Help your horse (and yourself!) get into the Halloween spirit with these fun ideas.

Halloween is upon us! Why shouldn’t your American Quarter Horse be a part of the fun? Here’s a Halloween horse treat recipe to get you started in the spooky direction. This recipe is courtesy of Paramount Performance:

Pumpkin Horse Treats

• 1 small pumpkin
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 18 oz. jar of oats
• 1/4 cup of molasses
• 1/2 cup of brown sugar

Preheat your oven to 400 F. Cut pumpkin, without string, seeds or rind, into cubes. Place pumpkin into a large saucepan with enough water to cover the bottom of the pan. Put cinnamon on top. Let cook on medium heat for 45 minutes, or until mushy, stirring frequently.

Let cool.

In a large bowl, mix oats, brown sugar, molasses and pumpkin mix. Roll into balls and put on a greased cookie sheet. If the mixture is not thick enough, add more molasses.

Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool. Treats can be frozen.

And check out these great costume ideas! These photos were posted by our AQHA Facebook fans:

We have plenty of horses with spooky Halloween names in our registry here at AQHA. Check them out!

• Candy Corn
• Witch
• Pumpkin
• Halloween
• Jackoleen
• Scarecrow
• Scarecrows Easy Lad
• Scared
• Scared Bars
• Scared Bill
• Scared Ecat
• Scared of the Dark
• Pumpkin’s Cutter
• Pumpkin’s Shadow
• Pumpkin’s Sugar
• Pumpkin’s Patch
• Pumpkinseed 32
• Black Cats Magic
• Black Cat 1207
• Witch’s and Wand’s93
• Witch’s Brew
• Witch’s Broom
• Witch’s Casper
• Witch’s Magic
• Witchbroom
• Witchcraft
• Vampiresa
• Werewolves of London
• Hallows Eve
• Magic’s Spook
• Spooky 1
• Spookys Cat
• Zombie’s Ghost
• Ghost’s Image
• Ghost’s Shadow
• Ghostbuster Doc
• Ghostinthedarkness
• Ghostly
• Ghostly Casper
• Casper’s Shadow
• Casperdafrienlyghost
• Caspers Haunting You

Share your horses’ Halloween-themed names in the comments box below!

We hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween!