

We all want our horses to be clean, and washing them is one way to make sure their coats are free of mud, dirt, and sweat but how often should you be washing them? Then there’s the question of how...

You may have heard of a horse being described as hot-blooded or cold-blooded, or seen a horse for sale that’s listed as a warmblood but are they really talking about a horse’s body temperature?...