September 5, 2019

"We’d often sit on the edge of the Leaf Pit while coursewalking and agreed with each other that one day we would ride around the ‘real thing'."

- Eliza Stoddart
[reminisces the Burghley Horse Trials first-timer]

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The Horrors Of Explaining Sheath Cleaning To Your Boyfriend

When I bought my young, green OTTB, my husband assumed he would be best buddies with the goofy gelding in no time.

That is, until he learned the hard way what sheath cleaning was all about.

I hired Stefanie Guillaume from Stud Crud Busters to clean my gelding's sheath. The name of her business alone was enough to make Alex raise an eyebrow. Then I had to explain to him what a “sheath” was. No Alex, it’s not where you keep your sword. Welp, not exactly.

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ICYMI.

Shoe-Pulling Prevention 101

It’s springtime, and it’s muddy. For many horse owners, this means a constant fear of pulled shoes. While you can’t completely prevent it from happening, there are a few steps you can take to keep the odds in your favor.

But why do shoes come off in the mud, anyway? It’s not what you think. “Many people think that when a horse loses a shoe, the mud has sucked it off, but that’s not quite accurate,” says Heather Beauchemin, CJF, TE, a farrier based in northern Illinois and communications chair for the American Farrier’s Association. “In reality, there are a couple of different forces at play.”

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LASTLY.

Seeing my horse look super fancy when he’s freaked out suddenly has me more understanding of my husband telling me I’m cute when I’m mad.

#LastlyLOL

Share the fun of the Brief with your barn friend who owns a shoe throwing magician.

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