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Take water to show: put an ordinary plastic garbage bag in the bucket first, fill with water, twist the top closed and tie with a knot.

natural fly repellent, use 20 drops of citronella in 500mls of water. Shake well and spray on your horse

Keep an old strainer near your horse’s water trough. It’s handy for scooping any leaves or twigs that may have fallen in.

Give meds to a difficult horse: use an old wormer tube, crush up the meds and let them soak in water. mix with maple syrup for a tasty treat

Apple Cider Vinegar diluted with water and used as a foot soak to kill bacteria/fungus that might be deep down in hoof cracks

Soaking boot: Wrap tall cylinder with bag, roll duct tape round bag. To soak, put the leg in bag, pour water,duct tape top to tape bag to le

If a gray horse has a dirt stain on their coat, give them a bath and apply some lemon juice on the affected area

Wrap some duct tape around your hand with the sticky side facing outwards to remove hairs from your riding coat and saddle blankets.

Feed chestnut horse pumpkin to improve coat color. Chop up pumpkin skin and seeds microwave around 8-0 minutes, until soft. Mix in feed.

Use oven mitt as stable rubber your hand fits neatly inside. For extra shine on your horse’s coat, sew a piece of silk or velor to one side.

Daily grooming keeps coats cleaner and your horse more comfortable if he wears a blanket.

Consider blanketing during wet, very windy, or frigid weather. A wet coat looses its loft--like a wet down jacket, and won’t hold body heat

Daily:
a) note food consumption
b) note poop consistency
c) clean feet
d) apply fly spray
e) give the horse an eye scan, eyes/ears/tail"

Stained white tails, spray through some Preen pre-wash stain remover and penetrate for 15 minutes, then shampoo and condition as normal.

For itchy tails, mix equal parts of Listerine (original formula) and baby oil in a spray bottle. Spray on and comb through to the roots with

natural fly repellent, use 20 drops of citronella in 500mls of water. Shake well and spray on your horse

To prevent snow packing into your horses feet, clean out the feet and spray the sole and shoe with non-stick cooking oil spray.

Horse Tip: To treat thrush, mix 4 parts water and 2 parts Clorox or Lysol in a spray bottle.

The horse you get off is not the horse you got on. It is your job as a rider to ensure that as often as possible, the change is for the bett

A good rider rides transition to transition, a great rider rides half-halt to half-halt!

The rider must know how to create or wait for the right circumstances, to prepare the horse.~ Gustav von Dreyhausen

You may not win the Snaffle Bit Futurity or Rolex but you can aspire to be like those riders. Emulate their patience and tenacity.

The rider must listen into the horse, in order to judge when the moment for an aid has come, which aid is needed and how intense it must be.

Gentle ways create gentle horses. Difficult trainers create excellent riders.

Wrap some duct tape around your hand with the sticky side facing outwards to remove hairs from your riding coat and saddle blankets.

Wash blankets and girths regularly dried sweat causes chafing. Place girths in pillowcase and tie closed.

Daily grooming keeps coats cleaner and your horse more comfortable if he wears a blanket.

If your horse or pony wears a winter blanket (or rug) during the winter remove it daily and check for chaffing and irritation.

Blanket Fitting: Measure your horse from center of chest going around side to a point in center of tail. This is size in inches that he need

Reducing Costs: Clean your own rugs and blankets.