Recognizing and Avoiding Problems During and After a Ride Keeping your horse — and yourself — healthy is vital to participate successfully in endurance riding. www.aerc.org
Vet Check Guidelines (html) or (Excel file) for performing a check on your own horse, by Arthur King, DVM — from www.octra.on.ca
Risk Factors for Elimination During Endurance Rides Examined By Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
What Causes Poor Exercise Performance? from The Horse magazine
Multiple Causes for Muscle Problems in the Exercising Horse By Kentucky Equine Research Staff · February 10, 2014
Recognition and Management of Fluid and Electrolyte Changes in Equine Athletes by Arthur King, DVM — from www.octra.on.ca
Challenges of Endurance Exercise– In both equine and human endurance athletes, insufficient thirst, due to concurrent loss of water and electrolytes in sweat, appears to be the most important mechanism causing involuntary dehydration. Harold C. Schott II Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Common Problems in Endurance Athletes (you the rider!) DAVID D. COSCA, MD, and FRANCO NAVAZIO, MD, PhD, University of California Davis Sports Medicine Program, Sacramento, California
Heat Stress in Horses by Nancy Loving, DVM — from TheHorse.com
Signs and Symptoms of Fatigue in the Equine
Tips and Hints: Equipment Failure/When Your Horse Just ‘ADR’/Accidents from www.olddominionrides.org
Ailments Which Can Keep You and Your Horse From Finishing from the Appaloosa Horse Club
Recognizing Saddle Problems – What are the signs of pain caused by the saddle? A horse’s physical symptoms, behavior problems and performance issues can all give clues. Equisearch Jun 23, 2008
Trail Terrors, a 9-part series from Equisearch.com
