“You Can Lead a Horse to Water

Most people involved with horses have heard the phrase, “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.” Unfortunately, while it may seem like a simple subject, getting a horse to consume the appropriate amount of water can be difficult. Age, body condition, fitness level and workload, reproductive status, environmental conditions, diet, and possible disease processes can all influence how much water a horse needs to maintain its correct hydration status.

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No Sweat?

Learn more about anhidrosis, a potentially career-ending disease.

As athletes, American Quarter Horses perform amazing feats of strength, agility and grace. To accomplish that, every body system must function at its very best. But some horses have developed a condition that makes exercise difficult if not downright dangerous: anhidrosis, the inability to produce sweat.

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Triple Crown Nutrition Launches Horse Feed Comparison Tool To Help Consumers Sift Through Crowded Feed Market.

In an effort to give consumers important information regarding the nutritional makeup of their horse feed brand of choice, Triple Crown Nutrition has launched a feed comparison tool that will provide horse owners with a comprehensive breakdown of the nutritional differences between competing horse feed brands.

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NRHA Hall of Fame Welcomes Colleen McQuay

The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Board of Directors approved the induction of Colleen McQuay into the NRHA Hall of Fame at their February meeting in Oklahoma. Colleen will join her husband, Tim, and daughter, Mandy McCutcheon, who preceded her into the elite group. As the matriarch of one of Reining’s first families, she has supported her husband and daughter to many accomplishments.

The NRHA Hall of Fame is reserved for those people and horses who have impacted NRHA and the sport of Reining in a positive and profound way with emphasis placed on their unselfish contribution(s) to the Association rather than on their personal accomplishments.

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East West Arena Construction and GGT Footing Sponsor Show Arena at Fieldstone Show Park

GGT- Footing™, the equine division of Polysols Corporation is proud to announce that the Fieldstone Show Park has installed a new all-weather GGT- Footing Arena created by Mike Waidlich of East West Arena Construction.

For several years GGT-Footing has been the Official Footing provider to the Fieldstone Show Park. We are very excited to continue our long term relationship with Scott Clawson, Owner of Fieldstone Show Park. This year's joint sponsorship venture including Mike Waidlich working side by side with Scott Clawson in the creation of the design, implementation of the drainage, GGT -Geo Textile membrane separation layers, and the GGT Footing Jumper Blend.

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