Help! My Horse has been Diagnosed with EIPH.
Receiving an Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage (EIPH) diagnosis for your horse can be daunting.
Perhaps you've noticed a dip in performance or even spotted blood in their nostrils after…
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Horse Leg Injuries Prevention: What You Need to Know
Ryley Miller Team and Java at Grand Oaks CDE, photo courtesy of picsofyou.
Nothing sidelines a horse faster than a leg injury. Whether you're training for competition or enjoying long rides, keeping…
Equine Insights: Activating the Thoracic Sling Muscles
Based on the information in my last blog, How the Equine Shoulders Affect Performance, it’s obvious that the thoracic sling is an important component in the quest for collection. Lifting t…
Equine Insights: How the Equine Shoulders Affect Performance
In this
blog, I will describe the horse’s chest and shoulder region focusing on how
they differ from our own and the implications this has for locomotion and
performance.Locomotion is defined
f…
Equine Insights: Where should you sit on your horse’s back?
Have you ever asked
yourself, “how do I properly sit on my horse?”
Today we’ll look at where we sit on the horse’s back and how the
horse’s conformation affects our leg position.
In previous b…