Moxidectin can be used every 80 days, lvermectin every 60 days and all other effective products every 30 days. Handling idle pleasure horses in winter is helpful, especially those horses that are difficult to catch. Handson body condition scoring monthly is good for such horses. Long winter haircoat also can give a false impression of a horse being fatter than it really is. Horses co-mingled with others from different locations should be current on their vaccinations, especially for influenza.
Pleasure horses can have a varied winter routine from idleness to full activity.
Management should not result in neglect of those horses turned out on pasture for winter. Biweekly observation, along with outlined management guidelines for the colder weather, their state of readiness and activity level will result in a healthier pleasure horse next spring. The effect on daily gain in horses from feeding hay on the ground. Proceedings Equine Nutrition and Physiology Society. Jack, N. E., et al.