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Worked up about getting your mare into equestrian training suited for dressage? An old adage reminds of crossing bridges when you are there, and if you and your equine partner have just met, you are a long way from the dressage bridge—you’re possibly still at the holistic horse care and health maintenance bridge. Before embarking on glorious training programs and horse riding expeditions, you first have to understand how to take care of your mare and her grooming and cleanliness wants. Take cleaning her udders for instance.

If you’ve been feeling out your pony, you should really know she is both proud and sensitive. She’ll easily go fight or run on any danger or discomfort—even just the perception of it. And the majority of the time, especially for horses that are new to their domestic dwellings, the source of both danger and pain is you. And if you think you’ve …

While you might think from observing the disposition of your horses that the hay you’re giving them is enough for their needs—this isn’t the case, particularly for horses that perform in equestrian sport or do some heavy activities. The final analysis is that hay, though allegedly a nice treat, does not have enough nutrition and essential energy giving calories and carbohydrates for horses undergoing heavy equestrian training for sport or work. Your studs and mares simply chew on them like it’s their favorite treat because they are used to chewing on lone stem feed and in reality need to do so to mostly entertain themselves across the hours of the day they have to keep on walking and chewing.

And they need to keep on walking and chewing virtually 24 hours a day. Sure, hay can provide the mandatory nutrient elements and energy for simple exercises as horse riding and …