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Stable Management

Learn all you can about equine facility management from Horse Illustrated’s stable management articles. We write about the outside of the stable or barn to everything on the inside, including tack rooms, stalls, bedding, and farm equipment. Learn all you need to about stable management, especially when it comes to safety around the stable, organization, barn rules, insuring a barn, emergency planning, running an equine facility or business, choosing the best bedding, building a barn on your perfect equine property, creating the perfect wash rack, adding amenities to the farm, and so much more. To horse lovers, the barn is their second home. Is it any wonder that horse people want that barn to be clean, organized, safe, comfortable, and managed well.

5 Best Types of Fencing for Horse Farms

There are so many details to think about when choosing a new boarding facility or when bringing your horses home,…

2 months ago

Finding the Right Truck to Tow a Horse Trailer

For many of us, enjoying our horses involves transportation with a truck that can tow a horse trailer. Whether it’s…

2 months ago

Improve Your Gas Mileage While Pulling a Horse Trailer

No matter how much you enjoy riding away from home at shows or on trail rides, you probably cringe at…

2 months ago

Common Legal Issues in the Horse World

Because virtually every aspect of horse ownership carries some degree of risk, horse owners should consider the possibility that things…

4 months ago

Emergency Alerts for Equestrians

These handy devices alert EMS or contacts in case of emergency. Some feature fall-detection, GPS location and two-way communication as…

7 months ago

Build a Riding Arena at Home

Many horse owners dream of owning a home riding arena or facility. Lucky you—your dream has come true. You have…

7 months ago

Choosing a Grazing Muzzle

Horses are physiologically designed to graze nearly constantly (up to 15 hours a day), but health issues such as obesity…

8 months ago

Stable Vices vs. Coping Mechanisms

We all have our own ways of dealing with stress, setbacks, relationship woes, demanding workloads and all of the effects…

9 months ago

6 Tips to Help Your Horse’s Boredom

When horses get bored, they sometimes get destructive, as many chewed stall walls and broken fence rails can attest. A…

10 months ago

Board or Build: Finding the Best Option for your Horse

Whether you’ve owned horses for a long time or you’re planning to buy your first horse (or first horse in…

1 year ago