Black Friday ’18 – The Inside Scoop From Someone Who Knows
Leaves are on the ground, the freshly clipped horses are spooking like crazy, and it gets dark at 4 pm which can only mean one thing… Thanksgiving, and subsequently Black Friday, is almost here! The team here at Draper Therapies has been making preparations for our ann ...
Where We’ll Be: Fall 2018
And just like that, summer is gone. Are we a little sad? Yes, but only a little because fall is our time to shine! Equitation finals, year-end horse shows and awards, changing leaves (we’re in New England) and chilly mornings are some of the best things in our opinion. ...
Sound with a Chance of Windpuffs: Diagnosing and Treating Windpuffs in Horses
Windpuffs… the name sounds a lot friendlier than they look. Even though they sounds like a type of friendly cloud, windpuffs can be found on the back of your horse’s legs. Although not usually associated with lameness, these soft, fluid-filled pouches on the side ...
Tradition, Darn it! Sometimes Natural Isn’t Always Better in Equestrian Textiles
Equestrian textiles have been stuck in the 1800’s. The market is slowly starting to embrace new man made fabrics, but for the longest time if it wasn’t a natural material it didn’t belong on horse or rider. The main reason? Tradition, darn it! But the w ...
Summer Sale: What’s on the Menu
The first week in July means cook outs, fireworks, shutdown… and the annual Draper Therapies Summer Sale! As many of our long time customers know, the Draper Therapies office is closes every year for one week in July for our annual maintenance shutdown. It gives us tim ...
Seeing Blue: New Draper Anti-Sweats are a Summer Essential
“Good ride, bad ride, tough ride, light ride – EVERYTHING I ride gets grass and the magic blue sheet. They recover better and are much less cranky.” – Beloved and Sometimes Overly Candid Customer who wishes to remain Anonymous One of the most common q ...
Becky’s Mother’s Day Must-Haves
Howdy! Human moms, dog moms, horse moms, cat moms…. Everyone has moms in their life. Mother’s Day day will be here before you know it and if you’re anything like me, you usually wait until the last minute to get something special for the moms in your life. ...
Where We’ll Be – Spring Schedule
If there’s one thing we love more than product development, it’s meeting our customers. Whether it’s meeting new customers or catching up with our long time loyalists, spreading the word about Celliant® and showing people how our products can fit into their ...
Creating a Unique Solution: Contoured Dressage Pad Prototype
Earlier this year, advisory board member Charlotte Merle Smith, one of our longest standing advisory board members, presented us with a unique design challenge. Charlotte is a para-dressage rider (and all-round super woman) who uses dressage whips to communicate with her mo ...
Tails and Trails: Meet Draper’s Newest Advisory Board Member, Geneva Coleman
As a brand, historically Draper Therapies focused primarily on equestrian sport… But we’re ready to start branching out! We have started expanding our reach into the canine world with Advisory Board member Kristine Kubota. Now, we are expanding our reach into the ...