A horse that panics while tied can put enormous force on its head and neck, turning a simple tie-up into a serious injury risk. That is why learning a horse quick release knot matters.  The halter hitch is one of the easiest options: it holds securely but can release with one pull when needed.  In […]

In a study of 786 horses across 44 farms in the southern United States, fenbendazole failed on 97.7% of them. Average reduction in worm eggs: 24.8%. That is the tube plenty of owners still reach for every spring. The every-eight-weeks rotation most of us were taught was built in the 1970s to fight a worm […]

You remember the scene. The black water, the boy screaming, the reins going slack. You probably do not remember the name. The horse in The NeverEnding Story is called Artax. He belongs to Atreyu, and he dies in the Swamps of Sadness about a third of the way into the 1984 film. That part is […]