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By Sonya and Stan Sokolow
Manage Mud
Mud season is right around the corner. Use these guidelines
to prevent and manage mud in your horse’s environment.
As the snow melts and spring
rains fall, you begin your annual
battle with mud in your horse’s
environment. Mud isn’t just a
messy inconvenience; it can
cause mud fever (a skin infection)
and thrush (a yeast infection of
the frog). And if your horse slips
on mud, he can pull a tendon or
ligament, potentially leading to
a long lay-up.
At our farm in Santa Cruz,
California, we’ve learned to
manage mud to help keep our
horses healthy and injury free.
We’ve learned that the best way
to manage mud is through prevention. We
divert water from structures, provide footing
with good drainage, and keep manure
picked up and composted.
In this instructional video from Bay Area
Equestrian Network, we explain our mudmanagement
techniques.
Sonya Sokolow and her husband, Stan, run
MinMor Farms in Santa Cruz, California. Sonya
has performed ranch versatility work with
Morgans for more than three decades. Sonya’s
online and Santa Cruz cable television show,
The Urban Cowgirl, shows horse owners and
miniature cattle enthusiasts how to train their
own animals in ranch versatility.
HorseLink Magazine19
Does your pasture become muddy every
spring? Click above for mud-management
tips from Sonya and Stan Sokolow.
The Bay Area Equestrian Network is
an online community where California
equine businesses, organizations, and
consumers meet and exchange information.
It was created in 1997 to help
promote the equine industry in Northern
California, and to help horse enthusiasts
find equine products and services
in their area.
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