There is much to consider with your horse that he or she doesn’t succumb to sourness halfway thru your competition season …there is the horses mental state, the horse’s environment and of course the horse’s health and comfort There are lots of things you can become more aware of, just day to day things that will keep the horse mentally [...]

Understanding your Horse’s Defence (Healing) System By Hetty Tapper ©2018  Here are a few ways the healing system works to safeguard health. It: Expands and contracts blood vessels to increase the blood flow around the body and to specific areas that need healing Speeds the heart rate and increases the strength of its contractions to deliver more blood, oxygen and [...]

A celebration of 10 years of Carriage Driving in Peterborough! The Annual Peterborough Classic was conducted as always on the March long Weekend (Adelaide Cup Weekend) at the Peterborough Rodeo Grounds. This was a very special event for our club as it was the 10 year anniversary of GPCDA in Peterborough. From humble beginnings, GPCDA has evolved into a progressive [...]

No matter if you are a novice or a seasoned performer all the hard work you put in to condition and fine tune your horse with work, brushing, rugs and feeding can all be undone with bad presentation. Presenting feet can be a difficult one, if you show saddle horses it’s easy to put on a bit of hoof black [...]