How I Beat the Heat!

How are you and your horse keeping cool during these hot and hazy summer days?  While most of my human friends can enjoy air conditioning, I seek the shade of a tree or a run-in shed to keep cool.  This heat is tough on any horse, and since I'm (a little) older than most, I have to be especially careful to ensure that I'm staying properly hydrated and that I'm consuming enough calories to keep my body functioning and maintain a healthy body weight.  Staying hydrated (especially while exercising) on a hot day is very important...not only for humans but for horses too!

Meet My Friends!

Hay Friends!

I know I mention my friends at the Rutgers Equine Science Center pretty frequently.  I mean, they are the ones who have made me into an internet celebrity after all!  But now YOU can have a chance to meet my friends and find out what the Rutgers Equine Science Center is all about IN PERSON!  Ever want to see a horse run on a treadmill?  Or maybe you'd like to explore the real Ryders Lane Farm that's featured in the ever-so-popular "Fun on the Farm" game on the Equine Science 4 Kids website? Well now's your chance!

"White" On!

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s…a white Standardbred colt?!  You heard it straight from the horse’s mouth folks, an unusual occurrence in the horse world happened at Fair Winds Farm in Cream Ridge, New Jersey about a month ago with the birth of a white Standardbred colt! Everyone knows the significance of odds when it comes to horse racing, but the chances of a white Standardbred are so slim that it hasn’t happened in nearly 15 years! The unique color comes as a result of a gene mutation; most Standardbreds are usually dark bay, with an occasional grey or chestnut.  So I guess you can say this little guy is anything but “standard”!