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Horse & Farm Management
Industry professionals share their career experience and insights
Irish Field Contributor
Students at CAFRE Enniskillen heard from a panel of six equine industry professionals. Here's the highlights
16 January 2026 General
OPINION: Where are we on equine ID and traceability?
Vet Joe Collins MVB PhD revisits the question of equine identification in Ireland
16 January 2026 General
Free Equine Wormy Webinar series
EFEC Nutrition and Targeted Worming Ireland are sharing a free webinar series for all horse owners with insightful and practical tips from vets
HORSE SENSE: Plan your year of horse care
We’ve got the new year covered with our useful month-by-month overview to managing horse health, soundness and wellbeing in sport and racing horses
5 January 2026 General
Equine behaviour with Dr Orla Doherty The importance of turnout
In the second of her new series, vet and equine behaviourist Dr Orla Doherty discusses why horses need physical social interaction to thrive
19 December 2025 General
Do equestrians give their children enough choice?
The real strength of equestrian families may lie not in passing down the reins, but in knowing when to loosen them, Helen Sharp ask if our children really get to choose
12 December 2025 General
Inside the gut at Ireland's first equine microbiome conference
Gathering at The Curragh Racecourse, experts and academics discuss why the equine gut microbiome may be the next frontier for equine health and performance, Helen Sharp reports
8 December 2025 General
Reduced blood supply in ageing horses linked to increased tendon injury risk
New research discovery offers vital insight into why older horses and people are more prone to tendon injuries
5 December 2025 General
Reader's question: How do I inject my horse safely into the muscle?
Horse Sense resident vet Karen Dunne answers a reader's question on how to safely administer an injection into the muscle of her horse
25 July 2025 General
Robots with horse sense?
Horse Sense discovers how therapy horses are inspiring the next generation of emotional AI
25 July 2025 General
AI enters the ring
Helen Sharp discovers five of the best smart technologies that are complementing human expertise with data-driven insights
4 July 2025 General
EqueStride: The Irish innovation that rewrote the rules of tendon rehab
Praised by the likes of breeding giant Paul Schockemohle, EqueStride has changed the face of tendon rehabilitation, Helen Sharp talks to Andrew Daly, the man behind the game-changing technology
27 June 2025 General