Working Ranch Magazine Summer 2025

ranch horse BY KATIE HUTTON Health tips for long trips hauling horses. In It for the Long Haul

e put a lot of trailer miles on our horses day-to-day; whether we’re rattling our teeth on gravel roads to go gather or following the double yellow lines on the high way to the next arena paycheck. It takes a little extra effort and planning to keep horses healthy enough for

Dr. Cromer’s career carried her to Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, KY as a Theriogenology Fellow and as a resident veterinarian on a Thoroughbred farm. She contin ued to Aiken, South Carolina to serve as a dedicated associate for ambu latory general practice before she transitioned to industry in Colorado in 2023. According to Dr. Cromer, the first consideration when hauling is the weather conditions. Depending on elevation and climate it can be hard for horses to adjust in a short amount of time.

long days in the saddle after long days in the trailer.

with Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health. Dr. Cromer grew up in the saddle on a southern Indiana beef cattle operation. After graduating from Purdue University, and Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine,

“A lot of things come to mind when thinking about hauling horses, especially out west, right? Very rarely are our destinations a short distance,” says Dr. Casey Cromer, DVM, who serves as an Equine Professional Services Veterinarian

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