Canadian Horse Journal's

Early Summer 2023 Issue

Now Available

Our Early Summer issue is arriving in subscribers’ mailboxes, and available at newsstands and other industry outlets now. Here’s a preview of what’s inside:

• Research Advances Lead to New Genetic Tests
• AQHA’s Dedication to the Five-Panel Test
• 10 Facts About Equine Genetics
• Tough Questions: What are the Top 3 Horse Industry Issues?
• Keys to a Light-Mouthed Horse
• Manage Your Horse Show Mind & Emotions
• How to Use Hills to Improve Your Horse's Strength
• Equine Boarding School - Sending your horse for training?
• Maintaining Trails for Horse Access Across Canada
• Foxhunting in Canada - Galloping after hounds for over 150 years.
• Little Red Pepper’s First Hunt
• The Azores Horses, Whales & Volcanos Tour
• Painted Warriors - Connecting with Horses from an Indigenous Perspective
• Horse Health Lines from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (Western Canada copies)

Does Your Horse Need a Lot of Leg?

Who doesn’t love a horse with a laid-back disposition, the unflappable sort, unfazed by snow skidding off the arena roof? The downside of that laid-back horse is that he’s liable to be laid-back about his rider’s aids, too. 

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The Value of Teenaged Horses

It seems that in every horse sport, teenaged horses are competing and winning, suggesting that top level horses quite literally “hit their stride” after age 12.

Tough Question #2

Do you agree with Equestrian Canada's program to license/certify every coach by 2025?

Let’s get this discussion started!

Parenting for Horse Professionals

Parenting is a difficult job. Parenting while working is even tougher. But parenting while working as an equine professional has unique challenges.

How Long Should I Train My Horse Daily?

Fitness contributes to far more than aesthetics and performance, making it a constant goalpost for domesticated horses. In terms of health and well-being, it serves a protective role, safeguarding from illness and injury. But how long does a horse need to exercise daily to reap these benefits?

Emergency Preparedness for Horses

There’s Far More To It Than You Might Think

Commercial horse transporter Kevan Garecki has taken part in rescuing and evacuating animals during wildfires and flooding in BC. He shares his vast wealth of knowledge on what you should do to prepare for a disaster before it hits. As Kevan says, "No matter what you think you know, it's not enough."

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The Not-So-Scientific Horse Training Challenge: Personal Space

Depending on temperament and past training or injuries, some horses have a much stronger sense of personal space, described as an individual’s guardedness against contact or stimulation to his physical body.



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Is Stress Affecting Your Horse’s Digestive Health?

It's a constant struggle to manage the stress today’s horses suffer. Feed schedules, show schedules, training and exercise, separation from friends, and everyday life in stalls and confinement all contribute to stress.  



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How to Reduce the Risk of Training Related Injuries

Most training related injuries are common and very preventable provided there is an understanding of the biomechanical demands of the particular discipline.

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Barn on Fire!

How to Prevent Your Worst Nightmare

It takes only three to four minutes of the fire starting for the barn to be completely filled with smoke, and a barn will be completely engulfed in less than six minutes. Take the time to explore the many things you can do to help reduce the risk of fire in your barn

 READ THE FULL STORY HERE 

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of our HOOFBEAT E-NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP CONTEST, which ran March 10 to April 28, 2023. Each Grand Prize winner received a set of ProGrade Clippers donated by Andis. Each Weekly Prize winner received an I Love Horses Gaiter from HorseJournals.com. Thank you to everyone who entered.

GRAND PRIZE WINNERS

Craig Greenough, Woodville, NS

Jan Loewen, Langley, BC

WEEKLY WINNERS

Danielle Bergen, Waldheim, SK

Elizabeth Peterson, High Prairie, AB

Gabriela Mulder, Stouffville, ON

Krystal Howlett, Courtenay, BC

Angela Janz, Niverville, MB

Deborah Peever, Brampton, ON

Dakohta MacEachern, Hilden, NS

Missed a Recent Hoofbeat E-Newsletter?

Visit our Hoofbeat E-Newsletter Archive to see what you’ve been missing. All the Hoofbeat E-Newsletters from 2022 and 2023 are available at this link:

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Take Our Poll — Have Your Say!

Do you agree with EC's program to license/certify every coach by 2025?