Author: Jean Luc Cornille

The horse will submit to gestures like a slave but his comfort zone is at the subtler level of energy created by nuances in muscles tone.

Schools of thoughts integrating new knowledge to old theories are setting up humans and equine athletes for failure.

“The disease is, therefore, considered to be reversible and may be alleviated by altering the load on the navicular bone.”

When equestrian literature and equine science collide, we must follow the way of the horse.

The flashiest “image” is often not realistic, in horse training and in life.

Horses do not function through metaphors; they function through laws of physics and dynamics that were previously unknown but are now well explained.

I came to the realization that even if I believed that I loved the horses, what I was doing, and have been trained to believe, was about loving to win more than loving the horse.

The horse is designed to reduce the metabolic cost of locomotion and, when encouraged to do so, the horse intrinsically as well as rationally looks for the most efficient way to use his physique.

Horses at every level can benefit greatly from an education updated to advanced research studies.

The beauty of the horse’s front limb movement is the outcome of a sophisticated coordination of the vertebral column mechanism.

The lameness battle can only be won by going back to the source.

Tapping the horse’s legs in the hope of gaining elevation is a grave misuse of bamboo.

“There is no equestrian art if there is no respect for the masterpiece, which is the horse’s biomechanics.”

Riding and training and performing is not postural. It is about producing and managing forces.

“Rehabilitation is a process; it is a journey; it is hard work; it is life.”

“There are two neck postures, long for work and high for parade.”

The concept of cadence is a fundamental principle of locomotion.

“If you listen to their breath, you will feel their heart.”

Many layers are involved in equine performance and soundness.