Complete Equestrian

👉🏼 It’s much better for your horse to do lots of small bursts of good work than a long set of mediocre work. Imagine you’re at the gym, and you pick up a weight to start your set of 15 reps, but on rep 6, you’re starting to fatigue and your form is starting to fall apart. Better to stop and shake your muscles out and start again than to press on with crappy form, because you’re less likely to be targeting the muscle group you intended, and more likely to hurt yourself.

Which one best represents your horse ?

This is for everyone who is confused about horse weight, this is not to shame you or your horse. These pictures are only to educate you in a way that would be best understood on what a healthy horse should look like. There are a lot of people, and even some veterinary professionals, that would say the last picture represents a healthy horse, but it does not. Today, because there are so many overweight horses, it is hard to recognize when your horse is unhealthy but I hope this picture is able to give you some perspective.

This is why we always start with the feet!

A recent study of the ESM Zurich revealed that almost one third of the assessed Swiss riding horses showed moderate to severe signs of back pain. At the same time, the horses' owners stated that their horse was fit and healthy. This discrepancy lead to the development of this fantastic video, which helps owners to recognise equine back pain. Enjoy! 🏇🏾

https://tube.switch.ch/videos/ccebb1e6


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