On The Right Lead September 2025
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Let the fuzz begin! As the days get shorter, horses start putting on their winter coats even though the weather is still hot. Much like us, heading out in the morning wearing a sweatshirt only to be too hot by afternoon, only the horse can’t take his off! Be extra careful on warm days, as horses can overheat then become too cool in the evening if their hair is still damp. Make sure your horses have plenty of salt or electrolytes, and cool, clean water available.
For those cool mornings, make sure you have a cozy new sweatshirt too! Students waiting for the bus, or you heading out to feed, will appreciate an Ariat or Carhartt sweatshirt! Back to School fashions are in the Rainbow clothing departments, now!
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Fall can bring other health concerns for our horses too. In our part of the country, this is the season for bot flies, that lay their yellow eggs on the longer hairs of horses’ jaws, legs and chest. Horses ingest these eggs which then become the larval stage of the bot fly. Bots are extremely damaging to a horse’s gut. Heavy infestations can even perforate the lining of the intestines! Bots can be controlled with a dose of dewormer that specifically targets bots, such as Ivermectin.
Learn more about protecting your horse from bot infestation in this article: Deworming With Bots In Mind, courtesy of Farman.
Get more Fall Horse Care Tips from Kentucky Equine Research – Autumnal Horse Care – Six Considerations
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Join Rainbow and Purina for Fueling Performance – Equine Nutrition and Purina Innovation for a fun and informational meeting on Saturday, October 4 at 10 AM at the Ukiah Rainbow store. Purina Specialist Jordan Baumgartner will be presenting on Equine Nutrition and Innovation. Come on by to learn more about feeding performance horses. There will be some great give-aways during the event too! See you there!
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How is your horse’s fly mask holding up? After months of daily use, that mask could have seen better days! You can get a new SuperMask now, and also stock up for next year, with this month’s special – Buy One, Get One Free on any SuperMask.
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A follow-up to our August Newsletter about the horse camps!
A reader sent along a message about another great Horse Camp near the coast at Russian Gulch State Park. She shares that it is a nice campground that gets little use because no one knows about it! There are 4 horse campsites, and miles of trails through the wooded canyon. Check it out here, and thank you, Melody, for the tip!
Photo credit: Courtesy of California State Parks, 2025
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Trivia! Enter to win a $15.00 Rainbow coupon. All correct answers go into a random drawing.
The August question was, Some horse camping areas require… and our winner is Cathy Ford, with the correct answer that they require weed seed free hay! Thanks to everyone who played the trivia game.
The September question is, What will Purina Specialist Jordan Baumgartner be speaking about during the event on October 4?