There aren’t many shows, if any, where horses are stabled on the crowded downtown streets of a major city like they are at the Washington International Horse Show (WIHS), which will take place Oct. 25-30 at Verizon Center, in Washington, D.C. At many shows horses are stabled in tents or permanent stalls at the venue in a pastoral setting with horse-friendly schooling areas and sometimes even hacking trails. But things are a little different at WIHS.

When faced with the "un-horse-friendly" challenges of city showing, which include very limited access to schooling areas, an unusual shipping system (First, horses stage at Prince George’s Equestrian Center, in Upper Marlboro, Md., before shipping to Washington D.C. in vans supplied by the show’s official carrier, Johnson Horse Transportation), and unfamiliar sights, sounds, and smells, what can you do to maintain your horse’s health?

Competing at the Washington International Horse Show requires bringing the horses into the big city

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