February 2004

The Test of Time

Horse Journal has witnessed a torrent of changes over the past 10 years, as well as a number of products that are consistent performers.

One thing that hasn’t changed over the past decade is that horses are a way of life for all of us.

In the evolution of the horse, the past decade doesn’t even cover the blink of an eyelid, but in the evolution of horse care and related products it’s practically a millennium.

Before Horse Journal published its first issue in February 1994, we hadn’t heard of West Nile virus and we rarely thought about Lyme disease or EPM, much less ulcers—in our horses at least.

We covered our legs with breeches or full chaps instead of half chaps and often didn’t cover our heads at all. We turned horses out in canvas instead of nylon, if they wore anything, and that was just in the winter. The idea of pasturewear in…