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Check out the best posts from Anderson Horse Farm, these are my top 5 favorites! https://andersonhorsefarm.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-great-debate-english-vs-western.html I love this post because I have had experiences with both disciplines and understand how different they are. It can help the reader comprehend the topic as a whole and potentially make some choices on which discipline they want to get in to if they're just getting started.  https://andersonhorsefarm.blogspot.com/2024/09/understanding-ffa-record-books.html This post is in my top 5 because FFA was a huge part of my high school extracurriculars and it gave me so many experiences and opportunities. I even won a competition with my record book because I understood the prompt and executed it well. The post can be educational for all.  https://andersonhorsefarm.blogspot.com/2024/09/secretariat-profile.html This is by far my favorite post of my entire blog. Although this isn't about one of my horses specifically, every...

This is my opinion on debating equine riding tack of English versus Western. The same horse can be used for both disciplines, as long as they have been adequately trained and practiced. Many horse people have access to only one animal they can invest time and money in so versatility is key. English riding tack for the animal consists of a contoured pad that goes on the horses back and under the saddle. English saddles have one girth that is adjusted and tightened by buckles and straps. The stirrups are called irons and are made of metal with a rubber base for under the rider’s boot. The bridle used for English riding has a brow-band, throat-latch, noseband, bit, chain chinstrap and continuous rein all made of leather. Tacking up a horse for English riding can be a simple process, however, the purpose of the saddle is to keep your balance while on top of the animal, not to keep you “in the saddle”. Leg strength and coordinated balance are essential when riding in English tack. It can be...

Horses have the smallest size stomach for any wild or domestic animal. Due to this fact, a horse is meant to slowly eat or graze for eighteen to twenty hours a day. Horses are meant to walk several miles in a day to aid in digestion of forage consumed. Domesticated animals are usually confined to smaller spaces and fed rations twice daily which can be difficult on the animals digestive system. If I see a horse laying down for more than a short time, twenty to thirty minutes at most, the animal might be experiencing digestive discomfort, also known as colic. It is important to get the horse up on their feet and walking around right away. If a horse cannot walk due to pain, another way to help release the pressure on the digestive system is to load the horse in a trailer and drive slowly for a few miles. The motion of the trailer and the vibration of the road will help to gently massage the intestines and internal organs of the horse, making it less painful to tolerate the colic. Horses ...