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Yearly Archives: 2013
Ride Well Winner’s Recap
Sue Slaubaugh was the lucky winner of the win free entry in Team SmartPak rider Lynn Palm’s “Training with Natural Obstacles” Ride Well clinic, and an AQHA Trail Challenge, that we offered earlier this year. Today, she recapped the whole…
Posted in SmartPaker Stories & Adventures, Team SmartPak
A Horse For Christmas
As any horse-crazy child can attest, the greatest Christmas gift one could ever receive is an equine friend. In this blog, several SmartPakers share their fond memories of getting a horse or pony for Christmas. Have you ever received a…
Posted in SmartPaker Stories & Adventures
Ask the Vet: Choosing a Muscle Supplement for Your Horse
I’m looking to help my horse build muscle along his topline and hindquarters for show season this year. I’m very confused by all of the different muscle supplements on the market and I’m not sure what is important? What ingredients…
Posted in Muscle & Weight Management
Driving Trials and Tribulations
It’s tough to be a combined driver in Illinois. Did you know there was only one ADS (American Driving Society)-recognized show in our state in 2013? Afterward the organizer told me it was so much work for such little return…
Posted in SmartPaker Stories & Adventures
Blanket Shredders Anonymous
For some horses, the only thing better than getting a cozy new blanket is destroying said cozy new blanket. Today, we honor those particularly troublesome and uniquely loveable horses with some of the most impressive – and confusing – shredded…
2013 NRHA Futurity Recap
If you love the sport of Reining, there is no better place to be during the first week of December than the National Reining Horse Futurity in Oklahoma City, OK. The chance to see the top riders in the industry…
Posted in Team SmartPak
Barn of the Month – Fairbanks Stable
Barn: Fairbanks Stable Located in: Richmondville, NY Trainers: Faye Benedict Horses on SmartPaks: 23 Fairbanks Stable, started in September of 2005, is owned and managed by trainer Faye Benedict. “I grew up in the horse world down in the Millbrook,…
Posted in Barn of the Month
The Trio of Temperature Control
I live in Kentucky where slushy winter storms are very popular. I just got a new mare who has a thinner winter coat than the rest of my horses do, and when I went to the barn to feed this…
Manure Happens
The removal of horse manure is a challenge for all horse barns. If manure is spread rather than removed from paddocks in late fall will it be fully composted by the spring to grow grass or will it just breed…
How do you get a horse used to a vacuum?
“How do you get a horse used to a vacuum?” – Janet P. from Denver, CO A vacuum can be a very useful piece of equipment in the barn. It helps to speed up grooming, as well as removing much…
