| Horse walkers are a vital piece of equipment for | | | | stables can buy horse walkers with roofs on, with |
| anyone who is serious about horses and stabling. | | | | fencing and with a huge range of speeds and |
| A Horse Walker is a useful time saving way of | | | | controls. Most walkers, as well as having variable |
| exercising your horses, and also of cooling them | | | | speeds, also have a forward and a reverse |
| down after a ride. Other uses include halter | | | | motion. |
| breaking and nursing an ill animal back to health. | | | | Higher end models allow you to take pressure off |
| Renewed daily use of a horse walker should result | | | | parts of the horse which may be injured, to stop |
| in a stronger, fitter horse. Using a horsewalker | | | | it bucking, as it may do in an open field, and |
| before a ride means the horse will be able to | | | | preventing its wound from fully healing. |
| concentrate more on the job in hand when he is | | | | Safety is always the priority, and those looking to |
| taken out and tacked up. | | | | purchase an equine exerciser should make sure it |
| There are several different types of | | | | suits both them and their horse, and has basic |
| horsewalkers but they all have common features. | | | | safety features such as an emergency cut off |
| Most horse walkers cater for four or six horses | | | | switch, should the horse become distressed for |
| at a time although there are horse walkers on the | | | | any reason. There should also be enough space |
| market to suit almost any number of animals. | | | | within the horse walker for the animal to be able |
| Basic models are flat packed and assembled on | | | | to relax. |
| site, but at the other end of the spectrum, | | | | |