Being the active – yet fragile – animals they are, horses are subject to a variety of lumps and bumps, such as bone spavin, hives, and more.

Try lungeing him. Lungeing means having your horse travel around you on a circle at the end of a long line, and it has many uses:

* starting a young horse’s training or retraining a spoiled horse

* improving condition …

Conformation varies from breed to breed and horse to horse, but certain qualities are desirable and certain faults, not so much.

Now that you have an idea of your horse’s general shape, take the time to examine the most important part of his conformation: his legs.

As long as your horse doesn’t have any kind of illness or injury, chances are he can benefit from stretching. Keep reading to learn some new stretches.

You probably know that good nutrition is an important part of keeping your horse healthy. But how do you know your horse is eating what he should?