12 Steps to Prepare Your Horse for Spring

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Spring Has Arrived, But is Your Horse Ready?

Keep Reading to checkout the 12 steps so both you and your horse are ready for the best time of the year.

The frigid temperatures of winter are nearing to an end and soon the fresh spring climate will arrive. The grass will be growing green and the skies will be clear and blue, perfect weather for training. If you own a horse, this can be an exciting time as both you and your horse(s) will be eager to enjoy the fresh air and take some nice strolls out on the pasture and beyond.

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4 Steps to Keep Your Horse’s Coat Healthy

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Keep Your Horse Looking Their Best

Whether you own a single horse or manage a stable of horses, part of your responsibility is not only to keep horses healthy but also keep them looking their best. Usually a normal daily routine of grooming your horses and giving them a bath from time to time may be enough to keep them looking good, but it’s important to take certain steps to keep their skin healthy that goes beyond that of the normal grooming regimen.

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Retired Racehorses, Skin “Ick”, and the Magic of Neem

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The Happy Horse headquarters is based out of Old Mill Farm located in the historic and industrial city of Cartersville, Georgia. Old Mill is a beautiful, southern style farm with a rich history of training Thoroughbreds dating back to the early 1950s. Peak racing operations of the farm were under the direction of the well known racehorse trainer, Horatio A. Luro, who was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. While no longer performing thoroughbred racing operations, our farm hosts an abundance of OTTB enthusiast who are either actively competing in the Retired Race Horse Project or have happily adopted an off-the-track thoroughbred for their personal horses. The combination of enthusiasts has resulted in a farm full of athletic young thoroughbreds.With our herd of retired racehorses comes a number of challenges. Surprisingly, behavior isn’t one of them! …

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