Can’t find the perfect gifts for a horse rider in your family? Not sure what to get your riding instructor or stable friends for Christmas this year? We found great gifts under $50, for all equestrians. So rest easy, your tireless search for horse gifts ends here. Horse Riding Gloves: Riding gloves vary depending…
There’s one question we keep seeing pop up over and over again… “should I clip my horse’s hair in the winter?” Now if you ask that question to three different equestrians, you will probably get three different answers, and rightfully so. Why? Because it really does depend on your particular situation. The factors to consider…
Is your horse’s hay going missing? Do you suspect it’s one of your stablemates or fellow boarders stealing your horse’s hay or feed? For those who aren’t privileged enough to have their own private stables, or those who just like the convenience and social aspect of a yard, hay theft is a common problem. We’d…
The story we’ve been recently told about a “cowboy family” on horseback, riding through New York City’s Central Park, is so unique, that we felt compelled to dust off the old keyboard, look up our forgotten passwords, and fire off one more FillyGirl article! The story, as told to us by a first hand witness,…
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, horse racing fans now have their own on-line dating site. Yes, horse racing fans may have found their match- literally! A new on-line dating site promises to match up singles who are fans of horse racing, involved in horse racing, or who just enjoy horses. This isn’t the first…
We hate bringing you these sad stories, but the fact of the matter is, we can all learn from these tragedies. The latest is a horse racing trainer named Steve Anderton. Steve, who was only 43 years old, was found trapped and injured under a horse truck ramp two days ago. The horse truck ramp…
There’s been a recent fad or trend that many horse owners have tried called “hand grooming.” No, this doesn’t mean using your hand as opposed to a machine. It means literally using your hand to groom your horse, instead of a brush. We don’t know exactly when hand grooming started becoming popular, and quite frankly,…
There’s nothing comical about bestiality, but these “zoophiles” always turn out to be quite the characters. Our last foray into zoophiles was covered in a post titled “What It’s Like To Date A Horse- New York Magazine Has Gone Too Far.” It’s an interesting read to say the least. The zoophile profiled in the article…
Quite simply, horses need salt blocks because they have natural appetites for salt, yet sodium and chloride (the elements that make up table salt) are not abundantly found in their natural feed. Grains, hay, grass, and even commercial feeds are often lacking in these desired electrolytes. The aforementioned feeds contain other essential electrolytes that horses…
Time and again we’ve emphasized safety here at FillyGirl, for both you the owner, and your horse(s). From our articles on riding helmets and breast collars, to a horses blind spots, our articles are full of horse safety reminders. Sadly, there are always real life incidents to remind us as well. Just two weeks ago an equestrian…
Cloning your horse is no problem. But, don’t expect to register it with The American Quarter Horse Association any time soon. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled today that The American Quarter Horse Association may refuse to register cloned horses. The ruling overturns a lower-court decision from 2013 that had…
Those white growths are most likely Aural Plaques. Aural plaques are benign, raised, crusty, white skin growths on the interior surface of the ear. If you see raised lesions, with a hard, scaly appearance, it’s probably aural plaques. You might also see rounded, knob like protuberances within the scaly area. If your horse is resisting…
Creeping Indigo (Indigofera spicata and Indigofera hendecaphylla) is a perennial legume that was once thought to hold great promise as a fodder that could form well-balanced mixtures with grasses. It was brought to the state of Florida in the United States in 1925 (from Africa) and it was also imported as a potential pasture legume by…
There’s a common myth that only unhealthy horses, or horses who aren’t regularly attended to, are susceptible to lice infestation (otherwise known as pediculosis). If you haven’t found out the hard way that this simply isn’t true, there’s also a research study that proves that healthy horses can become infested with lice. Why are we bringing…
No, we don’t think horses will be sporting fancy eye glasses (like the horse featured in this post) as a result of a study that’s gotten recent attention. Nor do we believe that the study, which found that two-thirds of horses have normal vision while the remainder of horses are either nearsighted or farsighted, will…
We’ve been seeing the same question popping up in forums over and over again now that the weather has turned “freezing cold” across the U.S. Horse owners are looking for an economical way to provide their horses with warm water and want a way to stop their horse’s water bucket from freezing. For some, it’s…
Cuba’s horse racing industry once flourished at the country’s only horse racing track, Oriental Park. Oriental Park Racetrack opened in 1915 and was operated by the Havana-American Jockey Club of Cuba. It was open during the winter months and many of America’s top stables brought their best horses to Oriental Park Racetrack to compete. It’s also…
The EU Commission has announced that the European horse riding helmet standard BS EN 1384 is going to be withdrawn from the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) at its next publication. This means that riding helmet manufacturers will no longer be able to CE-mark their helmets using this standard and will need to…
You can’t “sell ice to an Eskimo,” but apparently you can sell sand to a country in the middle of the desert, IF they have a horse racing track! According to a report published this past Friday in The Daily Mail, Dubai ordered 1,500 cubic meters of sand from a company in Germany for their…
When compared to motorcycle riding, horse riding activity has a higher hospital admission rate of 0.49/1000 hours versus 0.14/1000 hours. These were the results found in a research paper published in The American Journal of Surgery back in 2007. Not only is horse riding statistically more dangerous than riding a motor cycle, but it’s also a more…