Category: Articles
A brand new way to bring together horse owners & livery owners A new online service connecting horse owners searching for grazing areas with landowners looking to rent land for livery looks set to shake up the equestrian industry. Amazingrazing is the brainchild of Felix Newall-Smith and is using a similar format to an online […]
Shireen Timmis BSc. (Hons) Project Equine I get to see a wide range of behavioural issues and I’ve included below some of the most common. Please note that if you experience a sudden or unexpected change in behaviour your first port of call should always be a vet. A vast majority of all behavioural cases […]
An insight into the joys of long lining! By Morgan Billings – L.M.T & C.E.S.M.T. What is long lining? Long lining is the lost art of working your horse from the ground with two reins. It very closely simulates riding. It’s a great tool to get your horse comfortable with having something behind them, turning and […]
Part two of our “Starting Out with Poles” Here`s the link to Part 1 if you missed this – PART ONE I hope you enjoyed the last exercises and your horse is now doing them with ease! So, lets take a look at how we can develop our Polework. The most effective way to get […]
First of two part polework article by Maddi Burchell – Dressage trainer and coach. Polework – Let’s get started! Polework is a great addition to your horses exercise and training plan. Not only is it fun for horse and rider, but it has lots of benefits such as improving your horses core, coordination, rhythm, balance, […]
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Through distance learning in the UK – Train to be an Equine Therapist with Australia’s leading Equine Assisted Psychotherapy & Equine Assisted Learning education expert What is Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP)? EAP is an innovative approach to clinical practice and psychotherapy where clients are invited into safe relational experiences with horses to address therapeutic goals. […]
Avoiding problems now and in the future By Dr. Corrine Austin of Austin Davis Biologics Ltd Best practice worm control has received a lot of coverage in recent years with the availability of a saliva test for tapeworm diagnosis and more recently a blood test for small redworm (including encysted larval phases) which complement routine […]
An insight into how we affect conformation By Morgan Billings – L.M.T & C.E.S.M.T. Conformation – Overall balance of the horse . Length of the bones, angles of the joints, and how their muscles are proportioned. There have been a lot of clients that , do not see eye to eye with me on how […]
The Equihandee Harness Our original product, was created for my own daughter as I struggled to hold her safely whilst she learnt to ride. For me, holding a leg or clothes just wasn’t safe enough, so I created a product that effectively popped a handle on my child’s back. This is turn has so many […]