Recently we’ve been posting episodes of The Horse Show with Rick Lamb & are delighted to share such a huge selection of unique horse topics with our readers. We won’t post every episode, but will share the ones we found the most interesting & fun.

Landsmot Horse Festival

The Landsmot Horse Festival takes place during the height of summer in Iceland. The event celebrates a part of the Icelandic culture & is the largest equine event in the country. Horses have always been prized as a reliable form of transport in Iceland & their breed is one of the purest on the planet. In this episode Rick explores this fun & festive event.
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Recently we’ve been sharing episodes of The Horse Show with Rick Lamb & are delighted to share such a huge selection of unique horse topics with our readers. We don’t post every episode, but will share the ones we found the most interesting & fun.

Jumping Through Fire

Obviously we don’t recommend anyone trying this trick at their own barn or stable – it should only be attempted by professionals. In this episode Rick catches up with trick rider Gary Bennett to learn a few things about the profession & maybe even a trick or two.
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Recently we discovered The Horse Show with Rick Lamb & were delighted to find a huge selection of unique horse topics to share with our readers. We won’t post every episode, but will share the ones we found the most interesting & fun.

Natural Horsemanship in Brazil

We like the idea of natural horsemanship in any country & especially one as horse proud as Brazil. In this episode Rick’s wife Diana talks with veterinarian Fernando Rolim about his mission to elevate Brazilian horsemanship.
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Recently we discovered The Horse Show with Rick Lamb & were delighted to discover a huge selection of great horse topics to share with readers. We won’t post every episode, but will share the ones we found the most interesting & unique.

Aromatherapy for Horses

We believe there is something to this aromatherapy stuff, good, natural smells just make us feel good (think freshly cut grass, hay drying in the sun). In this episode Rick speaks with trainer Mary Midkiff about using special smells to interact with horses. If it works for us, it makes sense that it works for them as well. Especially when you consider their sense of smell is far more developed than our own.
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Something completely different today, as we veer away from educational horse towards generally entertaining horse. Today’s video is both strange & strangely compelling viewing, as four different dancers start a dance war with a horse who has some fancy footwork of her own.

OPI Colors

Nail brand OPI pays tribute to its Culture of Color with the international launch of its first branded film. Set to the French DJ band C2C’s “Down the Road,” the video features a surrealistic dance-off between four female dancers and a Thoroughbred horse, as trained by equestrian stuntmaster Mario Luraschi.
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For the last few weeks we have been posting about horse weight and fat scoring your horse. Today we are rounding them off with a few tips for managing your horse’s weight.

Staying Trim

This is another handy video from World Horse Welfare and it provides some of their top tips for managing your horse’s weight. Learning how to control the weight of an overweight horse without shocking their system is an important thing for any horse owner or caretaker to know.

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Last week we posted about why your horse weight matters and today’s video compliments the topic by teaching owners how to fat score their animal.

Keeping Fit

This is another handy video from World Horse Welfare and it provides step-by-step instructions for effectively measuring a horse’s fat. It important to keep horses fit, not too fat, not too thin, but a perfect balance of weight. Knowing how to measure your horse’s fat will help you to manage their weight on a daily level.
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This is another handy video from World Horse Welfare and this time the topic is horse weight. An essential element to horse welfare is keeping them at a healthy weight.

Getting Slim

While many of us know that underweight horses are a bad thing, did you know that an overweight one is equally as susceptible to problems? Being overindulgent can be as bad as withholding food in many respects, an overweight animal is obviously prone to leg, joint and feet problems to start. It’s important for horse owners to know their animal, their breed type and be able to recognize signs of obesity in equines.
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This handy video was created by World Horse Welfare to educate horse owners about keeping horses healthy by paying attention and remaining on top of preventative care.

Expensive Friends

Anyone who owns a horse knows that vet bills are a fact of life, equines are expensive animals to keep. Part of being a good owner or caretaker means paying attention and doing everything you can to prevent the onset of health problems. Of course with horses this list could become quite long. As always, remember that we’ve created the world they live in and we have to make allowances for how we’ve changed the nature of their existence.
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Last week we shared some videos with horse pilates exercises and today we are keeping in a similar theme. Today’s video will

Essential Warm Up

While many of us stretch our own muscles (and give our mount a nice long walk to warm them up) we don’t often fully stretch our horse in preparation for athletic motion. Stretching does the same thing for your animal as it does for you, making movement easier, more natural and decreasing the chance of sore muscles after a workout. Ideally both you and your mount should stretch before and after workouts.
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Today’s videos are of the instructional type, but probably not like any you’ve seen before. You’ve heard of pilates, even pilates for horse riders, but have you ever heard of pilates for horses?

Essential Stretching

While your horse may not need these exercises, they could prove to be a useful part of warming up or even training. Each video covers a different exercise, they are short clips (about a minute long) and worth a quick glance. Whether you practice pilates yourself or just like to try new things with your horse, these may be interesting exercises to test out.
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Today’s video is one about an inspirational little animal with a heart of gold. Tilly proves beyond a shadow of a doubt much soul our four legged equine friends truly have.

Sweet Tilly

Meet Tilly, the blind miracle horse and the special children she works with at Sunshine Acres Children’s Home. Their amazing horse program provides children in the home a chance to spend time with special animals like Tilly. Proving once again that horses can enhance the lives of everyone they contact.
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