A HORSEBACK adventure is a rollicking great way to spend a morning on Queensland’s beautiful Magnetic Island.
IT was not exactly the romantic idyll I imagined.  Find out why here

“Floating” a horse’s teeth means to file the sharp edges or points off in order to create a flatter, more efficient chewing surface, and to keep any sharp edges or points from cutting the inside of the horse’s mouth.
Adult horses have teeth that are several inches long. Most of the tooth cannot be seen because [...]

Adult female horses (mares) usually have 36 teeth. A mare may have up to 40 teeth if she happens to have any canine teeth, which is possible but less common. Adult males have between 40 and 44 teeth. (These figures do not include wolf teeth.)
“Wolf teeth” in horses are teeth that are vestigial premolars. “Vestigial” [...]

A pony so tiny her owner can pick her up in her arms is laying claim to the title of Britain’s smallest horse . To read the full story click here
 

Let’s get straight down with the various components that make up a saddle and what to look for.
• Seat: Remember, you want a saddle that will allow you to sit the stop. First of all the seat of the saddle should lay close to the horse’s back. The closer you can get to the horse [...]

An exercise horse-rider died Sunday when the horse he was taking for a walk became startled for no apparent reason, reared up and landed on him at Golden Gate Fields, racetrack officials said.
Ignacio Ramirez, a 58-year-old who went by the nickname Nacho, was a 30-year veteran at Golden Gate Fields and appeared to die almost [...]

For several weeks, Cherie Conner of Estacada has spent four hours each day treating abscesses along the chest and belly of her gelding quarter horse afflicted with a rampant bacterial infection called pigeon fever. Her horse first exhibited symptoms three weeks ago.
“I haven’t a clue how he got it,” Conner said. “The lady that feeds [...]

Maggie is a visiting therapy horse who, along with her owner, Nancy LeBaron-Kiley, 55, of Conant St. in Danvers, makes frequent visits to nursing homes and facilities for the elderly, disabled, and the deaf and blind. Each year they visit the retirement community, Brooksby Village, in Peabody, the Beverly Home for the Deaf, The Beverly [...]

The teeth of the horse are divided into two main
groups:—
(1)      Molars or grinding teeth.
(2)      Incisors or biting teeth.
 
There are also the tushes or canine teeth, which are two in number on each jaw and would appear to be of no use in the horse. Tushes are usually entirely absent in mares, and in geldings are [...]

Having told you about my friend Jonathan, the Equine Dentist, I thought it might be helpful to tell you a little about horse’s teeth.
A normal adult horse has a minimum of 36 teeth. It may also have up to four wolf teeth and/or canines. Of these, there are six upper and six lower incisors, which [...]