Going on the road with a horse can be a challenge if the animal is not accustomed to trips. To keep your horse happy and healthy from start to finish, take into account these tips for traveling with your horse: 1. Practice loading your horses prior to the departure date so they get used to the entering, exiting process. 2. Give your horses a break about every three hours. It is not necessary to take them out of the trailer, simply allow them to rest their legs. 3. Keep your horses hydrated. Before the trip, you can give them adequate water and Finish Line®’s Electrocharge™, a fast-acting electrolyte that helps promote healthy hydration in your horses. … (read more…)

Horses are among the world’s most supreme natural athletes. Their ability is due to their specialized circulatory system and respiratory system that can accommodate large oxygen demands of the muscles when a horse exercises.

As a manner of speaking, while the circulatory and respiratory systems represent the horse’s engine, the food a horse consumes is the fuel. In turn, the fuel is converted to nutritional energy that powers the muscles. The equine circulatory system transports blood throughout the horse, putting to use the heart, arteries, veins and capillaries.

Horse power dictated by heart
On average, the size of a horse’s heart is about 1 … (read more…)