

equiculture
developing responsible horse ownership

General horse care, riding and management sites
Dr Deb Bennets Equine Studies Institute - www.equinestudies.org - Dr Deb Bennets Equine Studies Institute is a colloquium of friends who share an attitude and approach to horsemanship. This web site contains much information of interest to horse owners, riders, trainers, and breeders. No matter what style you ride or what breed of horse you fancy, you'll be welcome on this site.
Jessica Jahiel - Horse sense - www.jessicajahiel.com/horse-sense.php and www.horse-sense.org - Jessica Jahiel's HORSE-SENSE Newsletter is a free, subscriber-supported Q&A email newsletter which deals with all aspects of horses, their management, riding, and training. Over 1450 articles are currently indexed and searchable in the newsletter archives on the HORSE-SENSE Newsletter Web site, making it one of the largest repositories of equestrian content on the Web.
Rural Industries Research and Development (RIRDC) (Australia) - Summarises local research on nutrition and general health relevant to Australian conditions (but much of the information is relevant to horse owners everywhere). You can buy books from the site but you can also download (for free) many publications and articles www.rirdc.gov.au
Natural Horse world - www.naturalhorseworld.com - Written by Cynthia Cooper of Tasmania, this site has lots of great information with more than 100 articles on various subjects including trailer loading, weaning, laminitis, saddle fit, hoof care and training.
Carol Layton - Balanced Equine - www.balancedequine.com.au - Carol Layton is an independent equine nutritionist who is passionate about the art and science of feeding horses. An excellent site for learning about feeding horses and what a mineral balanced diet really is.
The University of Guelph, Canada - www.equineguelph.ca - Founded in 2003, Equine Guelph is the horse owner’s Centre at the University of Guelph, supported and overseen by equine industry groups, dedicated to improving the health and well-being of horses.
The Equine Centre, Melbourne University - www.equinecentre.unimelb.edu.au - has lots of good information
Horse SA - www.horsesa.asn.au - have a great website full of all sorts of good information about horse keeping. Based in South Australia but most of the information is relevant to horse owners everywhere. In particular Horse SA have put together a Horse Owners Bushfire Buddy Dec 09 www.bushfire.horsesa.asn.au
Colleen Kelly - www.colleenkelly.net - An amazing site full of articles about rider biomechanics. I have only just found this site (February 2010) and will have to spend some time reading it.
Hendra virus information site - essential reading for anyone in Australia www.hendravirus.org
The Queensland Horse council has a very useful page www.qldhorsecouncil.com with links to several fact sheets including a diverse range of topics from Botulism to fire and flood planning on your horse property.
A site in Ireland called Holistic Hoof and Horsecare www.holistic-hoof-and-horsecare.com This site has lots of good information about hooves and horse care.
Horses and travel
The Long Riders Guild - www.thelongridersguild.com - Part museum, book store, tack room and Guild Hall, this website contains the world's largest collection of equestrian travel information. If you are interested in travel and horses then this site is just brilliant. A visit inside will introduce you to the amazing men and women who have ridden horses in search of mounted adventure in every conceivable country and climate, ranging from Africa to Antarctica.
Have Horse ... Will Travel - www.havehorsewilltravel.com.au - An all Australian 'BYO Horse' directory of places to travel and holiday with your horse. Whether you want to holiday with your horse, or travel from 'A to B', this site provides comprehensive information of where you can stay. You will also find information on trails, events and horse transport/float hire around Australia. You can subscribe to the free newsletter so that you are kept up to date.