Saddle Up Safely Releases Booklets on Safe Equine Travel

“Trailering Your Horse Safely” and “Travel to a New Environment” cover topics including choosing a trailer, preparing for a trip, information for time in transit, horse behavior away from home, overcoming horse fears, and equine safety resources.
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University of Kentucky (UK) HealthCare, in partnership with UK colleges of Public Health and Agriculture, Food, and Environment and in conjunction with close to 50 community, equine, and medical organizations, has released two new educational booklets within the Saddle Up Safely educational partnership.

“Trailering Your Horse Safely” and “Travel to a New Environment” cover topics including choosing a trailer, preparing a horse for a trip, information for time in transit, horse behavior away from home, overcoming horse fears, and equine safety resources.

Members of the Saddle Up Safely auxiliary wrote the booklets. The auxiliary is a group of program volunteers who are knowledgeable and passionate about rider safety issues and help create and disseminate the campaign’s educational messages.

“The auxiliary regularly met to discuss and debate each safety point to ensure the recommendations were grounded in good horsemanship and were realistic,” said Bill Gombeski, director of strategic marketing at UK HealthCare and Saddle Up Safely lead. “I really appreciate their dedication and vision, and the help of the dozens of other horse experts who provided feedback about the material

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