Care & Training

No other part of the anatomy has as many sensitive areas as the head. There are many nerves in the horse’s head. Some of them originate at exactly those areas where the noseband or flash lie.

Classic authors understood that greater upward forces were necessary for collected and more elevated gaits such as passage.

Microchipping is becoming commonplace in the equine world. Here’s an outline of how it is done, and why.

The theory argues that when trying to improve performance, teaching people what to do is less effective than teaching them how to picture the outcome.

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.

Malocclusions, fractured teeth, root infections and calcium buildup are some of the issues horse dentists are looking out for.

Psychology and physiology of equine fear explored in new training video.

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

The likelihood is that if one half of the horse/rider partnership isn’t straight then there is a high probability of the other half not being straight either.

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

When a horse cranks up a gear or two, its digestive system all but shuts down as the blood that normally delivers oxygen and fuel to power the gut is diverted to the horse’s big muscles to power locomotion. That means cooling down properly is essential to health and wellbeing. 

Leadership is not obedience to the rider’s aids but instead the capacity to analyze the horse’s difficulties.