Dressage Test Riding Tips
Dressage test riding tips 1. Learn your test really well. 2. Be careful riding your test at home as your horse may learn it quicker than you and on the day will anticipate. 3. Don’t start to teach your horse new things in your warm up. 4. Ensure you have worked on your walk on a long [...]
Equine Behaviour
Equine Behaviour We can often take our horses behaviour for granted unless of course it starts to become a problem which can then become intimidating or even frightening. Some behaviour issues can be resolved by small changes in management, others need time and retraining. Every case is individual. Quite often what we do and including traditional methods [...]
Your horses back anatomy
Horses Back Anatomy Where you place the saddle is on layers of living tissue, attached to spinal processes and muscles surrounded by fascia, each cell is nourished through circulation and innervated with electrical impulses from nerves within the spinal column. The collection of these can all be damaged by pressure which is extremely important to consider when it comes down to [...]
Chain of Muscles
Your horses Chain of muscles The muscles of the back and abdomen work together giving protection to the spine, allowing it to lift and flex, creating motion. For the horse to flex its back it must contract his abdominal muscles and relaxing the muscles will allow the horse to lengthen its back. When the rectus abdominus muscle contracts this [...]
Concussion Forces
Concussion forces The muscles of the horses back disperse the forces of concussion from the horse’s motion. The horse’s foot lands with its heel first, think of it like a landing airplane, then it transfers to the front portion. This appears to be the most efficient function of the loaded foot as it is two phase to assist with [...]
Work In-Hand
Work In Hand Is truly valuable, everyone who owns a horse should include it in their regime even if they only learn the foundations. Through the various horsemanship techniques out there that have grown in popularity this has raised the awareness of working/training with your horse from the ground. None of this is new, just sadly had [...]
Fascia
The fascia Is like a layer of cling film connecting all of the locomotion throughout the body and works in harmony with the muscles, tendons, ligaments and skeleton. Therefore if the fascia is snagged by an out of balance or incorrectly fitting saddle this can have a huge detrimental effect to the whole system. The saddles position is on [...]
Saddle Making – Sam Jamieson Saddles
Saddle Making All saddles are produced exclusively by highly skilled Saddlers, to ensure your saddle is second to none in both quality and style. The first process is using the template measurements and details provided by your Saddle Fitter, a plan is drawn up and your saddle is scheduled for work. The type of tree for your [...]
Buying a Horse
Buying a Horse It is such an exciting time when you are able to consider owning your own horse but before you make the decision for definite you need to acknowledge many crucial responsibilities as an owner. COST It is not the cost of buying the horse that is the most expensive, it is the upkeep. Each [...]
Rider Anatomy
Riders Anatomy Cartilage Connective tissue that supports soft tissues, provides a smooth and gliding surface for joints and assists the growth and development of bones. Bone Connective living tissue that is calcified. Provides protection to vital organs, supports the bodies structure, acts as levers whilst combined with muscles creating movement and contains blood producing cells. Joints There are two types, Synovial , [...]