Horses ridden in the fall and winter may need to be shod, depending on the terrain they're ridden over. But if you don't ride in the fall or winter, don't turn your horse out with shoes on. Fall is also a good time to have your horse's teeth checked. Some horses may have sharp edges on their teeth that need removing. Removing these edges improves their ability to chew feed, especially hay, which is coarser than pasture forages.
Older horses are more likely to have teeth problems, but young horses can have problems, too.
Keep your pleasure horse on a scheduled deworming program from Sept. 1-March 1 in Tennessee. Depending upon the product, horses need to be dewormed monthly, every other month or every three months. Vaccinations are normally given in the spring. If your pleasure horse is a pregnant mare, she should be given a virus abortion vaccination in the fifth, seventh and ninth months of pregnancy. So get your pleasure horse prepared for fall and winter riding or just to cope with Old Man Winter.