1. Muscle Health

Whole Horse Coach

In case you need a friendly reminder, the USDA (US Dept of Agriculture) recommends the average 1000 pound horse needs 3mg (milligrams) of organic selenium and at least 500 IU (international units) of vitamin E daily.

All you need to know about selenium and vitamin E

How to calculate your horse's daily intake of selenium

Download your balance cheatsheet here:

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Get familiar with these fundamental stretches:

Doing these stretches will enable you and your horse to progress more easily and quickly while riding. Your horse will thank you too!

1. Introduction to Horse Stretching

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Learn the top 10 critical "Must Dos" to safely and effectively stretch your horse, and how to obtain the maximum value from each stretch. We highly recommend watching this video prior to watching all the other stretching video

2. Farrier Low and High Stretch

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This stretch relaxes many muscles surrounding the hip, the front of the back leg, the gluts and the sacroiliac joint such as the tensor fasciae latae, the extensor digitorium lateralis and the extensor digitorium longus.

3. Forward Farrier Stretch

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This is a great stretch for the hamstring muscles, both the semimembranosus and semitendinosus, located on the hind end of the horse.

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