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Vets said "stop with extreme breeding". El Rey Magnum was announced as being "the horse that the world was waiting for". This arabian foal has got an anatomical structure that has been defined by his breeders s being nearly perfect. He has the typical arabian head structure, but the bending of the bone is actually excessive. That's exactly what worried and moved the Veterinary Record, the British Veterinary Association, who argued that El Rey's skull shape is alarming and may cause him breathing deceases. Breeders obviously reply was that his skull shape is totally normal to arabian horses and also that this foal has already got a value of million dollars and lots of requests. We're clearly facing a case of extreme breeding, actually sadly popular in the Equestrian World, since we all know the costs of a foal of these genealogies and anatomic characteristics. The problem is that actually starting from this super-valued horse, lots of others will be br

Hey Guys tonight I just want to show you this beautiful site in which you can find lots of interesting gifts and stuff, that all riders will certainly love! Here I post you just two examples but they really have lots of stuff on their site that you will love! This notebook can be personalized, by changing name and year, and look also at this super cool bag! That’s actually what all riders need to be stylish and carry all the stuff needed by our lovely four-legged friends (and we all know that they do need looots of things!)... This site is managed by a young woman, who actually has a Diploma in Equine Psychology and wants to share her knowledge and love for these gorgeous animals we all love. She used her studies also for writing an e-book which is actually FREE but just for a limited time!! Anyway, I’ll write down about this one tomorrow, so by now, you should all go and check out the site  https://www.jacquimariedesigns.com/  and fall in love with the stuff! P.s. just 12 weeks left

INGREDIENTS: -3/4 cup oatmeal -1/3 cup molasses -1/2 cup water -3/4 cup flour -3/4 cup bran -1/2 cup brown sugar -1 apple -2 carrots 1- Preheat oven to 400 degrees 2- grease muffin tin 3- shred apple and carrots and mix them with molasses 4- add brown sugar, flour, oatmeal and water 5- insert in a muffin baking tray 6- bake for 30-45 minutes Credits to:  aboutyourhorse.com

Hey guys, in this article I'll be talking about a very common problem, which is horses that paw. So we're going to analyze why horses paw and I'm going to give you some strategies that will help stop the pawing. There are basically three main reasons that horses paw: the first one is in a way 'emotional' as bored or frustrated horses can show this behavior; for example this can happen while we are tiding up our horse, as he may paw highlighting us the fact that he is bored; the same can happen when a horse feels frustrated because of a hard training. The second reason is a learned behavior such as a horse that starts pawing when sees that we are carrying its food; if we feed him at the very moment he is pawing, he will learn that in this way he can achieve what he wants, and he will do it every time we feed him, as we will have reinforced a wrong behavior. Horses also paw when they are facing a new situation, such as a trailer, a new place or things like that. Th

Here's another one of those useful exercises for improving our riding skills; this one in particular focuses on the lead changes, hope you enjoy!

As you probably know if you follow my Instagram page (if not, go check it out!), today I spent almost 6-7  hours at the stables as there arrived 27 new ponies for the show that will be going on from  Friday and we had to test them and see if they were calm and quiet enough for children between 11-14 years old. I rode this guy, and he was quite good tough I tried to work on directing him correctly as, like lots of ponies do, he was always trying to move to the centre of the field. Tough all of a sudden he laid down and unfortunately I wasn't able to keep him enough fastly, so I got my feet off the stirrups and moved away. Of course I should have reacted differently, but I didn't have the time for thinking, anyway next time this happens, I'll be much more ready. Anyway I just searched a bit on the internet in order to understand why they do this and I found out that there can be so many reasons: first of all it can be the consequence of health problems, so if the horse does t